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• Introduction
  • Overview
  • Software requirements
  • Network requirements
  • Firewall settings
  • Quick overview of CLC Network License Manager setup
• Installation and launch
  • Windows installation and launch
    • Downloading license files for Windows
    • Checking that the server is ready
    • Uninstalling the Windows Service
  • macOS installation and launch
    • Installing the software on macOS
    • Configure the service to be run by a designated user
    • Downloading license files for macOS
    • Check the service is running on macOS
    • Starting and stopping the license manager on macOS
  • Linux installation and launch
    • Installing the software on Linux
    • Initial configuration steps on Linux
    • Running the CLC Network License Manager as a service
    • Downloading license files for Linux
    • Starting and stopping the CLC Network License Manager on Linux
  • Installation modes - console and silent
  • Upgrading the CLC Network License Manager
• Configuration
  • General configuration
  • Access configuration
    • Permissions
    • Reservations
  • Setting limits
• Monitoring the license manager
  • The LM-X Graphical License Server Client
  • The LM-X End User Utility
    • XML format status information
  • The license manager log file
• Configuring Workbenches to use network licenses
• License download
  • Download license files for Windows
  • Download license files for macOS
  • Download license files for Linux
  • Download license files on non-networked machines
• Feature names

Upgrading the CLC Network License Manager

Upgrading the CLC Network License Manager to a newer version

To upgrade to CLC Network License Manager 5.5.4 from an earlier version of the CLC Network License Manager:

• Stop the running license manager process.
• Install the updated software to the same folder as the existing CLC Network License Manager installation.
• Check the configuration, file ownership and service configuration are updated.
• Start the CLC Network License Manager.

Links to documentation on configuring the installation and starting and stopping the service:

• Windows: Section Windows installation and launch

• Linux: Sections Initial configuration steps on Linux and Running the CLC Network License Manager as a service

• macOS: Sections Starting and stopping the license manager on macOS and Configure the service to be run by a designated user

Upgrading to the CLC Network License Manager from a CLC License Server

Since May, 2021 the product used to serve network licenses has been named CLC Network License Manager. Prior to that, it was named CLC License Server. To upgrade from any version of the CLC License Server to the CLC Network License Manager, the general steps are:

• Stop the running license server process.
• Install the CLC Network License Manager to a new location, following the installation instructions for the relevant platform.
• Install the licenses, following the instructions for downloading license files for the relevant platform.

  Alternatively copy the old license files, usually this is from within the licenses folder of the old installation area, into the licenses folder of the new installation.

  If upgrading the CLC Network License Manager around the time of a major release of the CLC analysis software, we recommend downloading new license files.

• If you have customized the licenseserver.cfg file in the older installation, then either copy that file into the installation area of the new CLC Network License Manager or edit the new licenseserver.cfg file as needed.

  When upgrading fromCLC License Server 3.6.1, we recommend that you read and keep a copy of the new licenseserver.cfg file as it contains more information about possible configurations than earlier versions of that file.

• If you were running the CLC License Server) as a service, check that the service configuration is correct.

  When upgrading on Linux: If the service is configured under SystemV, check that the clclicsrv script under /etc/init.d has the correct information for the upgraded installation. If changing from using SystemV to systemd for handling the CLC Network License Manager service, ensure that you remove any earlier SystemV configuration files from /etc/init.d.

• Start up the new CLC Network License Manager following the instructions given for the relevant platform.

Links to documentation on configuring the installation and starting and stopping the service are provided near the top of this section.

Troubleshooting note when upgrading mac installations

If the CLC Network License Manager service does not start up as expected on a mac after upgrading from CLC License Server 4.0 to CLC Network License Manager 5.5.4, check that /usr/local/lib is a folder. If you find it is not, for example, if it is a symbolic link to liblmxvendor.dylib in the CLC License Server 4.0 installation, remove that file/symbolic link and rerun the installservice script in the installation area of the CLC Network License Manager, e.g. at

/Applications/CLCNetworkLicenseManager5/CLCLicenseServerLaunchDaemon/installservice

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