Sybase 15 - Manual (Page 17)

CHAPTER 1 Before You Begin
Installation Guide for UNIX 5
Multiple users connect to the network license server to obtain the required
license. You can activate several licenses at once, you have full control over
license use, and you have access to complete asset management and reporting
capabilities.
You can use an existing network license server or install a new one. You can
install network license server on the same host with Replication Server, or as a
standalone system. The number of free cycles on the machine with Replication
Server and the total expected license server activity should dictate whether a
standalone system is needed. For system requirements, see Chapter 4,
“Selecting License Server Machines,” in the FLEXnet Licensing End User
Guide.
Setting up a network license server
To install a network license server on a separate system, use the Replication
Server installation program, select only the SySAM server components, and
complete the installation. When activating licenses at the Sybase Product
Download Center, select the “Served” license model. Save the activated license
file in your machine’s $SYBASE/SYSAM-2_0/licenses directory. See
“Installing a new license server” on page 22 for instructions.
To configure Replication Server to use the network server, specify the network
server host name and port number during installation. Specify the host ID for
the network license server host when you obtain a license from the Sybase
Software Product Download Center. After installation, you can edit the
SYBASE.lic file in $SYBASE/SYSAM-2_0/licenses and change the network
license server host name and port number if necessary.
Note A license responds only to the license server that you specify when you
obtain the license from the Sybase Software Product Download Center.
Limitations
The SySAM network license server has the following limitations:
1 You cannot start the SySAM network license server until there is at least
one “Served” license copied into the licenses directory. Obtain a “Served”
license from the Sybase Software Product Download Center before
starting the license server. See “Managing licenses” on page 43.