Start the License Servers

Start the license manager on all three servers, in order based on the following:

The first server started of the first two servers listed in the fme_license.dat file becomes the master node.

Start the servers in the order shown in the following example:

SERVER host1 1223344 27009

SERVER host2 9384749 27009

SERVER host3 2038404 27009

VENDOR safe

FEATURE FME . . .

. . .

Therefore, the first server to start—host1—becomes the master node; host3 never becomes the master node.

There is no time limit for starting all of the servers.

Unlike independent servers, each SERVER line requires a port number. The port number in this example is 27009. You can modify the port numbers to any unused port number in the range 1024 to 32000.

You can change the order of the SERVER lines to suggest which node is the master node, however we recommend you keep the order shown in the preceding example.

To start the License Manager:

% <FlexServerDir>/lmgrd -c <FLEXServerDir>/safe.lic

This action runs the License  Manager in the foreground, logging activity to the terminal. To store the log to a file instead, use the -l option:

% ./lmgrd -c ./safe.lic -l safe.log

When a log file is used, lmgrd detaches as a background process, so there is no need to explicitly background the application. However, you’ll have to start the server each time the license server host is rebooted. The system administrator can make sure the preceding command is run at system start-up time.