Context & Prerequisites
- Note that administrator rights are required to install a FlexNet license server.
- First, decide on which computer you wish to run the FlexNet license server.
This system should be “reachable” by mean of a network connection from any system that might request a license. It should also be highly reliable.
- The server can be installed on a computer on which the Thermo Scientific Software is installed, but it does not have to.
FlexNet licensing can be implemented in a heterogeneous environment, meaning the server and Thermo Scientific software can run on different operating systems. For instance, the FlexNet server could be on a Windows platform, while users run Thermo Scientific Software on a Linux platform.
- If your site already has a FlexNet license server running for other vendors’ products, this may affect where and how you configure the Thermo Scientific Software license server.
For more information, refer to the FlexNet Publisher – License Administration Guide - section "Managing Licenses from Multiple Software Publishers".
There are two versions of the license server manager:
1. lmadmin
The web-based license server manager (elsewhere in these articles referred to as lmadmin or FlexNet Publisher® web user interface).
lmadmin provides improved methods of managing the license server and Vendor Daemons. This will be the only application documented in this guide. For complete technical details, refer to the FlexNet Publisher – License Administration Guide - section "License Server Manager “lmadmin“.
2. lmgrd
The original license server manager with a command-line interface.
You can use lmgrd to manage your FlexNet license server, but it uses older technology and may become deprecated.
For more information about lmgrd/lmadmin tools, please refer to FlexNet Publisher - License Administration Guide - section "Migrating from lmgrd to lmadmin".
To simplify license server installation and administration, Thermo Fisher provides the Thermo Scientific License Manager for Server (LMs) tool, which guides you through the installation and configuration of lmadmin. Thermo Scientific License Manager for Server is currently supported only on Windows platforms..
lmadmin can also be manually installed on Linux. For more details, refer to article KA-01300 "Manage Floating Licenses: Linux - Manual Installation of lmadmin as license Server Manager".
Related Links
The following articles provide installation instructions:
- KA-01255 "Manage Floating Licenses: Install Lmadmin on Windows Using Thermo Scientific License Manager for Server"
- KA-01300 "Manage Floating Licenses: Linux - Manual Installation of lmadmin as License Server Manager"
Here are additional resources:
- KA-01288 "Manage Floating Licenses: FlexNet Server - Use Lmgrd as an Alternative to Lmadmin"
- KA-01291 "Manage Floating Licenses: FlexNet Server - Manually Install Lmadmin on Windows as an Alternative to LMs Installation"