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FLEXlm Frequently Asked Questions
- Q1. Hostids
- Q1.1 How do I get the system hostid?
- Q1.2 On HP700 the hostid seems to be blank. Why?
- Q1.3 At some HP sites lmhostid gives an ethernet hostid, and at others a uname -i hostid. Why?
- Q1.4 For some applications, the hostid on some SGI systems seems to be wrong. Why?
- Q1.5 On NT, I'm getting a 0 hostid (or FFFFFFFF)--how do I fix this?
- Q2. License File Locations
- Q2.1 My application can't seem to find the license file. What do I do?
- Q2.2 lmstat doesn't report all the features in my license file. Why?
- Q2.3 I've received FLEXlm license files from 2 different companies. Do I have to combine them?
- Q2.4 I want to combine license files. How do I do it?
- Q2.5 When is it recommended to combine license files?
- Q3. License File Contents
- Q4. FLEXlm Versions
- Q4.1 I have products from several companies at various FLEXlm version levels. Do I have to worry about how these versions work together?
- Q4.2 I've received a new copy of a product from a vendor, and it uses a new version of FLEXlm. Is my old license file still valid?
- Q4.3 I've received a new license file, and the format is different from the old one I had from the same vendor? Why? Are they compatible?
- Q4.4 How do versions of FLEXlm differ?
- Q5. Using FLEXlm
- Q5.1 How do I install a FLEXlm license file?
- Q5.2 How do I start the FLEXlm license server?
- Q5.3 I'm having trouble starting the license server in the Unix system bootup files. How can I get this to work?
- Q5.4 My server refuses to start. I get the message `No licenses to serve'.
- Q5.5 Does FLEXlm work across the internet?
- Q5.6 Does FLEXlm work with Internet firewalls?
- Q5.7 If my client dies, does the server free the license?
- Q5.8 What happens when the license server dies?
- Q5.9 I'm getting the error `encryption code in license file is inconsistent'. What does this mean?
- Q5.10 How do you tell if a port is already in use?
- Q5.11 How do you start lmgrd on NT?
- Q5.12 On Solaris 2.4, why does it take 4 minutes to restart lmgrd?
- Q5.13 Does FLEXlm require root permissions?
- Q5.14 Is it ok to run lmgrd as `root' (Unix only)?
- Q6. How FLEXlm Works.
- Q6.1 What prevents me from changing a license file?
- Q6.2 What goes into a license-key?
- Q6.3 How hard is it to guess a license-key?
- Q6.4 So, does that mean that FLEXlm is unbreakable.
- Q6.5 How fast does a checkout occur?
- Q6.6 Does FLEXlm licensing impose a heavy load on the network.
- Q6.7 Does FLEXlm work with NFS?
- Q6.8 Does FLEXlm work with ATM, ISDN, Token-Ring, etc.
- Q6.9 Does FLEXlm work with subnets, fully-qualified names, multiple domains, etc.?
- Q6.10 Does FLEXlm work with NIS and DNS?
- Q6.11 Is the FLEXlm `display' the same as an X-Display?
- Q6.12 We're using FLEXlm over a wide-area network. What can we do to improve performance?
- Q7. Redundant Servers
- Q7.1 What are FLEXlm redundant servers?
- Q7.2 How do I start up redundant servers? Is there a time-limit for starting all the servers?
- Q7.3 Why is a quorum of 2 servers required?
- Q7.4 When are redundant servers recommended?
- Q7.5 When are redundant servers discouraged?
- Q7.6 Is it OK to NFS-mount license files when using redundant servers?
- Q7.7 How can the colon-separated list in $LM_LICENSE_FILE be used for redundancy?
- Q7.8 Are there any drawbacks to using the colon-separated list for redundancy?
- Q7.9 When is it recommended to use colon-separated list for redundancy rather than true redundant servers?
- Q7.10 I'm seeing the error messages `Mismatch Communications...' and lmgrd exits. Is there a fix?
- Q8. Common Debug Log errors
- Q8.1 Retrying socket bind
- Q8.2 License manager: can't initialize: Cannot find license file
- Q8.3 Invalid license key (inconsistent encryption code for `f1')
- Q8.4 MULTIPLE `vendor-daemon-name' servers running.
- Q8.5 Vendor daemon can't talk to lmgrd
- Q8.6 Vendor daemon died with status n...Since this is an unknown status, lmgrd will attempt to re-start the vendor daemon.
- Q9. Common Application Startup Problems
- Q10. FLEXlm utilities (lmutil - lmstat, etc.)
- Q10.1 How do I tell who's currently using a feature?
- Q10.2 How do I see historical usage of a feature?
- Q10.3 How do I tell what version of FLEXlm I'm using?
- Q10.4 lmstat sometimes skips features, why?
- Q10.5 How do I tell if I've typed in the license file correctly?
- Q10.6 Q8.5 I'm getting `Cannot Connect' errors. How do I determine what's wrong?
- Q10.7 lmremove doesn't seem to work: after freeing a license, it becomes checked out shortly after. Why?
- Q10.8 How do I prevent users at my site from being able to use lmdown?
- Q10.9 If I can't use lmdown, how do I shutdown the servers?
- Q10.10 When I run lmdown on redundant servers, it doesn't seem to work. Why?
- Q11. End-User Options File
- Q11.1 How do I enable the Options file?
- Q11.2 Why doesn't TIMEOUT work?
- Q11.3 Is the Options GROUP the same as a Unix group (/etc/groups)?
- Q11.4 I need to have more users in a GROUP - how can I get around the 240 character limitation?
- Q11.5 I need a GROUP of hosts, not users.
- Q11.6 What is REPORTLOG for?
- Q12. WINDOWS/PC Related Questions
- Q12.1 What is the Latest Version of PC Drivers?
- Q12.2 What Platforms does the PC Run on?
- Q12.3 What is WINSOCKX.DLL
- Q12.4 Why do I need to include NWlink IPX/SPX on NT and Win 95?
- Q12.5 Will the Server run on Windows 95?
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