Update Network License Manager Software

To update network license manager software already installed and configured on a server, follow the procedure shown here to download the latest license manager binaries and replace the existing binary files on the server. Replacing these files requires you to stop and restart the license manager.

Alternatively, to perform a fresh installation of the license manager using the interactive installer, stop the existing license manager and follow the procedure in Install License Manager on License Server instead.

Download Latest License Manager Binaries

From the License Manager Download page, download the license manager ZIP file for the platform of your license server.

Unzip the downloaded file and save the extracted folder to a temporary location on the server. The etc/<arch> subfolder of the unzipped folder contains these binary files:

  • lmgrd

  • MLM

  • lmutil

  • lmtools (Windows® only)

  • ParallelServerLicenseCheck

Stop Network License Manager

Stop the network license manager by following the instructions for your platform.

  • Windows — Double-click the LMTOOLS executable located at <lmroot>\etc\win64\lmtools.exe, where <lmroot> is the full path to the license manager folder. Then, on the Start/Stop/Reread tab of the LMTOOLS application, click Stop Server.

  • Linux® and Mac — At the command line, run the following command from the etc/<arch> subfolder of your license manager folder, where <arch> is the platform architecture of the license server.

    ./lmutil lmdown -c <licenseFile>

    <licenseFile> is the path to the server license file, such as license.lic or license.dat.

Replace Existing License Manager Binaries

In the <lmroot>/etc/<arch> subfolder of your license manager folder, replace the existing binary files with the downloaded binary files.

Tip: If you are also updating the license file used by the license server, replace it at this time. For details on updating the license file, see Update Network License File.

Restart Network License Manager

Restart the network license manager by following the instructions for your platform.

  • Windows — Double-click the LMTOOLS executable located at <lmroot>\etc\win64\lmtools.exe, where <lmroot> is the full path to the license manager folder. Then, on the Start/Stop/Reread tab of the LMTOOLS application, click Start Server.

  • Linux and Mac — At the command line, run the following command from the <lmroot>/etc/<arch> subfolder of the license manager.

    ./lmgrd -c <licenseFile> -l +<logFile>

    • <licenseFile> is the path to the server license file, such as license.lic or license.dat.

    • +<logFile> is the full path to the license manager log file. Include a plus symbol (+) immediately before the log file path. This symbol instructs the license manager to append logs to the file, so that when the license manager restarts, it does not create a new log file and overwrite the existing one.

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