(Optional) Automatic Registration of the Failover Pair

As described in Step 2: Register the Main and Backup License Servers, the license server administrator must register the main and back-up license servers as a failover pair in FlexNet Operations. One way to perform this registration is to do so manually through the FlexNet Operations End-User Portal.

Another way to perform this registration is to use the capability request sent to FlexNet Operations by the main license server at startup as a means of conveying the back-up license server’s hostid to the back-office server. FlexNet Operations then uses the hostid information in the capability request to automatically register both license servers as a failover pair, thus avoiding the extra step of having to access the End-User Portal to perform the registration.

To set up this automatic registration process

1.

Shut down both the main and back-up license servers.

2.

On the main license server, update the local license-server settings to include the BACKUP_SERVER_HOSTID setting. This value identifies the hostid of the back-up license server. It must be the same hostid type (such as “ethernet”) as the type of hostid used by the main (current) license server. See Getting Started for details about updating local settings.

3.

Start up the main license server first.

The main license server sends a capability request containing the back-up license server’s hostid to FlexNet Operations, where both servers are then registered as a failover pair.

4.

Start up the back-up license server once the main license server has successfully communicated with FlexNet Operations. Both servers can now obtain license rights either through a rights ID sent in a capability request or through capability polling if licenses rights are subsequently mapped in FlexNet Operations to the registered failover pair.

Note:You must wait until the main license server has successfully started and communicated with FlexNet Operations before starting the back-up license server. Otherwise, FlexNet Operations might assign the back-up license server to the “main server” role, generating an error when FlexNet Operations then attempts to register the actual main license server.

5.

Configure the license servers as described in Step 4: Enable Failover Support on the Back-Up Server and (Optional) Step 5: Edit Producer Settings on the Main Server.

You can view details for the main and back-up server by searching for the main license server (from the Search Servers page) in the FlexNet Operations End-User Portal. The View Server page for the main license server shows both license servers registered as a failover pair.