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M1: Getting XACT and M1 License Files to use same license manager.


Record #1832

Problem Title:
M1: Getting XACT and M1 License Files to use same license manager.


Problem Description:
The XACT 5.2.x software and the M1 software both use the
Flex-LM License Server. It is possible to have them run
together using the same lmgrd process and the same license
file.


Solution 1:

To use the same lmgrd process you must do the following:

1. Define the environmental variable
     XLM_ENABLE_LM_LICENSE_FILE as follows:

           # The C Shell (put in ~/.cshrc file)
           setenv XLM_ENABLE_LM_LICENSE_FILE 1

           # The Bourne Shell (put in ~/.profile file)
           XLM_ENABLE_LM_LICENSE_FILE=1
           export XLM_ENABLE_LM_LICENSE_FILE

           # The Apollo Aegis /com/sh
           XLM_ENABLE_LM_LICENSE_FILE := "1"
           export XLM_ENABLE_LM_LICENSE_FILE
     The presence of this environment variable will cause the
     Xact 5.2.x programs to use the LM_LICENSE_FILE variable to
     locate the license file. This variable also inhibits
     the program from calling the autostartup program
     (xlmasu) if the license manager is not running. The
     disadvantage of this method is that all users of
     Xact 5.2.x software need to make sure sure the two
     environment variables XLM_ENABLE_LM_LICENSE_FILE, and
     LM_LICENSE_FILE are defined properly.

2.  Make sure that both license files have the same server
    hostname and hostid defined.  There should be line
    in the license files that has the following format
      SERVER   hostname    hostid     port
    for example:
      SERVER   galaxy	   7271DE2D   2100

3. Concatenate the M1 and XACT 5.2.x license files together.
     After doing this remove the duplicate SERVER line from
     the resultant license file.

4. Verify that the DAEMON lines in the license file for the
     xilinxd and XXACTD Daemons have the correct paths to their
     respective executables.


5. Verify that the LM_LICENSE_FILE variable points to
     the combined license file.

6. Setup the M1 environmental variable.
     setenv XILINX /path/to/M1

7. Setup the XACT environmental variable.
     setenv XACT /path/to/XACT521

8. Setup your path so that the M1 license manager executable
     is first in your path.
     for example:
        set path = ($XILINX/bin/sun $XACT/bin/sparc $path)

9. Startup the license server.
     $XILINX/bin/<platform>/lmgrd -c /path/to/license/file


NOTE. For more information on starting up the license
manager for the XACT and M1 software refer to the following
documentation:
XACT Step 5.2.x Core Tools Release Document
README file in the $XACT/license directory
M1 Install and Release Document




End of Record #1832 - Last Modified: 02/03/97 09:08

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