Combining License Files

If you have two or more products whose licenses are intended for the same system, as specified by their SERVER lines, you may be able to combine the license files into a single license file. This has advantages if you are using lmgrd as your license server manager.

Note:lmadmin supports the use of a combined license file. However, use of such a file is redundant when you can simply use the lmadmin user interface to add (import) any number of license files. Once a license file is imported, lmadmin manages it.

The license files for the models described in One System with Multiple License Server Instances and One System with One License Server and Multiple License Files could be combined if they met certain criteria. See Criteria for Combining License Files. {Hyperlink}Figure {Default ¹ Font} shows one possible scenario using a combined license file.

One license server manager, one license file

Advantages

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A single license file to administer.

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Once the files are combined, there is low administrative overhead.

Disadvantage

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Careful planning must be given in combining license lines from multiple software publishers into one file, initially and over time.