How To Install
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keithp27540June 2007
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How to install FLEXnet Licensing v10.8.2.1 on your UNIX system
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1) Create a directory on your UNIX license server called "Cadence_License"
to hold the FLEXnet Licensing v10.8.2.1 utilities.
2) Determine the appropriate file for your UNIX operating system:
cds_lic_ibmrs.tar.Z for IBM AIX 5.3
cds_lic_lnx86.tar.Z for Linux RHEL 3.0, RHEL 4.0, SLES 9 SP1, SLES 10
cds_lic_sun4v.tar.Z for Sun Solaris 8, 9, 10
Copy that archive from the ULM folder on Disk 2 of the Cadence Windows
Product CD set to the Cadence_License directory on your UNIX system.
3) From your UNIX system, unpack the archive file with the following command:
zcat cds_lic_<platform>.tar.Z | tar xf -
where <platform> is ibmrs, lnx86 or sun4v.
4) Place the license file you received from Cadence in the Cadence_License
directory and name it license.dat. Edit license.dat as follows:
a) Remove any of the heading that your mail tool might have
put at the top of the file. Lines beginning with a "#"
symbol and lines that are blank are OK to have anywhere
in the file. The first non-blank, non-comment line should
be the the line starting with the keyword "SERVER".
b) If needed, replace the text "Cadence_SERVER" with the actual
hostname of your license server in the line:
SERVER Cadence_SERVER <hostid> 5280
Verify the <hostid> matches the host ID of your server
(run "lmhostid" from the Cadence_License directory.)
c) Verify that the DAEMON line in the license.dat file reads:
DAEMON cdslmd ./cdslmd
Note: If your license server is running Solaris 10, the
DAEMON line should be changed to:
DAEMON cdslmd ./cdslmd.SunOS-5.10
5) To start the license daemons, cd to your Cadence_License directory and run:
./lmgrd -c license.dat -l debug.log
Some other useful FLEXnet license commands that can be run from the
Cadence_License directory:
(a) ./lmstat -a -c license.dat
If the license is running, the status of both the license server and
the cdslmd daemon will be "UP". If it's not running, the status will
say that it cannot connect to the license server. With the -a option,
this command also lists who is currently using the license.
(b) ./lmdown -c license.dat
This will shut down the license server daemons.
(c) ./lmreread -c license.dat
This updates the license daemons with new entries in the license.dat
file, rather than shutting down and restarting.
For more information, refer to the FLEXnet Licensing End User Guide
in the ULM folder on Disk 2 (flexlm_enduser.pdf) or to the Cadence
License Manager documentation installed with the Cadence products.
6) On your Windows machine, you can direct the Cadence tools to use
the license on your UNIX license server by setting the environment
variable CDS_LIC_FILE with a value of 5280@<hostname>, where <hostname>
is the name of your UNIX machine.
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