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Rational License Server versions and the corresponding FLEXlm / FLEXnet versions

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Question

What are the underlying FLEXnet versions for the various versions of IBM® rational license servers?

Answer

Telelogic license server versions and their corresponding FLEXnet version are as follows:

Rational license server versions and their corresponding FLEXnet version are as follows:

Rational license server Version FLEXnet Versions Vendor Daemon version
7.0 10.8 Rational daemon v10.8
7.0.1 11.3
rational daemon v11.3
ibmratl daemon v11.3
7.1 11.5.0.6
rational daemon v11.5
ibmratl daemon v11.5
8.0 11.6.0.0
rational daemon v11.6
ibmratl daemon v11.6
8.1.1 11.8.0 ibmratl daemon v11.8
8.1.1 iFix 06 11.10 ibmratl daemon v11.10
8.1.2 11.8.0 ibmratl daemon v11.8
8.1.2 iFix 02 11.10 ibmratl daemon v11.10
8.1.3.x 11.10 ibmratl daemon v11.10
8.1.4.x 11.10 ibmratl daemon v11.10
8.1.5.x 11.13 ibmratl daemon v11.13
8.1.6.x 11.16.2 ibmratl daemon v11.16.2

Note for Rational license server version greater or equal to v8.1.1

Starting version v8.1.1 of license server, the 'ibmratl' vendor daemon serves all license features that were previously served by the 'telelogic' and the ‘rational’ vendor daemons. It enables the single license server to host all products served by both these daemons. It also provides backward compatibility to older legacy versions for both rational and telelogic products

To summarize, if v8.1.1 or higher is used as the license server, it can have a single VENDOR/DAEMON* line in the license files, VENDOR ibmratl that can serve licenses for both Rational and Telelogic products.


A SERVER license can have the following initial lines:
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SERVER <hostname> <hostid> <port number>
VENDOR ibmratl
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*VENDOR and DAEMON are complementary keywords that can be used interchangeably with the latest version. Hence the following is also valid
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SERVER <hostname> <hostid> <port number>
DAEMON ibmratl
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Inclusion of Flexnet v11.10 is due to the security issues as discussed in the following technotes:

http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21573825
http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21579415

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Document Information

Modified date:
23 September 2022

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swg21411515