Determining the Location of the License File

Software publishers often recommend a specific location for your license file. You have the following options for making your licenses available to all systems:

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Place the license file in a partition which is available to all systems in the network that need it.

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Copy the license file to each of the individual systems.

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Set the LM_LICENSE_FILE or VENDOR_LICENSE_FILE (where VENDOR is the vendor daemon name) environment variable on the machines where the FlexEnabled applications are running to access license files or license servers. For details see Setting the License Search Path Using an Environment Variable.

Do not choose a location for a license file where the path to the license file contains the @ symbol. The @ symbol is used to identify a license server as illustrated in the table Environment Variable Specification Examples in section Setting the License Search Path Using an Environment Variable.

Note:A directory path that contains an @ symbol results in an error.

Since the vendor daemon keeps track of license usage, and since the license file contains encrypted data to protect it against modification, you may move and copy the license file as much as necessary.

On Windows, if the application cannot find the license file, the user is presented with a dialog that asks the user to specify the license file location, the license server, or license fulfillment from the internet.

For counted licenses, no matter which option you choose, you must first copy lmadmin or lmgrd and the vendor daemon to a location that the FlexEnabled application can access on the network.