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x Including/Excluding Users or Computers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115How the Reservation File Works . .

lslic - Install/Delete a License Code84 Chapter 5 - Administrator CommandsDescriptionStarts the license server and sets various license server opti

lslic - Install/Delete a License Code SentinelLM System Administrator’s Guide 85-A license-code Adds a license code to the license server’s license

lslic - Install/Delete a License Code86 Chapter 5 - Administrator CommandsDescriptionThe lslic utility installs or deletes a license. If you do not

lsmon - Monitor License Server Transactions SentinelLM System Administrator’s Guide 87 lsmon - Monitor License Server TransactionsFormatlsmon [ Pol

lsmon - Monitor License Server Transactions88 Chapter 5 - Administrator Commandslsmon DisplayThe information lsmon displays about the licenses on t

lsrvdown - Shut Down the License Server SentinelLM System Administrator’s Guide 89 lsrvdown - Shut Down the License ServerFormatlsrvdown host-nameP

lsusage - Display the SentinelLM Usage Log File90 Chapter 5 - Administrator CommandsOptionsOne or more of the following options must be specified::

lsusage - Display the SentinelLM Usage Log File SentinelLM System Administrator’s Guide 91Descriptionlsusage displays a summary of application usage

lsusage - Display the SentinelLM Usage Log File92 Chapter 5 - Administrator Commandswhere:Warning lsusage will not display license transactions tha

lsusage - Display the SentinelLM Usage Log File SentinelLM System Administrator’s Guide 93tem. (For information on creating reports from log file CS

SentinelLM System Administrator’s Guide xiIndex . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

lsusage - Display the SentinelLM Usage Log File94 Chapter 5 - Administrator Commands7. Select In an existing table and select the table Lservlog.

lswhere - Display a List of License Servers SentinelLM System Administrator’s Guide 952. You can now select the date range of the report by specify

WlmAdmin - Administer License Management Activities96 Chapter 5 - Administrator CommandsDescriptionUse lswhere to display the network names of the

WlmAdmin - Administer License Management Activities SentinelLM System Administrator’s Guide 97WlmAdmin also performs a variety of administrative fun

WlmAdmin - Administer License Management Activities98 Chapter 5 - Administrator CommandsEditing the Reservation FileA reservation file defines grou

WlmAdmin - Administer License Management Activities SentinelLM System Administrator’s Guide 99about them. You can also see information about license

WlmAdmin - Administer License Management Activities100 Chapter 5 - Administrator CommandsSetting WlmAdmin PreferencesYou can choose what WlmAdmin d

WlmAdmin - Administer License Management Activities SentinelLM System Administrator’s Guide 101To Create a List of Defined License Servers1. Go to

WlmAdmin - Administer License Management Activities102 Chapter 5 - Administrator CommandsTo Add or Remove a License Server from the Defined Server

WlmAdmin - Administer License Management Activities SentinelLM System Administrator’s Guide 103until the license server is rebooted), select the Add

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WlmAdmin - Administer License Management Activities104 Chapter 5 - Administrator Commandsspecific license, see “To Disable/Enable Token Borrowing f

WlmAdmin - Administer License Management Activities SentinelLM System Administrator’s Guide 1053. Double-click a license to see if any users are us

WlmAdmin - Administer License Management Activities106 Chapter 5 - Administrator Commands4. Click the name of a user. In the right-hand pane of th

WlmAdmin - Administer License Management Activities SentinelLM System Administrator’s Guide 107To Change the Token Distribution for a License• Right

WlmAdmin - Administer License Management Activities108 Chapter 5 - Administrator Commandsrowing on/off for all licenses on the license server, see

SentinelLM System Administrator’s Guide 1095Chapter 6 - Setting User OptionsThe following advanced options are available for SentinelLM users:• Ale

Setting User Alerts110 Chapter 6 - Setting User Options• License returned • License denied (occurs on the next request after the hard limit has bee

Setting User Alerts SentinelLM System Administrator’s Guide 111The configuration file is broken into sections, headed by feature and version: [featu

Setting User Alerts112 Chapter 6 - Setting User Options• expired—License expiration date reached Note appstart and appstop may generate a lot of ne

Setting User Alerts SentinelLM System Administrator’s Guide 113One section of the file can specify only a single alert script and a single e-mail ad

SentinelLM System Administrator’s Guide xiii0PrefaceWelcome to the SentinelLM License Management system which protects the application you are usin

Setting User Alerts114 Chapter 6 - Setting User OptionsConfiguring E-mail Alerts for WindowsOn Windows computers, the license server calls the lsma

Setting Group Reservations SentinelLM System Administrator’s Guide 115•“/usr/ucb/mail” •“/usr/bin/mail” •“/bin/mail” If no program is found via sear

Setting Group Reservations116 Chapter 6 - Setting User OptionsCertain computers can also be allowed to run or prevented from running applica-tions.

Setting Group Reservations SentinelLM System Administrator’s Guide 117• Different groups for the same feature should not have common users or comput

Setting Group Reservations118 Chapter 6 - Setting User OptionsYou now see the main WlsGrMgr screen:2. To make a new reservation file, select the N

Setting Group Reservations SentinelLM System Administrator’s Guide 1196. Now you see a box where you can add the members of the group. 7. Click Ad

Setting Group Reservations120 Chapter 6 - Setting User Options10. After at least one feature has been defined, you can define another group to use

Setting Group Reservations SentinelLM System Administrator’s Guide 121A group specification consists of:• The name of the feature for which the rese

Setting Group Reservations122 Chapter 6 - Setting User Options

SentinelLM System Administrator’s Guide 12311 Appendix A - Using EnvironmentVariables to Configure a LicenseServerThis appendix contains informatio

Note for Networked Application Usersxiv Preface• Configure SentinelLM with environment variables.• Exclude or reserve licenses for users and groups

Client - Commonly Used Variables124 Appendix A - Using Environment Variables to Configure a License ServerA Sentinel LM license server can be configu

Client - Commonly Used Variables SentinelLM System Administrator’s Guide 125LSHOST - Set the License Server Name The LSHOST environment variable is

License Server - Commonly Used Variables126 Appendix A - Using Environment Variables to Configure a License ServerLSPROTOCOL - Set Communication Prot

License Server - Commonly Used Variables SentinelLM System Administrator’s Guide 127configuring all license servers, it’s recommended to always use

License Server - Commonly Used Variables128 Appendix A - Using Environment Variables to Configure a License Server-x By default, on overflow of the

License Server - Infrequently Used Variables SentinelLM System Administrator’s Guide 129Some license server options have a specific environment vari

License Server - Infrequently Used Variables130 Appendix A - Using Environment Variables to Configure a License ServerTo tell the license server runn

License Server - Infrequently Used Variables SentinelLM System Administrator’s Guide 131file will reside in the same directory as the license code f

Environment Variables for Administering License Queuing132 Appendix A - Using Environment Variables to Configure a License ServerExample: To tell the

Environment Variables for Administering License Queuing SentinelLM System Administrator’s Guide 133To tell the license server running on a Windows 9

About This Guide SentinelLM System Administrator’s Guide xv About This GuideThis guide gives all the steps for maintaining SentinelLM.Typographic C

Notes on Setting Environment Variables by Operating System134 Appendix A - Using Environment Variables to Configure a License Server• If not set, the

Stand-alone Application Use of Environment Variables SentinelLM System Administrator’s Guide 135Services when the computer boots. If you make change

Stand-alone Application Use of Environment Variables136 Appendix A - Using Environment Variables to Configure a License Servervariables are used in t

Stand-alone Application Use of Environment Variables SentinelLM System Administrator’s Guide 137LSERVRCCNF - Set the Application License Management

Stand-alone Application Use of Environment Variables138 Appendix A - Using Environment Variables to Configure a License Server

SentinelLM System Administrator’s Guide 13912IndexAadditive licenses 16alerts 109notification 114setting 109Bbackground service 128borrowing threshold

140 IndexHhard limits 109Iincluding/excluding computers and users 116IPX protocol 80ipxecho utility 80L-lfe option 26license balancing 11, 45disa

SentinelLM System Administrator’s Guide 141exclusive 16renewing 21token 38loadls utility 30, 81locking code 3locking commuter authorization 70log file

142 Indexreserving licenses for users 45rlftool utility 11, 40Ssoft limits 109stand-alone computer 135stand-alone license 3syntax conventions xvi

Getting Helpxvi PrefaceSyntax ConventionsThe following syntax conventions are used throughout this guide: Getting HelpFor help with SentinelLM or

SentinelLM System Administrator’s Guide 11Chapter 1 - Getting StartedThis chapter contains basic information of interest to anyone who uses or admi

Basic Concepts2 Chapter 1 - Getting StartedLicense Codes SentinelLM captures your license rights in electronic form. These are stored as digital da

Basic Concepts SentinelLM System Administrator’s Guide 3lects this information and outputs a locking code that is a number based upon the collected

ii SentinelLM System Administrator’s GuideCopyright 2000, Rainbow Technologies, Inc.All rights reserved.http://www.rainbow.comAll attempts have been

Software Activation for Stand-alone Applications4 Chapter 1 - Getting StartedAdvantages of Network LicensingA network license adds many capabilitie

Software Activation for Stand-alone Applications SentinelLM System Administrator’s Guide 5without a license code. To obtain a license code, your ven

Getting Your Computer’s Locking Code6 Chapter 1 - Getting Started1. Contact your vendor following the instructions supplied. (Depending on your ve

Installing License Codes SentinelLM System Administrator’s Guide 7You use the SentinelLM echoid utility to get the computer’s locking code. Your app

Software Activation for Network Licensing8 Chapter 1 - Getting StartedUsing lslic to Install a License CodeIf the application has not been configur

Getting Your License Server Computer’s Locking Code SentinelLM System Administrator’s Guide 9You may also be asked to provide a locking code for the

Installing Network License Codes10 Chapter 1 - Getting Startedtool (or Wrlftool) SentinelLM utility may be used to install the license code on a Wi

Installing Network License Codes SentinelLM System Administrator’s Guide 11Installing a Redundant License CodeNote In addition to providing license

Using the SentinelLM Utilities12 Chapter 1 - Getting Startedwhere server is the host name, IP address, or IPX address of the license server, and to

Using the SentinelLM Utilities SentinelLM System Administrator’s Guide 13of these utilities give information on license use or status and may be use

SentinelLM System Administrator’s Guide iiiExport ConsiderationsRainbow offers products that are based on encryption technology. This encryption tec

Using the SentinelLM Utilities14 Chapter 1 - Getting Started

SentinelLM System Administrator’s Guide 152Chapter 2 - Configuring theLicense ServerThis chapter describes how to start up and configure a license

Overview16 Chapter 2 - Configuring the License Serverlicense codes in a single license file. You generally add license codes to the license file by

Overview SentinelLM System Administrator’s Guide 17Location of the Applications and License ServersThe protected application is installed separately

Performance Notes18 Chapter 2 - Configuring the License Server Performance NotesHigh performance is always a consideration on a busy network. Ther

License Authorization Process SentinelLM System Administrator’s Guide 19which SentinelLM has defined a specific environment variable are set. Finall

License Authorization Process20 Chapter 2 - Configuring the License ServerStep 3: Client Identifies License ServerIf the application supports netwo

License Authorization Process SentinelLM System Administrator’s Guide 21network address of the license server computer. The application sends a lice

Configuring the License Server22 Chapter 2 - Configuring the License ServerStep 9: License Server Releases LicenseWhen the license server receives

Configuring the License Server SentinelLM System Administrator’s Guide 23them in an alternate manner you should read “Appendix A - Using Environment

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Configuring the License Server24 Chapter 2 - Configuring the License ServerInformation is recorded in the log file one entry per line in the follow

Configuring the License Server SentinelLM System Administrator’s Guide 25Here are what the fields in the first entry mean, reading from left to righ

Configuring the License Server26 Chapter 2 - Configuring the License Serverhow much each application is being used. If you don’t have much disk spa

Configuring the License Server SentinelLM System Administrator’s Guide 27level, use the -lfe license server startup option and specify a number from

Starting the License Server28 Chapter 2 - Configuring the License ServerSetting License Server Quiet Startup The license server normally displays a

Starting the License Server SentinelLM System Administrator’s Guide 29Windows NT/2000 User PrivilegesAny user who has administrator privileges may s

Starting the License Server30 Chapter 2 - Configuring the License ServerSystem RequirementsIf you are using network licensing, a supported network

Starting the License Server SentinelLM System Administrator’s Guide 31Windows NT/2000 Event LoggingFor errors, look under Applications in the NT Eve

Configuring the License Server Client32 Chapter 2 - Configuring the License ServerNetWareIPX clients can be served by a Win32 server (lserv9x.exe o

Configuring the License Server Client SentinelLM System Administrator’s Guide 33To verify that TCP/IP is used on a Windows 95/98 or Windows NT 4.0/W

SentinelLM System Administrator’s Guide v1ContentsPreface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Configuring the License Server Client34 Chapter 2 - Configuring the License ServerTest the “Broadcast Method” of Locating a License Server You can

Configuring the License Server Client SentinelLM System Administrator’s Guide 352. If you can ping a license server when you specify its address by

Configuring the License Server Client36 Chapter 2 - Configuring the License Serverthat the license server has a license that authorizes use of an a

SentinelLM System Administrator’s Guide 373Chapter 3 - Setting upRedundant License Servers andLicense BalancingRedundant license servers and licens

Overview of License Balancing and Redundant License Servers38 Chapter 3 - Setting up Redundant License Servers and License Balancingpool can take o

Overview of License Balancing and Redundant License Servers SentinelLM System Administrator’s Guide 39Figure 3-1: Sample Redundant License Server

Overview of License Balancing and Redundant License Servers40 Chapter 3 - Setting up Redundant License Servers and License BalancingYou may also ch

Overview of License Balancing and Redundant License Servers SentinelLM System Administrator’s Guide 41By default, the leader is the first license se

Overview of Setting up Redundant License Servers42 Chapter 3 - Setting up Redundant License Servers and License Balancingmany are in the free pool

Overview of Setting up Redundant License Servers SentinelLM System Administrator’s Guide 43network performance, affect this decision. If you want th

vi Using the SentinelLM Utilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12Chapter 2 - Configuri

Overview of Setting up Redundant License Servers44 Chapter 3 - Setting up Redundant License Servers and License BalancingWhen using the SentinelLM

Overview of Setting up Redundant License Servers SentinelLM System Administrator’s Guide 45Using Reservation FilesYou may use reservation files to r

Setting up the Redundant License Server Pool46 Chapter 3 - Setting up Redundant License Servers and License Balancingare used to turn borrowing off

Setting up the Redundant License Server Pool SentinelLM System Administrator’s Guide 471. First, install (but don’t run) the license servers on dif

Setting up the Redundant License Server Pool48 Chapter 3 - Setting up Redundant License Servers and License Balancingenvironment variable and allow

Setting up the Redundant License Server Pool SentinelLM System Administrator’s Guide 498. Since this is the first time that the redundant license s

Redundant License Server Pool Utilities50 Chapter 3 - Setting up Redundant License Servers and License BalancingRedundant License CharacteristicsA

Redundant License Server Pool Utilities SentinelLM System Administrator’s Guide 51Using lslic to Add Redundant LicensesThe lslic utility can be used

Redundant License Server Pool Utilities52 Chapter 3 - Setting up Redundant License Servers and License BalancingThe lslic command installs or delet

Redundant License Server Pool Utilities SentinelLM System Administrator’s Guide 53Specifying Distribution Criteria for Redundant LicensesWhen using

SentinelLM System Administrator’s Guide viiUNIX . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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Redundant License Server Pool Utilities SentinelLM System Administrator’s Guide 55Creating and Maintaining the Redundant License File1. To create a

Redundant License Server Pool Utilities56 Chapter 3 - Setting up Redundant License Servers and License Balancing2. To add a new license server to

Redundant License Server Pool Utilities SentinelLM System Administrator’s Guide 57first license server in the pool to be started up becomes the lead

Redundant License Server Pool Utilities58 Chapter 3 - Setting up Redundant License Servers and License Balancing3. The Edit License screen display

Redundant License Server Pool Utilities SentinelLM System Administrator’s Guide 59• License distribution - You see a list of all license servers in

Redundant License Server Pool Utilities60 Chapter 3 - Setting up Redundant License Servers and License BalancingrlftoolOr, to modify an existing re

Redundant License Server Pool Utilities SentinelLM System Administrator’s Guide 61Using WlmAdmin to Maintain a Redundant License Server PoolOnce you

Redundant License Server Pool Utilities62 Chapter 3 - Setting up Redundant License Servers and License Balancingstarted that license server or, on

Redundant License Server Pool Utilities SentinelLM System Administrator’s Guide 63Monitoring License Servers and LicensesYou can also use WlmAdmin t

viii What Does WlmAdmin Do? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62Creating or Editing the Redundan

Redundant License Server Pool Utilities64 Chapter 3 - Setting up Redundant License Servers and License BalancingNote When making changes to the red

Redundant License Server Pool Utilities SentinelLM System Administrator’s Guide 65Logging EventsNote If you are using the lspool -L option to log ev

Redundant License Server Pool Utilities66 Chapter 3 - Setting up Redundant License Servers and License BalancingSample Uses of lspoolTo see what li

Redundant License Server Pool Utilities SentinelLM System Administrator’s Guide 67The Distribution Criterion is:Units Units UnitsAllocation Issued C

Redundant License Server Pool Utilities68 Chapter 3 - Setting up Redundant License Servers and License Balancing

SentinelLM System Administrator’s Guide 693Chapter 4 - Commuter LicensingOne of the most useful advantages of the SentinelLM license management sys

Before Your User Checks an Authorization In or Out70 Chapter 4 - Commuter Licensingserver startup options.) This makes sure that commuter licensing

Instructions for Your Network Users SentinelLM System Administrator’s Guide 71• Is connected to the network.• Has access to the Wcommute or lcommute

Instructions for Your Network Users72 Chapter 4 - Commuter Licensing2. To find an authorization for the commuter license you want to use, click Se

Instructions for Your Network Users SentinelLM System Administrator’s Guide 734. For each license server, you see a list of commuter licenses for w

SentinelLM System Administrator’s Guide ixWlmAdmin - Administer License Management Activities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .96What

Instructions for Your Network Users74 Chapter 4 - Commuter Licensingof the application for other network users, so specify the minimum num-ber of d

Instructions for Your Network Users SentinelLM System Administrator’s Guide 75Note that if you do not specify any command-line options, lcommute wil

Instructions for Your Network Users76 Chapter 4 - Commuter Licensing

SentinelLM System Administrator’s Guide 775Chapter 5 - AdministratorCommandsYour application may have been delivered with several SentinelLM admini

78 Chapter 5 - Administrator Commandslserv, lserv9x, lservntStarts the license server. “lserv, lserv9x, lservnt - Start the License Server” on pag

echoid - Get a Computer’s Locking Code SentinelLM System Administrator’s Guide 79 echoid - Get a Computer’s Locking CodeFormatechoid [-s]PlatformWi

ipxecho - Display the IPX Network Address80 Chapter 5 - Administrator Commandssends the locking code data to a text file named lock.txt in the dire

loadls - Install the License Server as an NT/2000 Service SentinelLM System Administrator’s Guide 81Who/WhereRun by an administrative user on the co

lserv, lserv9x, lservnt - Start the License Server82 Chapter 5 - Administrator CommandsWho/WhereRun from the operating system command prompt by an

lserv, lserv9x, lservnt - Start the License Server SentinelLM System Administrator’s Guide 83OptionsBelow is a list of the most commonly used option