Configuring clients to use single or multiple license servers

Use the following procedure to specify one or multiple license servers for your client using IBM Installation Manager.
Attention: Do not use the following procedure to specify redundant servers.
Your applications request licenses from servers in the order that you enter the servers in the Manage Licenses wizard of the Installation Manager. If you want to change this order, see Changing the floating license key usage order.
Note: You cannot use Installation Manager to manage licenses for Rational® Team software. For information on configuring clients for Rational Team software, see Configuring clients to use Rational license servers.

To enter the license server host names on a client:

  1. In Installation Manager, click File > Open > Manage License.
  2. Select a version of a package, and then select Configure Floating license support.
  3. Click Next.
  4. Click Enable Floating license enforcement.
  5. Specify one or more license server connections.
    1. Click Add.
    2. Type the host name of the license server.
    3. Optional: Type a value in Port for environments where a firewall is used. Do not assign a value to this port unless your administrator instructs you to do so.
    4. Optional: You can click Test Connection to confirm that the connection information is correct and that the server is available.
    5. Click OK.
    6. If your system administrator has provided you the host names of additional license servers, repeat steps a through e above to add each server.
  6. Click Next.
  7. Optional: Configure the license request order for your shell shared or custom packages. The order of licenses in the list determines the order by which your software attempts to obtain license keys for a license.
  8. Click Finish.

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