Redundant License Manager Pool Utilities

A number of utilities can be used to create and maintain redundant License Manager pools. The following table lists the most commonly used functions of these tools and provides a summary of the uses of these tools.

Function Utilities

 

lslic

(Windows and UNIX)

WlmAdmin

(Windows)

lspool
(Windows and UNIX)

WRlfTool
(Windows)

rlftool
(Windows and UNIX)

Creates a redundant license file

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Pa      

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P

P

Adds/deletes License Managers to/from an existing pool

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Pa

P

P

P

Adds/deletes license to/from a pool

T/Pb

Pa

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P

P

Displays token distribution

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I

I

I

I

Sets/changes the pool name

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Pa

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P

P

Displays a list of License Manager in a pool

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I

I

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Sets the License Manager preference order

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Pa

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P

P

T = Temporary change in effect only until License Manager is stopped and restarted.

P = Permanent change to redundant license file.

 I = Informational only, makes no changes.

a = When done from within WlmAdmin by calling WRlfTool.

b = lslic provides options to add a license code permanently to the redundant license file or add a license code to the License Managers’ memory; to be in effect only until all redundant License Managers are stopped and restarted again.

NOTE   WRlfTool and WlmAdmin can be used on Windows only, whereas other utilities can be used on Windows and UNIX.