System Requirements for the FlexNet License Server

When you are determining which machine to use as the FlexNet License Server, note the following:

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Machine selection—The FlexNet License Server machine can be any machine in your network. Typically, the license server system components reside on a central machine in the network.

The FlexNet License Server machine can have other applications running on it; it does not need to be dedicated to running only the FlexNet License Server. However, for a high-traffic, high-license-count environment, and a more reliable system, it is better to have a dedicated machine.

The FlexNet License Server machine should remain on at all times so that users can access it at all times.

Triad server clusters are not supported.

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Supported operating systems—The FlexNet License Server machine must be a Windows-based machine. The following versions of Windows are supported: Windows 7, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Server 2012 R2, Windows 8, Windows 8.1, and Windows 10.

Note that although the FlexNet License Server has support for other operating systems, concurrent licensing for InstallShield 2021 and later and its ad-ons requires one of the aforementioned specific versions of Windows.

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Networking—The FlexNet License Server machine must be able to communicate with the Revenera product through a TCP/IP port. A valid number is any unused port number between 0 and 64000. The default port range is 27000 through 27009. You may need to adjust your firewall settings to allow this communication.

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Required software—The license server manager that is installed as part of the FlexNet License Server installation is lmadmin, the Web-based application. lmgrd, the command-line tool, is not supported.

Earlier versions of the FlexNet License Server software must be uninstalled before the new version (the one that is available for InstallShield 2021 and later) can be installed.

lmadmin can be used in the following Web browsers: Microsoft Internet Explorer 11 and Microsoft Edge.