Configuring floating and named-user keys on a UNIX server

Learn how to configure floating or named-user floating licenses on a UNIX license server.

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For a checklist of tasks and references to more detailed instructions, see Table 1.

Table 1. Guide to setting up floating licenses on a UNIX server
Task	Procedure
Configuring floating licenses	Understand IBM® Common Licensing. See Before you request license keys. Access IBM License Key Center to order permanent license keys for the products on your Windows clients. See Obtaining license keys with IBM License Key Center. Make sure that your license server and clients are connected. See Prerequisites for installing License Key Server on UNIX. Install the license server and license keys on the UNIX server. Floating licenses: Installing the license server on UNIX Named-user floating licenses: Installing the license server and named-user keys For named-user floating licenses, the `license_setup` script requests that you provide user IDs to assign to the license keys. Tell users to specify the License Key Server in their Windows clients.
Configuring redundant license servers	See Configuring redundant license servers on UNIX.
Changing the order that the IBM Engineering Lifecycle Management (ELM) or IBM Rational products use licenses	The license server does not set license usage order. Use the client to change the order. Changing the license server search order in License Key Administrator Changing the order of license usage for clients by using Installation Manager
Using license keys for home use or travel	Disconnected use from UNIX license servers is not supported. See Disconnected use mode for home use or travel for other options.
Modifying the time-out period	Set the TIMEOUT value in the options file, see Options file commands.
Upgrading the license server	You can upgrade the License Key Server to the current version, but do not use different versions of the License Key Server on the same computer.
Using multiple license servers on the same computer	Start a separate `lmgrd` instance for each vendor daemon and keep license keys in separate files. Most vendors have an expected location for the license file. If your company has license files from multiple vendors, you can keep the data in separate files and set the LM_LICENSE_FILE environment variable to reference these multiple files.
Importing licenses to the UNIX license server for License Key Server version 8.1.6 post installation	Append the `FEATURE` and `INCREMENT` lines to the `server_license.lic` file in the RLKS_installation_Dir/config directory. For steps, see Importing licenses to the UNIX license server for License Key Server version 8.1.6 post installation.