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Servers are rarely rebooted but if the license server is rebooted you want to be sure that the license server is restarted so that your clients can continue to check out licenses. In this example the environment variable is: the License Manager on Reboot On each client machine you need an environment variable set which points to the license manager and port. the Qckvu3 software) can obtain a license as long as one is available for checkout. The lmgrd license server will continue to run and listen on port 27005 for any license requests. Users of ACS583O: (Total of 1 license issued Total of 0 licenses in use)

Users of ACS58IO: (Total of 1 license issued Total of 0 licenses in use) License server status: file(s) on asmsc45: /home/cad/flex/license.dat:ДЄsmsc45: license server UP (MASTER) v11.3 Lmstat - Copyright (c) 1989-2006 Macrovision Europe Ltd.ДЇlexible License Manager status on Thu 16:15 You can check successful launching of the license manager by using the lmstat utility. Stevedb:/home/cad/flex$ /home/cad/flex/lmgrd This requires a couple of additional command line arguments: Now all we have to do is to start the license manager. I added the path /home/cad/flex/artwork to the VENDOR line I added the port 27005 to the SERVER line So let me create a file called license.dat and edit the codes I received from Artwork there. And I know where the artwork daemon is located because I just copied it into /home/cad/flex directory. The choice of port is up to you (and your system administrator) I am going to select port 27005. What port will this license manager listen on? Two things have to be decided that affect the contents of the license file. vi or gedit) let's create and edit our license file and customize it as needed. Now using the method of your choice (i.e. Stevedb:/home/cad/flex$ tar xf artwork_v11.13.1.2.linuењ†4.tar

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Now I've got the file I need in my /home/cad/flex directory where I plan to install the files. Stevedb:/home/cad/flex$ ftp ДЇtp> get flexlm_artwork_v11.13.1.2.linuењ†4.tar.gzДЎ50 Opening BINARY mode data connection for 'flexlm_artwork_v11.13.1.2.linuењ†4.tar.gz' (1575188 bytes).

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(Of course, if you have a web browser you can use that to connect to our ftp server, download the file and move it to the directory of your choice. This directory to Artwork's ftp server and download the zipped version of the release. In this example I am going to create a directory called: /home/cad/flex and ftp directly from Here is what it will look like (approximately):

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You should get an email back from Artwork that includes the download link to the flexlm license server software as well as your license codes.

Step 3 - Download the Flexlm Linux Software Here is my license server's (asmsc45) hostid: 1c6f6593b8d6 I need floating license codes for your Qckvu3 program. This is a 'sample' Please don't copy and paste this verbatim and email to us. Step 2 - Send an Email to Artwork Requesting your License Codes Where can you get the lmhostid utility? Here:Д¦4 bit version flexlm_artwork_v11.17.2.linuењ†4.tar.gz The FLEXlm host ID of this machine is '1c6f6593b8d6'Д¬learly these are two different values and if you request a license using the hostid a8c09100 your license server won't run using the license codes we send you. Lmutil - Copyright (c) 1989-2006 Macrovision Europe Ltd. On my machine (ubuntu 2.6 kernel) I type: You must use the utility called lmhostid that is provided as part of the flexlm utilities. One cannot simply use the Linux operating system's hostid command to obtain the hostid.

Installing Flexlm Server on Linux Part II Introduction to the Flexlm License Manager Installing the flexlm license server on Linux Installing Flexlm License Server on LinuxДЄ couple of videos that can be very helpful

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