Setting up floating licenses for Windows® servers

Steps required to set up floating and named-user floating license keys.

Table 1. Guide to setting up floating licenses for Windows servers
Task Procedure
Set up floating licenses
Set up named-user floating licenses (only applies to RationalPurify®, RationalQuantify®, and RationalPureCoverage®).
Specify the Rational License Server software on a Web server See Specifying the license server on Windows Web servers.
Use floating licenses with a firewall See Using floating licenses with a firewall.
Change the lmgrd port See Changing the lmgrd port.
Configure redundant license servers See Setting up redundant license servers on Windows.
Use License Key Administrator commands for configuring license servers on clients See Using the LKAD command line on Windows (optional).
Change the order in which IBM Rational products use licenses You cannot use the license server to change the license usage order for all clients. To change it, each user will have to go into the License Usage Mapper in the client LKAD or, for products built on the Eclipse platform, the Manage Licenses wizard in the client's IBM Installation Manager. The order is tied to the user_ID.
Modify the time-out period See Modifying the floating license time-out period.
Monitoring license server activity See License monitoring (optional).
Upgrading the Rational License Server software You can upgrade the License Server software to the most current version, but do not use different versions of License Server software on the same computer.
Using multiple license servers on the same server Use a separate lmgrd instance for each vendor daemon and keep license keys in separate files.
Diagnose problems with the Rational License Server software See the following topics:
Remove the Rational License Server software Removing the Rational License Server software from Windows

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