Keysight Licensing User Manual

Keysight Licensing

Administrator's
Guide

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Edition

Edition 3.2, December, 2020
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Technology Licenses

The hardware and/or software
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U.S. Government Rights

The Software is “commercial
computer software,” as defined by
Federal Acquisition Regulation
(“FAR”) 2.101. Pursuant to FAR

12.212 and 27.405-3 and Department
of Defense FAR Supplement
(“DFARS”) 227.7202, the U.S.
government acquires commercial
computer software under the same
terms by which the software is
customarily provided to the public.
Accordingly, Keysight provides the
Software to U.S. government
customers under its standard
commercial license, which is
embodied in its End User License
Agreement (EULA), a copy of which
can be found at

http://www.keysight.com/find/sweula.

The license set forth in the EULA
represents the exclusive authority by
which the U.S. government may use,
modify, distribute, or disclose the
Software. The EULA and the license
set forth therein, does not require or
permit, among other things, that
Keysight: (1) Furnish technical
information related to commercial
computer software or commercial
computer software documentation that
is not customarily provided to the
public; or (2) Relinquish to, or
otherwise provide, the government
rights in excess of these rights
customarily provided to the public to
use, modify, reproduce, release,
perform, display, or disclose
commercial computer software or
commercial computer software
documentation. No additional
government requirements beyond

those set forth in the EULA shall
apply, except to the extent that those
terms, rights, or licenses are explicitly
required from all providers of
commercial computer software
pursuant to the FAR and the DFARS
and are set forth specifically in writing
elsewhere in the EULA. Keysight shall
be under no obligation to update,
revise or otherwise modify the
Software. With respect to any
technical data as defined by FAR

2.101, pursuant to FAR 12.211 and

27.404.2 and DFARS 227.7102, the
U.S. government acquires no greater
than Limited Rights as defined in FAR

27.401 or DFAR 227.7103-5 (c), as
applicable in any technical data.

Safety Notices

A CAUTION notice denotes a hazard.
It calls attention to an operating
procedure, practice, or the like that, if
not correctly performed or adhered to,
could result in damage to the product
or loss of important data. Do not
proceed beyond a CAUTION notice
until the indicated conditions are fully
understood and met.

A WARNING notice denotes a hazard.
It calls attention to an operating
procedure, practice, or the like that, if
not correctly performed or adhered to,
could result in personal injury or
death. Do not proceed beyond a
WARNING notice until the indicated
conditions are fully understood and
met.

iii

Contents

Overview 6

What Is Keysight Licensing? 7
License Types 8
Recognize Your License Type 10

Setting Up Licenses 14

What License Management Tool Should I Use? 15
Setting Up Floating Licenses 20

Windows License Server Setup 23

Linux License Server Setup 27
Setting Up Node-Locked and Transportable Licenses 31
Setting Up USB Portable Licenses 32
Setting Up Module Licenses 34

Advanced Licensing Configuration Options 36

Accessing Floating Licenses through a Firewall 37
Creating an Options File 38
Licensing Environment 39
Multiple Server Configurations 40
Setting Up Three-Server Redundancy 41

Keysight Licensing FAQs 44

What Files and Paths are Used By Keysight Licensing? 50

How to Troubleshoot Problems 52

Floating License Problems 59
Flexera Communication Problems 66
Port Number Conflicts 68

Glossary and Abbreviations 70
Appendix: Manual License Setup 72

Manual Setup: Node-Locked or Transportable Licenses on Windows 73
Manual Setup: USB Portable Licenses on Windows 76
Manual Setup: Floating Licenses on Windows 80
Manual Setup: Node-Locked or Transportable Licenses on Linux 81
Manual Setup: USB Portable Licenses on Linux 84
Manual Setup: Floating Licenses on Linux 89

Appendix: Migrating from Older Versions of Keysight Licensing 94

iv

v

Overview

Overview

https://www.keysight.com/find/licensingdoc.

This document is intended for use by system administrators and end users who
perform advanced configuration tasks as an aid in managing Keysight licensing, which
utilizes the FlexNet licensing solution. For additional information on FlexNet, refer to
the FlexNet Publisher License Administration Guide. This document focuses on
recommendations and information specificto Keysight licensing.

Licensing governs the usage of a Keysight product. Depending on the product, you
may purchase one or more licenses to enable you to run a software application on a
computer or instrument, or to unlock specificfeatures of an application or instrument.

Keysight licensing is based on FlexNet Publisher and supports most of the FlexNet
licenses that have been issued by Keysight for its products over the years. Keysight
Licensing provides tools and processes for floating, USB portable, node-locked, and
transportable licenses.

In this section

What Is Keysight Licensing?
License Types
Recognize Your License Type

Administrator's Guide 6

Overview

What Is Keysight Licensing?

Keysight Licensing includes these elements that work together to unlock applications
and features of Keysight products:

License client software, built into your licensed Keysight product, to manage
feature requests

License files, which contain licenses that unlock your licensed Keysight products
License management tools to help you install, view, and manage your licenses
For floating and counted licenses:

The FlexNet license server manager (
The Keysight vendor daemon(s) (

product licenses

Licensed client software:

Requests the use of a license when you try to use a licensed Keysight
application or feature

Lets you know if it cannot acquire a license

License files:

Are identified by the
Contain a unique signature and information that identifies the type and usage of

this license; see Recognize Your License Type
Are obtained from the Keysight Software Manager website, using the certificate

you received when you bought your Keysight product
Are installed on your computer or instrument, or on a floating license server, to

enable the use of your licensed product

License management tools:

Help you to install and view licenses, and to perform various management
operations (such as borrowing)

See What License Management Tool Should I Use? for information on the
specific tool(s) appropriate to your Keysight productsand licenses.

License server manager

Starts and maintains

agilent

Refers license checkouts (requests) to the appropriate vendor daemon

Keysight vendor daemons

Manage Keysight product licenses, mapping feature requests to the appropriate
license

For historical reasons, Keysight licensing uses either or both of the two vendor
daemons
licenses in use.

) listed in the VENDOR lines of the license file used to start

agileesofd

.lic

lmgrd

and

suffix

:

agileesofd

agileesofd

agilent

and any other vendor daemons (such as

and

, depending on the product(s) and type(s) of

agileesofd

agilent

lmgrd

) to manage servers

and/or

:

agilent

) to manage

lmgrd

7 Administrator's Guide

Overview

License Types

Keysight Licensing providesthese types of licenses:

node-locked
USB portable
transportable
module
floating

Each license is either perpetual (permanent) or time-based (good for a limited
amount of time).

A node-locked license permits the licensed software to run on only one machine. Each
node-locked license is locked to an instrument or computer: The license is resident on
the hard disk of the system that it's locked to, and that system runs the licensed feature
or product. Trial licenses are node-locked, time-based licenses. Trial licenses are
issued for a particular instrument or computer and are provided free of charge for you
to try out a Keysight product.

A USB portable license is locked to a USB dongle (also called a USB key). Systems
that run the licensed feature or product must have the license file resident on their hard
disks, have a dongle driver installed, and have the dongle attached when they run the
licensed feature or product.

A transportable license is a type of node-locked license that can be unlocked from one
client host and then locked to another client host, via a network-enabled process
performed in conjunction with the Keysight Software Manager website.

Node-locked, transportable, and USB portable licenses may
be counted or uncounted. Counted licenses enable a specified number of a given
capability— for example, a given number of processesin a measurement application.
An uncounted license simply unlocks the licensed feature or application on the system
where it is installed.

A module license is locked to a PXI modular instrument and is used to enable
capabilities of that modular instrument.

Floating licenses (network licenses) reside on a license server (a separate computer)
and are checked out for use by Keysight products (instruments or applications), then
returned (checked in) when no longer needed so that they can be used on another
computer or instrument. Floating licenses are always counted; you purchase the count
of licenses that your users need to be able to use concurrently.

Some floating licenses can also be borrowed for a specified number of days. Once you
have borrowed a license, you can disconnect the licensed instrument or computer from
the license server and continue to use the license offline for the duration of the borrow
period. You can distinguish borrowable licenses by the BORROW keyword in the license
file.

Administrator's Guide 8

Overview

See also

Recognize Your License Type

9 Administrator's Guide

Overview

Recognize Your License Type

These examples illustrate some of the important differences among license types, and
some of the important properties of Keysight licenses. Your licenses may look similar to
these, or quite different, depending on the licensed product, time of issue, and other
factors.

Example 1: Node-locked license (unserved, permanent)

FEATURE MYFEATURE1 agileesofd 2022.0910 permanent uncounted \

VENDOR_STRING=005056905d85 HOSTID=005056905d85 \
vendor_info="DESCRIPTION=MyProduct, node locked, permanent \
license (MYFEATURE1)" \
ISSUER=LICENSEID=3351795,PRODUCTID=myprod\
ISSUED=11-sep-19 NOTICE=ORDER=I1001393228,PRODUCT=KALF101-1FP \
START=11-sep-19 TS_OK SIGN="009C 5C2E 6CDF E5EC 6E47 9630 D6BB \
A5A3 6C74 820C 3D01 17BE 60AB A093 CB6E A39B 78E3 9346 E1D2 \
D591 9832"

In an unserved, uncounted node-locked license, there is no SERVER line, and there is a

FEATURE line rather than an INCREMENT line. This license is used locally without a license

server process. The uncounted keyword indicates that this license is unlimited; it does
not provide a number of counts of the feature.

This license does not expire, as indicated by permanent on the first (FEATURE) line.

Example 2: Served, counted node-locked license

SERVER this_host 005056905d85 27009
VENDOR agileesofd
USE_SERVER
#Product: MyProduct Expires: permanent
INCREMENT MYFEATURE1 agileesofd 2022.0910 permanent 5 \

VENDOR_STRING=005056905d85 HOSTID=005056905d85 \
vendor_info="DESCRIPTION=MyProduct, node locked, permanent \
license (MYFEATURE1)" \
ISSUER=LICENSEID=3351774,PRODUCTID=myprod\
ISSUED=11-sep-19 NOTICE=ORDER=I1001393225,PRODUCT=KALP105-1FP \
START=11-sep-19 TS_OK SIGN="014D 92B2 4F4D 73F8 1DC2 7A8A C19D \
FB1D DBD9 E503 6002 1C87 2298 FEC2 3D38 F608 7D3F 5F5A C2DC \
5445 7060"

In the example above, the presence of HOSTID=005056905d85 indicatesthat this license
is tied to the host ID 005056905d85. The presence of a SERVER line indicates that this is a

served

license. To use this node-locked license, you'll need to run a license server

process locally on the machine where you will use the license.
The fourth line of this license, beginning with #Product:, is a comment. All lines

beginning with # are human-readable comment lines; there may be any number of
these in your license.

Administrator's Guide 10

Overview

Example 3: Transportable license (unserved)

FEATURE MYFEATURE1 agileesofd 2022.0910 permanent uncounted \

VENDOR_STRING=005056905d85 HOSTID=005056905d85 \
vendor_info="DESCRIPTION=MyProduct, Transportable, \
permanent license (MYFEATURE1" \
ISSUER=LICENSEID=3351797,PRODUCTID=myprod\
ISSUED=11-sep-19 \
NOTICE=ORDER=I1001393228,PRODUCT=KALF101-1TP,TRANSPORTABLE=Y \
START=11-sep-19 TS_OK SIGN="0057 567C D705 773A C454 C188 BC60 \
0984 D19D 2614 9803 062B 1A59 EE08 5696 4642 4492 786E 533C \
8E3C 3BF5"

The presence of TRANSPORTABLE=Y indicates that this license can be transported
(rehosted via a customer-driven process).

Example 4: USB portable license (unserved, expiring)

FEATURE MYFEATURE1 agileesofd 2022.0911 25-sep-2022 uncounted \

VENDOR_STRING=10-0bebf1c2 HOSTID=FLEXID=10-0bebf1c2 \
vendor_info="DESCRIPTION=KAL Unit Test, USB portable, 36 \
months license (KALFEATURE1)" \
ISSUER=LICENSEID=3352211,PRODUCTID=myprod\
ISSUED=12-sep-19 NOTICE=ORDER=I1001393362,PRODUCT=KALF101-1UY \
START=12-sep-19 TS_OK SIGN="0386 5188 0054 DE5C 14F2 CAE6 5598 \
831D C367 98A9 9A00 1732 70EB 2194 1357 5685 C821 71E1 8CD5 \
F812 F053"

A USB portable license is tied to a USB key (dongle) rather than to a computer. The
host ID FLEXID=10-0b3bf1c2 identifies the USB key to which thislicense is tied. You can
use this license on any computer by installing the license file and a dongle driver on that
computer and plugging the corresponding USB key in to that computer.

This license expires on 25-sep-2022.

SERVER this_host 005056905d85 27009
VENDOR agileesofd
USE_SERVER
#Product: MyProduct Expires: permanent
INCREMENT MYFEATURE1 agileesofd 2022.0910 permanent 1 \

VENDOR_STRING=005056905d85 vendor_info="DESCRIPTION=MyProduct, floating,

permanent license (MYFEATURE1 coun" \

ISSUER=LICENSEID=3351792,PRODUCTID=myprod\
ISSUED=11-sep-19 BORROW=8760 \
NOTICE=ORDER=I1001393228,PRODUCT=KALF101-1NP START=11-sep-19 \
TS_OK SIGN="00C8 730F 83C7 2282 01C5 174C FE59 12C2 5792 D75B \
2D01 57BE 728E C1C9 8027 167E EEED E28D 7904 846D C64F

11 Administrator's Guide

Overview

As shown above, the INCREMENT line with no HOSTID indicates that this is a floating
license. It is tied to the license server whose host ID is 005056905d85, and uses port

27009, as indicated in the SERVER line. The BORROW keyword indicates that this license

can be borrowed (taken offline to be used for a limited time). In this case, the license
can be borrowed for up to 8760 hours (365 days).

Example 6: Floating license (not borrowable)

SERVER this_host 005056905d85 27009
VENDOR agileesofd
USE_SERVER
#Product: MyProduct Expires: permanent
INCREMENT MYFEATURE1 agileesofd 2022.0910 permanent 5 \

VENDOR_STRING=005056905d85 vendor_info="DESCRIPTION=MyProduct, floating,

permanent license (KALFEATURE1 coun" \

ISSUER=LICENSEID=3351766,PRODUCTID=myprod\
ISSUED=11-sep-19 NOTICE=ORDER=I1001393225,PRODUCT=KALP105-1NP \
START=11-sep-19 TS_OK SIGN="036F 1108 7E1F 1E07 A72B 780E 5B9A \
5658 3C50 B14E 5302 E249 78B6 DE9A 3C89 C44D D12D 2B3B B460 \
1E2F B009"

The floating license shown above does not have the BORROW keyword, indicating that it
cannot be borrowed.

Example 7: Trial license

FEATURE MYFEATURE1 agileesofd 2022.0910 22-may-2020 uncounted \

VENDOR_STRING=005056905d85 HOSTID=005056905d85 \
vendor_info="DESCRIPTION=MyProduct, 30 day trial \
license (MYFEATURE1)" \
ISSUER=LICENSEID=3351796,PRODUCTID=kaltest \
ISSUED=21-apr-2020 NOTICE=ORDER=I1001393228,PRODUCT=KALF101-1FY \
START=21-apr-2020 TS_OK SIGN="036F 4CED AAC2 B63A A275 D539 E905 \
BF2E F508 35CC 9402 82CA 9C6D ADCB BE72 6207 497F 1B50 B69D \
0313 1C56"

This is a trial license. Typically, you can use a Keysight trial license for 30 days after you
receive it. It is implemented simply as a node-locked expiring license; in this case, the
expiration date is 22-may-2020.

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13 Administrator's Guide

Setting Up Licenses

This section describes how to set up Keysight Licensing, including licensestied to an
instrument or computer (via host ID), to a USB dongle (USB key), or to a PXI modular
instrument, as well as floating licenses (tied to a networked license server). These
setup instructions apply to both permanent and time-limited (including trial) licenses.

No matter what kind of licenses you have, you'll first need to obtain your license file(s)
and install the appropriate tools. Specific tools and additional setup steps vary
depending on what Keysight product(s) you're licensing and on the type of licenses
you'll be using: See What License Management Tool Should I Use?

Setting up licenses manually

In certain cases, you may not be able to install or manage your licenses with a Keysight
licensing tool; see What License Management Tool Should I Use? to determine if this
applies to you. If that is the case, you'll use FlexNet tools and some manual steps. The
manualsetup processes are described in Appendix: Manual License Setup.

Setting Up Licenses

Administrator's Guide 14

Setting Up Licenses

What License Management Tool Should I Use?

Refer to your Keysight product documentation to determine which of the following
license management applicationsare appropriate for your product(s). In many cases,
the appropriate license management application is included in the installation of your
Keysight product, or is preinstalled on your Keysight instrument.

You can also use the Flexera license management tools for many licensing tasks.
These tools and the FlexNet Publisher License Administration Guide, which describes
their use, are included in the Keysight License Server download as well as in several of
the license management tool downloads.

License Management Tool Comparison

The vendor Name is found on the FEATURE or INCREMENT line of each license.
Keysight licenses may have either
depending on the licensed product and when the license was issued.

agileesofdoragilent

as the vendor Name,

vendor Name and other particulars of the license. Again, refer to your
Keysight product documentation to ensure you are using the best tool to
manage your licenses.

15 Administrator's Guide

Setting Up Licenses

Keysight
PathWave
License Manager

Keysight License
Manager 6

Keysight License
Manager 5

Keysight Floating
License Manager
for EEsof EDA
Products

Node­locked
licenses

Install
(

agileesofd

only), view

(agileesofd

and

agilent)

counted
node­locked
(

agileesofd

only:
install,
view,
delete

Install,
view,
delete
(

agilent

only)
Install,

view,
delete
(

agileesofd

only)

Transportable
licenses

View

(agileesofd

and

agilent)

Install,
transport
(

agileesofd

only)

Not
supported

)

Install, view,
delete,
transport
(

agilent

Not
supported

only)

USB
portable
licenses

Install,
view

Install,
view,
delete

not
supported

Install,
view,
delete

Floating
licenses

Install,
view,
borrow;
configure
license
server (v.

2.3 and
later)

Install,
view,
delete,
borrow,
configure
license
server

not
supported

Install,
view,
delete,
configure
license
server

Keysight PathWave License Manager

Administrator's Guide 16

Setting Up Licenses

PathWave License Manager is a new license management tool that can install, view,
and manage many of the latest Keysight product licenses. This tool will be installed
with your licensed Keysight software if it is appropriate for managing your licenses.

PathWave License Manager utilizes the

agileesofd

and

agilent

vendor daemons. It is

installed with your Keysight software product, if needed.

Keysight License Manager 6

17 Administrator's Guide

Setting Up Licenses

This license management application allows you to manage floating and USB portable
licenses for a variety of software products and instruments.

You can also use the Keysight License Manager 6 to configure remote license servers
for sharing licenses across a network, or to configure a local license server (used with
certain types of node-locked licenses) on the computer or instrument where your
Keysight software is installed.

Keysight License Manager 6 utilizes the

agileesofd

vendor daemon. You can

download Keysight License Manager 6 at https://www.keysight.com/find/KLM6.

Keysight License Manager 5

This license management application allows you to manage node-locked and
transportable licenses for a variety of software products and instruments.

Keysight License Manager 5 utilizes the

agilent

vendor daemon. You can download

Keysight License Manager 5 at https://www.keysight.com/find/KLM5.

Keysight Floating License Manager for EEsof EDA Products

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Setting Up Licenses

This license management application allows you to manage many types of licenses
specifically for EEsof EDA products.

You can also use the Keysight Floating License Manager for EDA to configure remote
license servers for sharing licenses across a network, or to configure a local license
server (used with EEsof EDA node-locked licenses) on the computer or instrument
where your Keysight software is installed.

The Keysight Floating License Manager for EDA utilizes the

agileesofd

vendor
daemon. You can download Keysight Floating License Manager for EDA
at https://www.keysight.com/find/eesof-flexnet-downloads.

Related Links

Keysight Licensing Overview
Keysight Software Manager Overview
Keysight License Manager 5 Download
Keysight License Manager 6 Download
Keysight EDA Knowledge Center

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Setting Up Licenses

Setting Up Floating Licenses

This section describes the high-level setup process for floating licenses (tied to a
networked license server). The details depend on your license management tool; see

What License Management Tool Should I Use? These setup instructions apply to both

permanent and time-limited licenses. If you have already set up your license server,
and just need to add a new license, go to Add a Floating License, below.

Floating License Setup: First Time

To set up floating licensing, you'll need to configure the license server and the client
(the instrument or computer running the licensed Keysight product). The first time you
configure a particular license server machine, you'll need to install server software and
configure the license server process on the server machine.

You'll first need to choose a license server machine, install the Keysight License Server
software on that machine, install at least one license, and start the server process. For
details of initial license server setup, see:

Administrator's Guide 20

Setting Up Licenses

Windows License Server Setup
LinuxLicense Server Setup

Then, you'll need to go to the client machine (the machine where the licensed Keysight
software will be used), install the licensed software and license management tool, and
configure it to get its licenses from the license server machine you just set up. For
details of client setup, see the Help for your license management tool.

To add a floating license to your license server:

Step 1: Obtain a license file

a. If you have ordered a licensed Keysight product, you'll receive (typically by

email) a license certificate. Note the order number and certificate number.

b. Determine the license server's host ID or the USB dongle ID in one of

these ways:

On the server machine, execute lmutil lmhostidto get the
FlexNet host ID directly.

On the server machine, execute getmac /v /fo list . Your host
ID islisted as the Physical Address of the Network Adapter.

If you want the license tied to a dongle, read the dongle ID directly
from the key or, with the dongle connected to your computer,
execute lmutil lmhostid -flexid.

c. Go to http://www.keysight.com/find/softwaremanager to obtain your

license file. Follow the instructionson screen to enter your order number,
certificate number, and host ID.

account and add the Software Manager capability.

d. Follow additional instructions to request a license file, which will be

emailed to you.

Step 2: Save the license file on the license server machine
If your license management tool supports license server setup (see What License

Management Tool Should I Use?), see your tool's Help for license installation

instructions. Otherwise, do the followin:

a. Ensure that your intended usage conforms to your purchased license

types. Your floating licenses may be single site, single region, or
worldwide licenses; you can find this information in the license files.

b. Make a copy of the license file on your hard disk, either:

to the location where you have installed past license files, or
if you do not have an existing location,

in

C:\ProgramData\Keysight\Licensing\Licenses\Server

(Windows) or

/opt/keysight/licensing/licenses/server

.(Linux).

c. Open or view the license files in the directory to ensure they all specify the

same port value (between 27000 and 27009, inclusive) in their SERVER
statements. If not, edit them to have the same port value. You will

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experience licensing failures if the licenses have conflicting port numbers.
See Port Number Conflicts for more information.

Step 3: Restart the license service

Windows: In the Windows Services app, Restart the license server
service (such as EEsof EDA License Server).

Linux:

Stop

lmgrd

and

lmutil lmdown -c
"/var/opt/keysight/licensing/licenses/server"

Restart

lmgrd.exe -c/var/opt/keysight/licensing/licenses/server­l<license log file path>

lmgrd

agileesofd

and

agileesofd

Setting Up Licenses

:

:

Administrator's Guide 22

Setting Up Licenses

Windows License Server Setup

If your license management tool supports license server setup, you can choose to
follow the prompts in your tool or consult the Help in the tool for detailed instructions.
PathWave License Manager (version 2.3 or later) and Keysight License Manager 6
support license server setup. See What License Management Tool Should I Use? for
information on other tools. The following steps describe license server setup using Flex
tools and manual steps.

Ensure that your chosen license server conforms to your purchased license types.
Your floating licenses may be single site, single region, or worldwide licenses; you can
find this information in the license files. For additional help on choosing a license
server, see the FlexNet Publisher License Administration Guide.

Determine your executable and license locations and stop any existing server process
Step 1:

a. Check whether there is already an

license server.

Windows: Run Task Manager. The process may be listed as
VendorDaemon agileesofd.

b. If you find such a process, determine the path to its executable:

i. Right-click the processin Task Manager.

ii. Select Properties.

iii. Make note of the full path, shown in the Location field.

c. Open a command prompt, go to the executable path, and run

d. In the LMTOOLS window, go to the Config Services tab and take note of

the Path to the license file. Thisis where you'll put your new licenses.

e. Close LMTOOLS.

f. Right-click the

Step 2: Install Keysight License Server on the license server machine

Keysight License Server.

a. On your license server machine, open your web browser and navigate to

http://www.keysight.com/find/licenseserver.

b. Download the

c. Extract the files, either:

to the executable location from Step 1 above, or
if you do not have an existing location, to

agileesofd

process in Task Manager and select End task.

agileesofd-<version>-<platform>.zip

agileesofd

process running on your

archive.

C:\Program

Files\Common Files\Keysight\Licensing\Agileesofd

lmtools.exe

.

.

Step 3: Obtain a license file

a. If you have ordered a licensed Keysight product, you'll receive (typically by

email) a license certificate. Note the order number and certificate number.

b. Determine the license server's host ID or the dongle ID in one of these

ways:

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On the server machine, execute lmutil lmhostid to get the
FlexNet host ID directly.

On the server machine, execute getmac /v /fo list. Your host ID
is listed as the Physical Address of the Network Adapter.

If you want the license tied to a dongle, read the dongle ID directly
from the key or, with the dongle connected to your computer,
execute lmutil lmhostid -flexid.

a. Go to http://www.keysight.com/find/softwaremanager to obtain your

license file. Follow the instructionson screen to enter your order number,
certificate number, and host ID.

account and add the Software Manager capability.

b. Follow additional instructions to request a license file, which will be

emailed to you.

Step 4: Save the license file on the license server machine

a. Make a copy of the license file on your hard disk, either:

in the license file directory from Step 1 above, or
if you do not have an existing location, in

C:\ProgramData\Keysight\Licensing\Licenses\Server

b. Open or view the license files in the directory to ensure they all specify the

same port value (between 27000 and 27009, inclusive) in their SERVER
statements. If not, edit them to have the same port value. You will
experience licensing failures if the licenses have conflicting port numbers.
See Port Number Conflicts for more information.

c. If you want the license to be served from multiple servers, put a copy of

the license file on each server machine.

Setting Up Licenses

.

server manager and the vendor daemon.

To start the FlexNet license server manager (

lmgrd

) and vendor daemon (

agileesofd

and automate their restart upon PC reboot, configure a Windows service as follows:

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)

Setting Up Licenses

The service will run under the local system account as the special

Server

user, which does not have special system privileges. This means

Local

you should consider the following:

The log file must be in a location that is writable by all users. If you
specify a log file location that is not writable, the service
will immediately exit, and will not indicate any errors (it returns an
exit code of 0 even though it encountered an error). Since the log
file was not writable, you will have no error message anywhere to
indicate what went wrong, or even that there was a problem.

The license files must be in a location that is readable by all users. If
you specify a location that isn't readable, the log file will contain an
error indicating that the license file couldn't be found.

Keysight recommendsyou put the log file and license files
somewhere under

C:\ProgramData\Keysight

, which will allow them

to inherit the appropriate permissions.

a. Run

lmtools.exe

from

C:\Program Files\Common

Files\Keysight\Licensing\Agileesofd

. The LMTOOLS window is

displayed.

b. In the Service/License File tab, select the Configuration using Services

option.

c. Click the Config Services tab and enter the following details. See the

NOTE above for additional information about paths.

i. Service Name: For compatibility with Keysight EDA products, use

the Name EEsof EDA License Server.

ii. Path to the lmgrd.exe file: Click Browse and specify the path to

the

lmgrd.exe

Files\Common Files\Keysight\Licensing\Agileesofd\lmgrd.exe

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file on the license server (for example,

C:\Program

).

Setting Up Licenses

iii. Path to the license file: Click Browse and specify the path to the

license file on the license server (for example,

C:\ProgramData\Keysight\Licensing\Licenses\Server\license.lic

If you have multiple license files for multiple Keysight products,
include them all.
Path to the debug log file: ClickBrowse and specify the path to the
debug log file on the license server (for example,

C:\ProgramData\Keysight\Licensing\Log\LicenseServer.log

).
d. Select the Use Services option.
e. Select the Start Server at Power Up option.

f. Click Save Service. The following figure shows the configured services in

the LMTOOLS window.

).

g. Click the Start/Stop/Reread tab and observe that your service shows up

in the FlexNet license services installed on this computer list.

h. To start the service, on the Start/Stop/Reread tab, select your service and

click Start Server.

running, click the Config Services tab again and click View Log. A log
window appears that indicates whether

lmgrd

and

agileesofd

are up and

running.
If you need to stop the license server, execute the following (substituting

your license location if it is different):

lmutil lmdown -c C:\ProgramData\Keysight\Licensing\Licenses

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Linux License Server Setup

If your license management tool supports license server setup, you can choose to
follow the prompts in your tool or consult the Help in the tool for detailed
instructions. PathWave License Manager (version 2.3 or later) supports license server
setup. See What License Management Tool Should I Use? for information on other
tools. The following steps describe license server setup using Flex tools and manual
steps.

Ensure that your chosen license server conforms to your purchased license types.
Your floating licenses may be single site, single region, or worldwide licenses; you can
find this information in the license files. For additional help on choosing a license
server, see the FlexNet Publisher License Administration Guide.

License server setup...

Repeat the following steps on each license server. (For help on choosing a license
server, see the FlexNet Publisher License Administration Guide.)

Step 1: Determine your executable location and stop any existing server process

a. First, run ps -ef | grep agileesofd to see whether there is already an

agileesofd

b. If you find such a process, determine the path to its executable by

executing readlink -f /proc/<pid>/exe. Make note of this path.

c. Kill the

Step 2: Install Keysight License Server on the license server machine

Keysight License Server.

a. On your license server machine, open your web browser and navigate to

http://www.keysight.com/find/licenseserver.

b. Download the

c. Untar the files, either:

Step 3: Obtain a license file

a. If you have ordered a licensed Keysight product, you'll receive (typically by

email) a license certificate. Note the order number and certificate number.

b. Determine the license server's host ID in one of these ways:

process running on your license server.

agileesofd

process.

agileesofd-<version>-<platform>.tar.gz

to the executable location from Step 1 above, or
if you do not have an existing location, to

/opt/keysight/licensing/agileesofd

On the server machine, execute lmutil lmhostid to get the
FlexNet host ID directly.

.

archive.

you try to run lmutil, then you need to installthe Linux

Standard Base library . Use yum to install redhat-lsb.

On the server machine, execute /sbin/ifconfig -a

Examine the ifconfig results to find your Ethernet interface

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(often called eth0) and use its hardware address (HWaddr). For
example, in the ifconfig output shown below, the host ID is

00:0c:29:c0:06:65.

eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:0c:29:c0:06:65

inet addr:156.140.113.178 Bcast:156.140.113.255

Mask:255.255.254.0

inet6 addr: fe80::20c:29ff:fec0:665/64 Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:36522 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:10160 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0

carrier:0

collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:38094114 (38.0 MB)
TX bytes:695114 (695.1 KB)

c. Go to http://www.keysight.com/find/softwaremanager to obtain your

license file. Follow the instructionson screen to enter your order number,
certificate number, and host ID.

account and add the Software Manager capability.

d. Follow additional instructions to request a license file, which will be

emailed to you.

Step 4: Save the license file

To save the license file for use by Keysight licensing:

a. Make a copy of the license file on your hard disk, either:

to the location where you have installed past license files, or
if you do not have an existing location, in

/var/opt/keysight/licensing/licenses/server

b. Open or cat the license files in the directory to ensure they all specify the

same port value (between 27000 and 27009, inclusive) in their SERVER
statements. If not, edit them to have the same port value. You will
experience licensing failures if the licenses have conflicting port numbers.
See Port Number Conflicts for more information.

c. Set the file permissions so that it can be read by

chmod a+r <fileName.lic>

This example gives all users read access to the license.

Step 5: Start the license server manager

.

lmgrd

. For example:

server.

Start the license server manager (

lmgrd

) and vendor daemon (

agileesofd

) on the

machine to which the license is tied as follows:

a. Change directory to the location of your server files (for example,

/opt/keysight/licensing/agileesofd

b. Run the following command to start

./lmgrd -c <license file path> -l <license log file path>

).

lmgrd:

where:

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<license file path>

specifies one or more full path Names to

license file(s) and/or folder(s) containing license files.

<license log file path>

is the full path Name to the debug log file.

To automate the license server manager's startup upon system reboot, add something
similar to the following sample script in the system boot services directory or in

/etc/rc.d/init.d

#!/bin/sh

#
# Sample FlexNet startup script for restarting license server process
#
### BEGIN INIT INFO
# Provides: license server
# Required-Start: $network
# Required-Stop:
# Default-Start: 3 4 5
# Default-Stop:
# Description: Start License Server

### END INIT INFO
/opt/keysight/licensing/agileesofd/lmgrd -c
/var/opt/keysight/licensing/licenses -l
/var/log/keysight/licensing/log/license-server.log

echo "Starting license server process......"

sleep 5

.

Once you implement your version of the FlexNet startup script using the above sample,
follow the steps below to complete the automation:

1. Change to the system boot services directory

2. Create a startup script (for example,

keysight_lmgrd_restart

/etc/rc.d/init.d.

) in the system boot

services directory.

3. Insert your FlexNet startup script (above) into the startup script.

4. Set the permissions for this script asfollows:

chmod 755 keysight_lmgrd_restart
chown root keysight_lmgrd_restart
chgrp sys keysight_lmgrd_restart

5. If this machine is your license server, run this command:

/sbin/chkconfig --add keysight_lmgrd_restart

6. Create a system service file (
below, in the system boot services directory

keysight_lmgrd.service

/etc/systemd/system.

), with the contents shown

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[Unit]
Description=Keysight License Server
After= multi-user.target
[Service]
Type=simple
ExecStart= /etc/rc.d/init.d/keysight_lmgrd_restart.sh
TimeoutStartSec=0
[Install]
WantedBy= default .target

7. From the terminal, execute the command:

systemctl enable keysight_lmgrd.service

The license server will be automatically started as soon as the system is restarted.

lmgrd

:

lmgrd: /lib64/ld-lsb-x86-64.so.3: bad ELF interpreter: No

such file or directory
lmgrd: No such file or directory

then you need to install the Linux Standard Base library . Use yum to
install redhat-lsb .

If you need to stop the license server manually, execute the following
(substituting your license location if it is different):

lmutil lmdown -c /var/opt/keysight/licensing/licenses

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