flexlm over ssh

Hi,
I am trying to use our flexlm license over a ssh connection. I have
forwarded the port 5280 to flexlm server 5280 using ssh. I have
aliased flexlm machine to the 127.0.0.1. Now when i run lmstat -a i
get the following :

license server UP(MASTER) v8.2

Vendor deamon status (on timon)
cdslmd: can not connect to license server (-15,570:111 "Connetion
refused")

Do i need to forward some port i am not doing already. Where am i
going wrong?

Shardendu

 

Hello,

Flexlm works with 2 ip ports. One for flexlm him self (5280 in your case)
and an other for the vendors daemon (cdslmd). This port number
can be found in the log file. The problem is that this port is never the
same
after restart of flexlm, so it is difficult to manage this with this
ssh-forwarding.

But there is a solution : you must start your vendor daemon with an option
in the licence file : cdslmd /usr/cds/cdslmd port=5281 for exemple.
So the daemon starts on a fixed port, this can now be managed with ssh.
Warning, on some solaris versions, ip-ports are not released quick enough,
so you can have some pbs when restarting daemons: see licence logfile for
this.

Cricri68 (France)

 

I've been fighting similar battles. I've gotten as far as adding the
PORT=5281 bit in the license file for the cdslmd daemon line. Now I can
do 'lmatat -c 5280@lmserver" or "lmdiag -c 5280@lmserver 34510" and see
that the license server is up and that the license I want is available.
Now my problem is that when I fire up ocean or icms I'm unable to get a
license. In fact in icms if I pullup the license window, I'm unable to
see the users of any licenses or check out any.

I have CDS_LIC_FILE set to 5280@lmserver in my environment and I've
tried LM_LICENSE_FILE too just for kicks. Is there something else I'm
missing?

Thanks
-Dan



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