Installing a redundant FLEXnet license server triad manually

Use the following procedure to manually install and configure a redundant license server triad. This procedure is necessary if the three servers in your configuration use different ports.

  1. On each of the three license server computers, use the licensing installer to install the FLEXnet Licensing administration tools.

    The licensing tools are saved in the flex_install_dir/os/code/bin/ directory.

  2. Copy the license file that you received to the licensing directory on one of the server machines. Rename this license file simulialm.lic.

  3. Edit the simulialm.lic file, and replace the string this_host with the actual hostname of your computer. Verify that the hostname corresponds to the host id provided. Use hostname.domain_name if you have client machines that are not local to the server network.

  4. Add the network port number to the SERVER line. It is recommended that you do not use a port number between 27000 and 27009.

  5. Repeat this process for each SERVER line.

  6. Append the following keywords to the first SERVER line: 

    PRIMARY_IS_MASTER HEARTBEAT_INTERVAL=60

    For example: 

    SERVER bifrost.simulia.com 69084992 2501 \
    PRIMARY_IS_MASTER HEARTBEAT_INTERVAL=60
SERVER tank.simulia.com 69094954 2501
SERVER willow.simulia.com 69094344 2501
VENDOR AbaqusLM

    where each server is configured to use port number 2501 and the numbers beginning with 690 are the host ids provided in the simulialm.lic file for each server host. The port number must be assigned for each server, but the number need not be the same on every server.

    Note:

    Each line in the license file must be 80 characters or less. You can use a backslash character (\) to indicate a line continuation; keywords that appear on the line after a backslash are considered part of the previous line in the license file.

  7. Save the simulialm.lic file, and copy the file to the licensing directory on each of the other two server computers.

  8. On Windows platforms, you must install licensing as a service on each license server using the procedure described in Installing FLEXnet licensing as a Windows service.

  9. Start the license servers using the procedure described in Starting a redundant FLEXnet license server triad.