Installing a new license server

If you selected a served license model, you must install a license server. You do not need to run the license server on the same machine as the Adaptive Server. You can specify the served license during the Adaptive Server installation and the installer sets up the license server.

Perform the following steps to install a new license server.

Ensure that your system is updated with the correct operating system patches for your platform. For more information see “System requirements”.

Install the license server.

Insert the CD or DVD into the appropriate drive.
Launch the SySAM License Server installer program from command prompt in the CD drive. Enter:
```
.\SySAM\setup.exe
```
The Welcome Window displays. Click Next.
Select the most appropriate country from the drop-down list.
Accept the license agreement.
Enter or select the destination directory.
Select Sybase Software Asset Management License Server and Utilities 2.1.
Click Next to see the summary.
Click Next to proceed with the installation.

The license server cannot be started until there is at least one valid served license installed in the licenses directory located at %SYBASE%\SYSAM-2_0\licenses.

Get the host ID for the machine on which you run the license server. For information on how to generate the host ID, see “Getting your host ID”.

Go to the Sybase Product Download Center (SPDC).

Generate the licenses for the products you want to install. For instructions on generating your licenses, see “Generating licenses at SPDC”.

From command prompt, navigate to installed directory.

Copy the license file in the %SYBASE%\%SYBASE_SYSAM%\licenses directory on the network license server machine.

Refresh or restart the license server:

Change to:

%SYBASE%\%SYBASE_SYSAM%\bin
If the license server is not already started, start it, by entering:
```
sysam start
```
If the license server is already started, use the reread command to make the license server read the new license files:
```
sysam reread
```

Refresh or restart the license server:

Validate that the license daemon is running by entering:

sysam status

You can expect to see output for a running server that is similar to:

> sysam start

Starting the SYSAM service
The SYSAM service is starting.
The SYSAM service was started successfully.

The SySAM License Server installer installs both IPv4 and IPv4/IPv6 dual stack License Server binaries during installation and configures use of IPv4 only binaries. You can use the SySAM script to configure the appropriate version of the license server:

sysam configure [IPv6|IPv4]

For example, this command configures use of the IPv4/IPv6 dual stack binaries:

sysam configure IPv6

For more information, see SySAM Users Guide.