Welcome

 License Manager Basics

 Getting Started on UNIX

 Acquiring licenses

 License availability

 Installing the license file on UNIX

 Starting the license manager on UNIX

 Verifying license start up

 Getting Started on Windows

 Acquiring licenses

 License availability

 Installing the license manager on Windows

 Starting the license manager on Windows

 The Desktop Administrator

 Using ArcGIS extensions

 Updating your existing license manager

 Getting Started with ArcSDE

 ArcSDE licensing

 Connecting to a database without ArcSDE

 Frequently asked questions

 What is a license manager?

 What is a daemon?

 What are FEATURE lines?

 How does the license manager work?

 What is included in my license file?

 What is a hardware key and when do I need one?

 How many license managers and hardware keys do I need?

 How do I select my license server?

 On which operating system should I install my license manager?

 How are licenses allocated?

 How are UNIX and Windows license files different?

 How do I know which licenses are available?

 What is an upgrade line?

 What does the LMTools utility do?

 How can I add new features to my installed license file?

 What are batch processes?

 What is a local session?

 What is a multiple-server network?

 What is a node locked seat?

 What is a remote session?

 What is a single-server network?

 What is a standalone workstation?

 Why won't my license manager run on my standalone laptop?

 Will my new license file work with earlier versions of ESRI software?

 Can I use my existing 7.x license file and/or hardware key for ArcGIS 8.1?

 Can I use an existing 8.0.x license file and/or hardware key for ArcGIS 8.1?

 Will SDE 3.x and ArcSDE 8.x instances run using the same license manager?

 When should I use an environment variable?

 Why is the default TCP-IP port number 27005?

 Where can I get more detailed information on using the FLEXlm license manager?

 How do I suppress the license expiration warning?

 Using the license manager on UNIX

 Using the license manager on UNIX

 Changing the socket address

 Check for another ESRI daemon

 Checking for a remote login

 Checking the license server status

 Checking the permissions on the license.dat file

 Checking your active end-users

 Checking your license variables

 Checking your network connection

 Combining files on UNIX from more than one vendor

 Combining license files on UNIX

 Enabling xhost

 Rereading the license file

 Stopping and restarting the license manager

 Verifying the hostid on UNIX

 Verifying the hostname on UNIX

 Verifying the license file content

 Verifying the version of the FLEXlm license manager

 Updating the license manager on UNIX

 Using the license manager on Windows

 Using your Windows license manager

 Using the License Manager Tools

 Starting and stopping the license manager

 LMTools: Defining your license manager server

 LMTools: Performing a Server Status inquiry

 LMTools: Setting up a debug log file on NT

 LMTools: Server Diagnostics

 LMTools: Checking your FlexLM version

 LMTools: Checksum

 Updating an existing license file

 Check your host file

 Checking the status of your hardware key

 Check the parallel port

 Checking your system settings

 Check devices connected to the parallel port

 Check your hardware key driver

 Check your system's clock settings

 Checking the hostname on Windows

 Checking the network card

 Checking the TCP-IP properties

 Checking the time zone variable

 Combining license files

 Installing the Sentinel driver

 Setting up an environment variable

 Setting up the MS LoopBack adapter

 Using the license manager from a command prompt

 Updating your FLEXlm version

 Updating an existing license file

 Verifying the contents of your license file

 Verifying your hardware key number

 Troubleshooting license errors on UNIX

 Troubleshooting license errors on UNIX

 Cannot Connect to License Server

 Cannot Find License File

 Incorrect Clock Setting

 Invalid Host Name

 Invalid Hostid

 Invalid License Key, Encryption code in license file is inconsistent (8)

 Invalid returned data from license server (12)

 No available licenses

 No features listed

 Server not recognizing changes to the license file

 Product not licensed

 Socket address in use

 Too many open files

 Unable to re-open lock file

 Troubleshooting license errors on Windows

 Troubleshooting license errors on Windows

 Cannot Connect to License Server

 Cannot find SERVER Hostname in network database

 Denied <feature>

 Driver not installed

 Feature removed during lmreread, or wrong SERVER line hostid

 Feature start date is in the future

 File not Found

 Hardware key not installed

 "Host" not a valid server host name

 Incorrect clock setting

 Incorrect Hostid

 Incorrect IP Address

 Invalid host name

 License file does not support this version

 No such feature exists

 Security - Invalid secondary encryption code

 Vendor daemon is down

 Unable to re-open lock file

 Advanced License Manager Topics

 Batch processes

 Defining <port>@<host> to one or more license servers

 Defining the path to one or more license files

 Environment variables

 Local sessions with X terminals

 Redundant server configuration

 Remote sessions with X terminals

 Starting the license manager automatically

 Sharing licenses across architectures

 TCP/IP ports

 The license.opt file

 Glossary

 checksum

 debug log file

 daemon

 dongle

 feature

 floating

 hardware key

 host

 host ID

 host name

 IP address

 keycode

 license file

 lmdiag

 lmdown

 lmgrd

 lminstall

 lmremove

 lmreread

 lmstat

 LMTools

 lmver

 node

 node-locked

 redundant server configuration

 seat

 server

 service

 TCP/IP

 TCP/IP port

 time-out date

 upgrade line

 vendor