When setting up a network license, you must set up a license server. The table below specifies the files required for a network license setup and how they relate to FlexNet/FLEXlm files.

FlexNet/FLEXlm

LM-X

License server

Windows: lmgrd.exe
Unix: lmgrd

License server

Windows: lmx-serv.exe
Unix: lmx-serv 

Vendor daemon

Windows: vendord.exe
Unix: vendord

Vendor daemon

Windows: lmx-serv.exe
Unix: lmx-serv 

License file

license.dat

License file

networkapp.lic

Option file

vendord.opt

Configuration file

lmx-serv.cfg

Note that lmgrd and the vendor daemon are collected into one license server in LM-X.

Instead of specifying port numbers, SERVER lines and optional information in the license file and option file, you specify this information in the license server configuration file, lmx-serv.cfg. Some settings, such as license file and log file paths and port number, may also be specified at the command line, as described in Running the license server from a command line.

When you want to set up your network license server, make sure that you have the lmx-serv executable, lmx-serv.cfg, and your network license.