Specifications

License Server - Commonly Used Variables
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configuring all license servers, it’s recommended to always use LSERVOPTS to
set these options instead of providing them directly on the command line
:
Table A-3: LSERVOPTS Options Summary
Option Description
-s license-file Specifies the name and location of the license code file. By default, the
license server will use the file, lservrc, in the local directory. The location of
the license code file can also be specified by the environment variable,
LSERVRC.
-e license-configuration-
file
Specifies the name and location of the optional license configuration file,
which can contain configuration information for alerts, readable license
codes, etc. By default, the license server will use the file, license-file.cnf
(appends extension .cnf to the license file path it uses). The location of the
configuration file can also be provided by the environment variable,
LSERVRCCNF.
-l usage-log-file Specifies the name and location of the license server’s usage log file, which
enables usage logging. By default, usage logging is disabled.
-z usage-log-file-size The maximum size of the usage log file. The size can be specified in bytes,
kilobytes, or megabytes. For instance, -z 2000 means 2000 bytes, -z 2k
means 2 kilobytes, -z 2m means 2 megabytes. The default value is 1 mega-
byte. Once the maximum size of the file is reached, the license server will
create a backup log file unless the -x option has been used; the -x option
causes the license server to simply stop logging transactions.
If log file backups are not disabled by -x, when the log file reaches its maxi-
mum size the contents of the log file are moved into a new file that has the
same name as the original log file but which has two numeric digits appended
to its name. For example, if the original log file is named lserv.log, the first
backup file will be named lserv.log.00. The next time a backup file is created,
the new file will use the next available backup number (e.g., lserv.log.01).
The maximum number of backup files is 99; you can move existing backup
log files to another directory and the license server will begin again with 00.
If clients are connected to the license server when the backup file is created,
dummy records are created for any pending transactions in the backup file;
corresponding dummy records are created in the new file. The dummy
records are identified by the user name LM_SERVER.