LOGIN to your license server using the administrator account who will start the license manager daemons:
% rlogin <license_server>
Change directory into your $ARCHOME/sysgen or $SDEHOME/sysgen directory:
% cd $ARCHOME/sysgen
OR
% cd $SDEHOME/sysgen
Execute LMGRD to start the license manager at the command prompt. Redirect the output to your local console or to a file:
Output to the local console:
% ./lmgrd -c license.dat > /dev/console &
Output to a file:
% ./lmgrd -c license.dat > license.log &
Verify the license manager has started and is running properly by executing LMUTIL LMSTAT at the command prompt:
% ./lmutil lmstat -a -c license.dat
If you have multiple ESRI products, you may have received separate license files for each software product. For instance, if you received separate license files for ArcInfo and ArcSDE for the same license server.
If you wish to use both sets of licenses from the same license manager, you will need to combine these license files using a text editor. You only need 1 server and 1 daemon line.
Copy the combined file to the $ARCHOME/sysgen and/or $SDEHOME/sysgen directories.
Confirm that the combined license file is present and contains licenses for the appropriate ESRI software programs.
% more license.dat
To start the license manager, complete steps 2, 3, and 4 above.