Using the UUID Hostid

In general, the process for binding to the UUID of the virtual machine hosting the license server follows this outline. The process requires the lmhostid utility.

To bind to the UUID of the virtual machine hosting the license server

1.

Identify the virtual machine on which the license server will be run.

2.

Run the following command from the command line of the virtual machine:

lmhostid -ptype VM -uuid

3.

Send the output of this command to the software publisher. The software publisher sends back a license certificate in which the license server is bound to the UUID value.

4.

Modify the license certificate to configure server parameters (like TCP port number, options file, or other parameters).

5.

Launch the license server on the virtual machine by pointing to the license certificate.

Note:If the license server has to be moved to another physical machine, simply copy the virtual-machine image and move it to the new physical host machine.