8.6. Installing a New License File

When you install a new license file, you need to ensure that the Licensing Interconnect recognizes the new file by rereading the Licensing Interconnect. See Rereading the Licensing Interconnect.

You must also inform the Licensing Interconnect if you change the location of the license file. Use either of the following methods:

  1. Use the -c command argument to specify the new license file(s) or new path to the license file. On Linux/UNIX, use the -c command argument in the command that you use to start the Licensing Interconnect. On Windows, use it in the command that you use to install the Windows service. If the service is already installed and the location of the license file was specified on the command line that created the service, you must uninstall the existing service before installing it again with the new path.

  2. In the ansyslmd.ini file, use the LICKEYFIL=<path to license file directory or FlexNet license file> keyword to specify the new license file(s) or the new path to the license file. Do NOT include double quotes around any path specified in the ansyslmd.ini file.

  3. When specifying a directory path (rather than a file), be sure that all license files within that directory have a .lic file extension to be recognized by the license manager.

Update any scripts that start the Licensing Interconnect with the new directory path.