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Dell NetWorker 19.11 Licensing Guide

Manage the License Server (Linux)

On Linux, you can manage and start the License Server with the lmgrd command.

Prerequisites

Before you run the lmgrd command, ensure that you complete the following tasks:

  • Create the/opt/dellemc/licenses for the license file and the /opt/dellemc/licenseserver/logs directory for the log files.
  • Add the license file that you received from Dell Licensing to the /opt/dellemc/licenses directory.

Steps

  1. To start the License Server, at the command prompt, type lmgrd.
    # ./lmgrd -l /opt/dellemc/licenseserver/logs/lmgrd.log -c /opt/dellemc/licenses
  2. To manage the License Server, type the lmgrd command with the following arguments:
    lmgrd [-c license_file_list] [-l [+]debug_log_path] [-2 -p] [-local] [-x lmdown] [-x lmremove] [-z] [-v] [-help]
    The following table provides information about the arguments that you can use with the lmgrd command. The section Lmutil application provides more information on available arguments.
    Table 1. lmgrd argumentsThis table describes Imgrd arguments.
    Argument Description
    -c license_file_list Directs use of the specified license files.
    -l [+]debug_log_path Writes debugging information to file debug_log_path. This option uses the letter l, not the numeral 1. Prefixing debug_log_path with the + character appends logging entries. Use the -l option before other options to log all debugging information to debug_log_path.
    -2 -p Restricts use of the lmdown, lmreread, lmremove, lmswitch, lmswitchr, and lmnewlog utilities, to a license administrator who is, by default, root. If there is a UNIX group called lmadmin, use is restricted to members only of that group. If root is not a member of this group, root does not have permission to use any of the mentioned utilities. If -2 -p is used when starting lmgrd, no Windows user can shut down the License Server with lmdownor use the lmswitch, lmswitchr, and lmnewlog utilities.
    -local Restricts the lmdown and lmreread commands so they can run only from the same system where lmgrd is running.
    -x lmdown Disables the lmdown command so no user can run lmdown. If lmdown is disabled, stop lmgrd with the kill pid command, or stop the lmgrd and vendor daemon processes through the Windows Task Manager or Windows service. On Linux, ensure that the kill command does not have a -9 argument.
    -x lmremove Disables the lmremove command (no user can run lmremove).
    -z Run in foreground. The default behavior is to run in the background. If you specify-l debug_log_path, no windows are used. If you do not specify the -l argument, separate windows are used for lmgrd and each vendor daemon.
    -v Displays the lmgrd version number and copyright, and then exits.
    -help Displays usage information, and then exits.
    -reuseaddr Allows the server to explicitly bind to a same port, which remains in TIME_WAIT state after the server restarts or crashes.

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