Open the Table of Contents
License Manager-Specific Actions
The following actions affect License Managers:
To see information of a License Manager
Click the name of a License Manager 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 Manager and its host name.
To add or remove a License Manager from the Defined Server List
- To add a License Manager - Right-click the name of a License Manager in the list of Subnet Servers. From the menu select Add
to Defined List.
- To remove a License Manager - Right-click the name of a License Manager in the list of Defined Servers. From the menu select Remove from
Defined List.
Tip
Alternatively, you can add and remove License Managers using the Edit > Defined Server List option.
To add a license code to the License Manager using keyboard
- Right-click the
name of a License Manager 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.
- To add the license code to the License Manager memory, select To Server.
- To permanently
add the license code to the License Manager license file as well as to
the License Manager memory, select To
Server and its File.
- Type the license
code in the License code box.
- Click Add.
To add a license code to the License Manager from a file
- Right-click the
name of a License Manager in the left-hand pane of the main window. From
the menu select Add Feature. To
add the license from a file, select From
a File.
- To add the license code to the License Manager memory, select
To
Server. This will add the license code temporarily to the License Manager
memory, only in effect until the License Manager is rebooted.
- To permanently
add the license code to the License Manager license file as well as to
the License Manager memory, select To Server and
its File. This will add the feature both temporarily to the License Manager
memory and permanently to its license file.
- Now, select the
license code file.
The option Change
Log filename—used for changing a usage log file—has been removed since the v8.5.3 release. To create the usage log file, use the License Manager configuration option instead.
To configure a redundant License Manager 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.
In order to
change the redundant license file, you must have write-access to the computer
on which the file resides.
To edit the Reservation File
A reservation file defines groups of users or computers for whom license
tokens can be reserved. The reservation file also can be used to exclude
specific users or computers from using certain licenses.
From the Edit menu of WlmAdmin,
you can select the Reservation File
command to call the WlsGrMgr utility to create a new reservation file
or edit an existing one. For information on WlsGrMgr and reservation files,
see Editing
the Reservation File on Windows (WlsGrMgr).
To shut down a License Manager
Right-click the name of a License Manager in the left-hand pane of the
main window. From the menu select Shutdown
Server.
See Also: