License Manager

License Tools 3.3.1 for IRIX®

License Tools 3.3.1 contains the utility programs used to manage software licenses for products from SGI and from other vendors. It includes License Manager 3.3.1, the FLEXlm License Server, and the FLEXlm License Utilities.




Who should install this product?

License Tools 3.3.1 is the latest release of the software license user environment, license_eoe. All systems running IRIX 5.3, 6.2, 6.3, and 6.4 should install this product. It upgrades all previous releases of license_eoe on these platforms and contains enhancements and bug fixes.

What does it contain?

• License Manager 3.3.1
  
  License Manager is the primary graphical tool used to manage software licenses on SGI® systems. It allows users to install, update, and remove FLEXlm nodelocked and floating licenses, as well as NetLS nodelocked licenses. License Manager enables users to automatically install licenses from the Silicon Surf Licensing Page.
  
  
• FLEXlm License Server
  
  The FLEXlm license server subsystem is part of the License Tools product, but not selected for installation by default. This subsystem, license_eoe.sw.flexlm_server, should be installed on all systems that serve as FLEXlm license servers. It contains the FLEXlm master daemon, lmgrd, and the SGI vendor daemon, sgifd.
  
  
• FLEXlm License Utilities
  
  The FLEXlm utility programs, including lmutil and lmstat, are used to report the status of licenses, manage license daemons, and diagnose licensing problems.

New Features for License Tools 3.3.1

• Automatic Server Management
  
  With this release, License Manager automatically manages the FLEXlm license server when installing floating licenses on the server system.
  
  
• Improved Security
  
  License Manager is no longer a setuid program, but prompts the user for the root password at startup.
  
  
• More Current License Daemon
  
  This release contains FLEXlm version 5.12a of the FLEXlm licensing daemon.
  
  
• Addition of Alias|Wavefront^TM Mode
  
  License Manager now knows about the different default license file location for Alias|Wavefront products.
  
  
• Multiple HostID Support
  
  An SGI® Origin® family system may contain multiple hostids, one per module. A license is valid if it matches any of the hostids in the system. This simplifies license management when reconfiguring systems.

Where do I send questions?

Technical questions about License Manager and about the licensing software from SGI should be sent to Software Licensing.