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Re: License servers
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Isaac Holmes)
Wed Jan 19 12:45:01 2011
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Date: Wed, 19 Jan 2011 12:44:48 -0500
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From: Isaac Holmes <iholmes@ND.EDU>
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We run KeyAccess from VMWare and like Tony our only issue is when a vendor supplies a USB dongle for the license. Since we also have a KeyShadow server the USB dongle is only valid when the primary KeyServer is up as the dongle cannot be attached to both simultaneously. Also in order to connect the USB dongles to the VM and that it stayed assigned correctly to the VM should it move to a different server we purchased a Ethernet to USB bridge and assign that usb port the the VM.
We also have a FLexLM license server but I am not familiar with its configuration.
Isaac Holmes
University of Notre Dame
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On Jan 19, 2011, at 12:24 PM, "Tony Skalski" <ajs@STOLAF.EDU> wrote:
> We run multiple instances of FlexLM on our license server under VMWare
> (VSphere 4) and have for approximately 4 years. No issues. We
> currently run multiple vendor daemons, as provided by the software
> vendors, and these listen on different ports. Over time, I have become
> more familiar with the syntax of the FlexLM license files, and in the
> future may consider running one daemon on one port, and combine the
> individual license files into one.
>
> The only (minor) hassles are those licenses which require a USB
> dongle, but there are numerous boxes to connect a guest VM to USB
> devices over the network (we use a Digi) - but be forewarned that some
> vendors explicitly do not support license dongles because of the
> potential to violate a license agreement (i.e. provide the same dongle
> to multiple license servers).
>
> We have had less than stellar results with Aladdin's (SafeNet) HASP,
> which IMHO, is a pile. We use this for two license managers
> (VectorWorks and Spartan) and each has a USB dongle. Since we added
> this to our license server, we've had trouble with the USB dongles:
> not only the two used by HASP but also with a third that is used by
> FlexLM (ArcGIS 9). I've resorted to restarting the (HASP) license
> manager services nightly to avoid problems. Luckily, we are upgrading
> to ArcGIS 10 in Feb. which no longer requires a dongle.
>
> ajs
>
> On Wed, Jan 19, 2011 at 10:29 AM, Cal Frye <cjf@calfrye.com> wrote:
>> Perhaps a better question for lab managers, but some of you might be on
>> top of this one...
>>
>> Anybody have experience, good or bad, with running FlexLM or other
>> license manager applications on Windows in virtual machines? We intend
>> Hyper-V, but experiences with VMWare aren't out of line.
>>
>> Thanks in advance!
>>
>> --
>> Best regards
>> -- Cal Frye, Network Administrator, Oberlin College
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>>
>> www.calfrye.com, www.oberlin.edu/cit/
>>
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> Tony Skalski
> Systems Administrator
> ajs@stolaf.edu
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> Information and Instructional Technologies
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