Using a FlexNet ID Dongle for Mobile Licensing Using a FLOAT_OK License
The software publisher provides a dongle, a dongle driver installer, and a license file that contains a FEATURE line node-locked to the FLEXID containing the FLOAT_OK keyword. A license administrator then:
| 1. | Installs the license file on the license server. |
| 2. | Installs the FlexNet ID dongle driver on the license server. |
| 3. | Attaches the dongle to the license server. |
| 4. | Starts the license server or rereads the license file |
While the dongle is attached to the license server, the node-locked license associated with it floats on the network.
To transfer a license from the pool of floating licenses to a disconnected computer:
| 1. | Copy the license file containing the FLOAT_OK node-locked FEATURE line from the license file on the license server to a license file on the client in the location where the FlexEnabled application expects to find its license file. |
| 2. | Install the dongle driver on the client computer, if it is not already installed. |
| 3. | Move the dongle matching the node-locked FEATURE line from the license server to the client. When the dongle is removed from the license server, this license is unavailable on the network. |
| 4. | Disconnect the client computer from the network. Now the license is available on the computer with the dongle, even though that computer is disconnected from the network. |
To return the license to the license server so it floats on the network again:
| 1. | Remove the dongle from the client and replace it on the license server. |
| 2. | Reread the license file for the license server that serves the floating version of the license by running lmreread. |
When the dongle is returned to the license server, the FLOAT_OK license does not float on the network again until lmreread is run.