License Server-Specific Actions

The following actions affect license servers:

To see information on a license server

Click the name of a license server in the left-hand pane of the main window. In the right-hand pane of the display, you see the IP address of the computer containing the license server and its host name.

To add or remove a license server from the Defined Server List

Right-click the name of a license server in the left-hand pane of the main window. From the menu select Add to Defined List or Remove from Defined List.

To add a license code to the license server from the keyboard

  1. Right-click the name of a license server in the left-hand pane of the main window. From the menu select Add Feature. To add the license by typing in the license code, select From a String.
  2. Type the license code in the License code box.
  3. To permanently add the license code to the license server license file as well as to the license server memory, select To server and its file.
  1. Click Add.

To add a license code to the license server from a file

  1. Right-click the name of a license server in the left-hand pane of the main window. From the menu select Add Feature. Select From a File and To Server (to add the license code temporarily to the license server memory, only in effect until the license server is rebooted) or To Server and its File (to add the feature both temporarily to the license server memory and permanently to its license file).
  2. Now, select the license code file.

To change the log file for a selected license server

To begin a new log file for a selected license server, right-click the license server and select Change log file name. By default, the usage log file (lservsta) is created in the <OSdrive>:\WINDOWS\system32 directory.

To shut down a license server

Right-click the name of a license server in the left-hand pane of the main window. From the menu select Shutdown Server.

To configure a redundant license server file

From the Edit menu, select Redundant License File to start the WRlfTool utility. For information on using WRlfTool, see Using WRlfTool to Create or Edit a Redundant License File.

Note: In order to change the redundant license file, you must have write-access to the computer on which the file resides.