Use the following procedure to specify one or multiple
license servers for your client using IBM Installation Manager.
About this task
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.
To enter the license
server host names on a client:
- In Installation Manager,
click .
- Select a version of a package, and then select Configure
Floating license support.
- Click Next.
- Click Enable Floating license enforcement.
- Specify one or more license server connections.
- Click Add.
- Type the host name of the license server.
- 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.
- Optional: You can click Test
Connection to confirm that the connection information
is correct and that the server is available.
- Click OK.
- If your system administrator has provided you the host
names of additional license servers, repeat steps a through e above
to add each server.
- Click Next.
- 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.
- Click Finish.