Setting up floating and named-user keys on a UNIX systems server

Description of general steps required to set up floating or named-user floating licenses on a UNIX® systems license server.
About this task
Table 1 provides a checklist of tasks and references to more detailed instructions.
Table 1. Guide to setting up floating licenses on a UNIX system server
Task Procedure
Set up floating licenses.
Set up named-user floating licenses (only applies to Rational Purify®, Rational Quantify®, and Rational PureCoverage®).
Configure redundant license servers. See Setting up redundant license servers on UNIX system servers.
Change the order in which IBM Rational products use licenses. The license server does not set license usage order. Use the client to change the order. For Rational Team software, see Changing license usage order and for Rational Software Delivery Platform software, see Changing license usage order.
Using license keys for home use or travel. Disconnected use from UNIX system license servers is not supported. See Using license keys for home use or travel for other options.
Modify the time-out period. See Modifying the floating license time-out period.
Monitoring license server activity. See License monitoring (optional).
Upgrading the license server software. You can upgrade the Rational license server software to the most current version, but do not usedifferent versions of Rational license server software 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.
Remove the license server software. See Removing the Rational License Server software from UNIX systems.

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