Configuring lmadmin License Server Manager as a Windows Service with a Three-Server Configuration

Configure and maintain a set of three license server systems specifically for three-server redundancy. This provides fail over protection only. You manage only one version of the license file and vendor daemon on all three license servers. This configuration option is only available when licenses are held in license files. Using the three-server redundancy capability in FlexNet Publisher, all three license servers operate to form a triad.

Procedure to run lmadmin as a service on a three-server configuration:

Go to the i86_n3\lmadmin directory and import the license file on each of the three servers, using the following command:

lmadmin.exe ‑configDir <conf_path> -import <ThreeServerLicFile> [-force]

Install the service on each of the three servers, using the following command:

lmadmin.exe ‑configDir <conf_path> -installService <Servicename>

From the Services window, start the installed service on each of the three servers. A quorum should get established.

Example

The three-server license file can have a format similar to the one shown below:

SERVER 172.18.24.193 00155d18e600 27000

SERVER 172.18.24.112 000c2954c827 27000

SERVER 172.18.24.184 000c29020077 27000

VENDOR demo demo/demo

USE_SERVER

FEATURE TestFeature1 qavend9 1.0 01-feb-2020 1 ISSUED=01-feb-2020 \

SIGN="005C 1651 50F5 7FAE 7035 7118 52AB 9300 18C5 E454 7F52 \

8291 F4F7 E6CF D3E5"

FEATURE TestFeature2 qavend9 1.0 30-sep-2020 1 ISSUED=01-feb-2020 \

SIGN="00B5 CD90 7A6C 5D22 FABD 22CA 221B 7B00 7483 9D07 9BCD \

57F1 317B 89B1 192C"

FEATURE TestFeature3 qavend9 1.0 30-sep-2020 3 ISSUED=01-feb-2020 \

SIGN="00EF 8163 4EBD 1038 5D04 D17B 5815 1500 ED87 4CF6 0843 \

2E1F 17DD 2691 8B5B"