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Redundant License Manager Pool Utilities

A number of utilities can be used to create and maintain redundant License Manager pools. The table below lists the most commonly used functions of these tools to give you a quick reference summary of which tool to use for what.

Function   Utilities

 

lslic

(Windows and UNIX)

WlmAdmin

(Windows)

lspool
(Windows and UNIX)

WRlfTool
(Windows)

rlftool
(Windows and UNIX)

Creates a redundant license file

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Pa      

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P

P

Adds/deletes License Managers to/from an existing pool

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Pa

P

P

P

Adds/deletes license to/from a pool

T/Pb

Pa

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P

P

Displays token distribution

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I

I

I

I

Sets/changes the pool name

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Pa

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P

P

Displays a list of License Manager in a pool

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I

I

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Sets the License Manager preference order

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Pa

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P

P

T = Temporary change in effect only until License Manager is stopped and restarted

P = Permanent change to redundant license file

 I = Informational only, makes no changes

a = When done from within WlmAdmin by using the Edit > Redundant License File command, which calls WRlfTool

b = lslic provides options to add a license code permanently to the redundant license file or add a license code to the License Managers’ memory to be in effect only until all redundant License Managers are stopped and restarted again

Note:  WRlfTool and WlmAdmin can be used on Windows computers only, while the other utilities may be used on Windows and UNIX computers.