Distributing a Software Image to Multiple
Computers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Preserving a License on a Re-imaged Computer . . . . . . . 12
Chapter 3 Network Licensing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Network Licensing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Planning Your Network Licensing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Understanding License Server Models . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Windows System Requirements for the Network License
Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Linux System Requirements for the Network License
Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Mac OS X System Requirements for the Network License
Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Understanding Your Network License . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
How Your License Works . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Interpreting Your License File . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
License File Examples . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Package License File Types and Examples . . . . . . . . . . 27
Losing Your Connection to the License Server . . . . . . . . 31
Running the Network License Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Install the Network License Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Obtain the Server Host Name and Host ID . . . . . . . . . . 32
Configure a License Server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Uninstall a Windows Network License Manager . . . . . . . 39
Using Other Features of Network Licensing . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
License Borrowing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
FLEXnet Configuration Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Frequently Asked Questions about Network Licensing . . . . . . . 56
What is the difference between a stand-alone license and
a network license? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
What is the benefit of using a network licensed version
of the software? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
How does the licensing process use the Internet? . . . . . . 57
Chapter 4 Glossary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Glossary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
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