Context & Prerequisites
The comprehensive guide for "FlexNet Server - Manually Install Lmadmin on Windows as an Alternative to LMs Installation" is divided into three sequential articles.
This third installment (3/3) explains how to set up a FlexNet server for Thermo Scientific license and add the mcslmd Vendor Daemon to lmadmin.
Note: You can skip this section if your server must NOT provide licenses for Avizo, Amira, or PerGeos products released before version 2020.3.
- Ensure you have completed all the steps described in parts 1/3 and 2/3 of this process (refer to articles KA-01291 and KA-01292).
- Open a command prompt/terminal with administrator rights in the directory where you have extracted the FlexNet server tools archive.
Navigate to the FlexNetLicenseServerTools subdirectory. - Enter the following command in the console to install Thermo Scientific anchor services:
installanchorservice mcslmd mcslmd-applications
Process
3. Set up a FlexNet Server for Thermo Scientific License
3.3 Add the mcslmd Vendor Daemon to lmadmin
3.3.1 Ensure that the mcslmd is not running. To check it:
- Open the Windows Task Manager and navigate to the Details tabs.
- Find mcslmd, right-click on it, and stop it.
3.3.2 Copy/paste the mcslmd and mcslmd_libFNP files from the downloaded package FlexNetLicenseServerTools directory to the lmadmin install directory. By default, the lmadmin install directory is:
C:\Program Files\FlexNet Publisher 64-bit License Server Manager.
3.3.3 If you have just installed lmadmin, check that the lmadmin service is running:
- Open the Windows Task Manager and select the Services tab.
- If lmadmin is not running, run lmadmin.exe (by default C:\Program Files\FlexNet Publisher 64-bit License Server Manager).
3.3.4 Open http://localhost:8090/systeminfo in a web browser.
- If you have just installed lmadmin, you will be prompted to enter a name and a password: use “admin” for both.
- Retrieve and copy the Ethernet address. If the Ethernet address is not displayed, use the Volume Serial Number.
3.3.5 Create a temporary text file named license.dat at any location in your file system, containing:
- SERVER this_host <EthernetAddress>
- VENDOR mcslmd
For example:
- SERVER this_host 012345678901
- VENDOR mcslmd
3.3.6 Open http://localhost:8090/vendor in a web browser, to set up your license server as follows:
- Click on Import License.
- Select the license.dat file you created.
- Check Overwrite License File on the License Server.
- Click on Import License.
3.3.7 Check http://localhost:8090/vendor to ensure the mcslmd Vendor Daemon has been installed. The Vendor Daemon will not start and will show "Down" status until a valid license is activated for that Vendor Daemon.
3.3.8 If mcslmd fails to start, refer to article KA-01298 "Manage Floating Licenses: Vendor Daemon Startup Troubleshooting Suggestions."
The server is now running, and the Thermo Scientific Vendor Daemons are set up and ready for license installation.
Related Links
Refer to the previous steps of this process in these articles:
- KA-01291 "Manage Floating Licenses: FlexNet Server - Manually Install Lmadmin on Windows as an Alternative to LMs Installation (1/3)" (System requirements and lmadmin installation as the license server manager).
- KA-01292 "Manage Floating Licenses: FlexNet Server - Manually Install Lmadmin on Windows as an Alternative to LMs Installation (2/3)" (Set up FlexNet server for asglmd licenses).