Vendor Daemon Options File

Use the vendor daemon options file to restrict or customize license usage.

You can perform activities such as the following:

  • Exclude an individual, group, or IP address range from using one particular INCREMENT line.

  • Reserve an INCREMENT for an individual.

Note:

You can enable simple changes to the options file, such as defining a new LM_PROJECT, with the lmutil lmreread command. However, if you make changes to the options file that involve restricting access to licenses, such as using RESERVE, you should shut down the license server with the lmutil lmdown command and then restart the license server. Scheduling a restart helps mitigate problems that may result when you remove access for a user or host that already has the license checked out.

The vendor daemon options file is a text file usually located in the same directory as your license file. This file contains FlexNet Licensing-specific options.

If you want to use the vendor daemon options file, type the pathname as the fourth field on a DAEMON line in your license file. Otherwise, omit the fourth field.

For descriptions of the keywords in the vendor daemon options file and the requirements for their use as well as options file examples, refer to the FlexNet Publisher License Administration Guide published by Flexera Software.