Configuring clients to use floating keys using LKAD
Steps for specifying a license server in License Key Administrator.
About this task
IBM® DevOps products on a Windows client can check out floating and named-user floating license keys from a Windows or UNIX system license server.
In the following four situations, you do not
have to open LKAD and specify the license server:
- Your system administrator has set up a silent installation. The silent installation might include a post-installation command that specifies the license server. For more information about the silent installation command syntax, see the installation guide for your DevOps product.
- Your administrator might give you a text file to use from a command window. See Using the License Key Administrator command line.
- Your computer is also the License Key Administrator.
If you have an authorized user license, see Installing authorized user license keys using LKAD.
Use Table 1 to
guide you through the steps for specifying a license server.
| Task | Procedure |
|---|---|
| Open the License Key Administrator (LKAD). | Opening License Key Administrator (LKAD). |
| Configure the client to use a single or multiple license servers. | Configuring clients to use single or multiple license servers using LKAD |
| Configure the client to use redundant license servers. | Configuring clients to use redundant license servers using LKAD. |
| Assign a port value in a firewall situation. | Entering a port value on a client to support a firewall. |
| Change the license server search order. | Changing the license server search order in LKAD. |
| Remove a license server from the search order. | Removing a license server from the client using LKAD. |
| Use the LKAD command line. | Using the License Key Administrator command line. |
| Use floating license keys when you work at home or travel. | Using license keys for home use or travel. |