FLEX Licensing

The full Flexera Licensing - End User Guide is installed when the APEX supplied LMUtils software is installed.

The manual contains detailed information on configuring, starting and running a license server. The manual also contains instructions for using the license utilities included in LMUtils.

The following is an overview of the commonly used utilities included in LMUtils: These utilities are available for both Windows and Linux systems, except where noted otherwise. Chapter 4 of the End Users Guide contains detailed instructions for each of the utilities.

  • lmborrow – Supports license borrowing.
  • lmdiag – Diagnoses license checkout problems.
  • lmdown – Shuts down license server.
  • lmgrd – Used to start license server.
  • lmhostid – Reports the hostid of a system.
  • lminstall – Converts license files between different formats.
  • lmpath – Allows users direct control over license file path settings.
  • lmremove – Releases a hung license to the pool of free licenses.
  • lmreread – Causes the license daemon to reread the license file and start any new vendor daemons.
  • lmstat – Display the status of the license server system.
  • lmswitch – Control debug log location and size.
  • lmswitchr – Switches the report log to a new file name.
  • lmtools (Windows only) – Graphical program for managing all aspects of license server system, including creating a Windows Service to run the license server system automatically at startup.
  • lmutil – Package of all Flexera Licensing Utilities.
  • lmver – Reports the Flexera Licensing version of a library or binary file.

The following is a list of the host daemons provided by APEX:

  • edas – EDAS Host daemon, uses the system’s Host ID or MAC address (deprecated)
  • APEX – Apex Host daemon, uses composite Host ID’s (Currently Supported)

The following is a list of tools provided for use with the latest vendor daemon (APEX)

  • apexhostid - Tool to provide the user with the composite host id of the system
  • LicVerify - Tool to provide detailed information of the system. This information is used to copy and paste into a license request on the User’s site

List of APEX products and their Licenser

  1. GageMap 3.12 and above – APEX
  2. GageMap 2017.3.3, 3.10, and below – EDAS
  3. DS 2018.1 and above – APEX
  4. DS 3.6 and below – EDAS
  5. DX 2018.2.1 and below – EDAS

Note

APEX products use Flexera version 11.14. Those using an earlier version of Flexera may be required to update thier ‘lmgrd’ utility in order to run the APEX vendor daemon. The ‘lmgrd’ installed with APEX applications, located in the applications ‘licenses’ directory, will run the APEX vendor daemon and all vendor daemons who’s version is 11.4 or lower.