NOTE: This is not an officially tested or supported way of floating our licenses. If you run into any problems with this we may only be able to provide limited help. This article is just to provide guidance.
Please also be aware that RLM servers have limits on the number of concurrent licenses they can serve and connections with client applications they can maintain. If you are floating a large number of licenses from many different vendors on the same server machine, you may run into limitations with either the RLM server or the host operating system.
You would need to do the following.
- Have another RLM server running RLM 12.0 or above.
- Extract the '
foundry.set' file from the/bin/RLMdirectory of the License Server tools installed from the Foundry Licensing Utility (FLU) install. This file is required for the RLM server to validate the licenses. The file can be found in the following locations after you install the server via the FLU:
Linux:/usr/local/foundry/LicensingTools8.0/bin/RLM/
OSX:/Applications/TheFoundry/LicensingTools8.0/bin/RLM/
Windows:C:\Program Files\The Foundry\LicensingTools8.0\bin\RLM
- Put the "
foundry.set" file in the same directory as your 3rd party RLM server binary.
You can then uninstall the server via the 'License Server > Uninstall' options in the FLU.
- Manually install the Foundry RLM license file into the same directory as your 3rd party RLM license directory. You will need to edit the HOST line to put your server's hostname or IP address in place of "<server_name>" and change port 4101 to your chosen port (or remove it altogether to use the default port 5053).
- Restart the 3rd party RLM server. It should then float the Foundry licenses.
FURTHER HELP
If you are still experiencing difficulties, please create a support ticket to let us know the exact issue encountered and the troubleshooting steps that have been taken. Please also include a diagnostics report: Q100105: How to generate a License Diagnostic Log via the FLU for troubleshooting license issues
For more information on how to open a support request, please refer to this article: Q100064: How to raise a support ticket
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SUMMARY
This article describes what you will need to do if you want to float RLM licenses from the Foundry using a 3rd party RLM license server.MORE INFORMATION
The Foundry Licensing Server Tools includes everything that you should need to float our licenses on your network. However, it is also possible to use a generic 3rd party RLM server if you wish to, for example if you want to float licenses from multiple vendors from a single server.