# Import a License File to Add a New Vendor Daemon

The following instructions describe how to add a new vendor daemon by importing a license file. As a prerequisite to this procedure, make sure you have successfully installed, configured, and started the license server.

Note:Some license files may specify the vendor daemon port number in the file on the VENDOR line. (See Vendor Daemon Port.) If you import a license file that specifies a port number that is already in use, that vendor daemon will not be started. If you have more than one license file that specifies the same vendor daemon port number when the License Manager starts, only one of the vendor daemons will be started. If this is the case, you must edit the license file to remove or change the port number.

| 1. | Copy the vendor daemon and the related support files to the specified location on the license server. The software publisher should tell you where to copy these files so that the license server manager (lmadmin) can locate them. The VENDOR line in the license file also defines this location.

| 2. | Obtain the license file from the software publisher and save the license file to a directory on either a client system or the license server.

| 3. | Access the license server management interface from the machine where you saved the license file and sign in as an administrator.

| 4. | Click the Administration link, and then click the Vendor Daemon Configuration tab.

| 5. | Click the Import License button.

| 6. | In the Import License File page, click Browse to select the license file.

| 7. | Optionally, select the Overwrite License File on Server check box. If a license file exists in the upload directory on the license server with the same name, the license server will overwrite that file. This option should not be required when you are adding a new vendor daemon to the license server manager.

| 8. | Click the Import License button. The vendor daemon information will be added to the license server configuration file so that it can be managed by the license server. The license file will be copied to the configured directory on the license server. You can configure the directory that licenses are uploaded to using the lmadmin command line argument –uploadDir. See the License Administration Guide for details. Typically this location is configured when lmadmin is first installed and you will not need to alter it.

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2022 R2

Import a License File to Add a New Vendor Daemon

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