The information on this page refers to License Statistics v6.17 and newer, which introduced License Server Management. |
License Statistics Administrators can manage license servers (currently limited to Start, Stop, and Restart operations for LM-X and FlexNet license managers only) remotely in two ways:
Each configuration method is described below.
Manage license server using Server Agent
Using Server Agent for managing license servers is supported for both LM-X and FlexNet license managers.
To use Server Agent installed on the license server host to manage a license server:
Install Server Agent.
Note that there can be multiple Agents, one on each server host. A single Agent can support multiple servers installed on the same host. |
The Server Agent is able to manage the license server using service management. To use this ability, you need to set the Service Name of the license server. On Windows, the service name is found in the Services window on the license server host. Using the service, it's possible to Start, Stop and Restart the server.
For LM-X:
For FlexNet:
The Server Agent is also able to manage the license server using the query tool installed on the license server host. To use this configuration, you need to provide a path to the query tool (on the license server host) and the port. For LM-X, you must also set an administrator password.
The operations that can be executed using the query tool are limited:
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When configuring the license server management, you can:
Managing a license server using Query Tool
Using the query tool installed on the License Statistics host to configure a license server for management is supported only for LM-X license manager.
When using the query tool for managing a license server, only Stop and Restart operations can be executed. Starting the license server is not possible using this method. |
This license server management configuration uses the same query tool installed on the License Statistics host that is normally used for monitoring.
To configure the license server for management using the query tool installed on the License Statistics host: