Merging license files

If you have two or more products whose FLEXnet license servers run on the same computer, you might be able to merge their licenses into a single license file.

About this task

Different vendors use different algorithms to generate the host ID. The host ID uniquely identifies the computer. The vendors can use a custom algorithm, or they can generate the host ID using:

The ethernet address of the network interface card.
The disk serial number of the boot drive .
The computer's Internet address.

You cannot merge two license files if different algorithms are used to generate the host ID. For example if license file uses the Internet address and the other license file uses the disk serial number.

If the license files use different algorithms, you can ask IBM Rational to create a new license file that uses the same algorithm that the other vendor uses.

Procedure

Contact the customer support team for the other vendor. Check if there are any known issues with merging their licenses.
Open a text editor such as Notepad. Copy the SERVER, DAEMON and FEATURE lines from the Rational license file. Paste lines into the license file from the other vendor. Save the merged license file as license.dat.
If merging a server license, check that the new file only has one SERVER line and that the SERVER line is the first line in the license file.
For a server license, restart your FLEXnet license server. On Windows:
1. Click Start > All Programs > IBM Rational > IBM Rational License Server > LMTOOLS,
2. Click Start/Stop/Reread.
3. Click Stop Server then click Start Server to restart the license server. Do not use ReRead License File.
On UNIX:
To reread the license file, restart the license server using the following commands:
```
lmutil lmdown -c <license_file_path>
lmgrd -c <license_file_path> -l <license_log_path> -local
```
Note: Do not use lmutil lmreread to restart the server.