Setting up a License Server

If you want to use a standalone served or a floating served license, you must have access to a license server. Licenses for all Sybase products can be managed by a SySAM license server, which is powered by Flexlm technology, and is available on the PowerDesigner CD-ROM.

Note:

The default SySAM server supplied with PowerDesigner can only be installed on a Windows machine. To install SySAM in other environments and to obtain detailed information about SySAM, go to http://www.sybase.com/sysam. Note that any licenses that have been activated for a Windows server must be reactivated for any other platform.

The license server serves a license to a user upon request and retrieves it when it is no longer being used. If all the licenses are already in use, the license server informs you that no license is available.

Served licenses limitation

If you borrow a mobile license and your workstation has installed other products with Flexlm served licenses, you may encounter problems returning your license to the server.

Installing a License Server
If a SySAM license server is already available on your network, your PowerDesigner licenses can be assigned to it.
Adding Additional Licenses with lmtools
The license server should configure itself correctly at installation. If you need to subsequently add additional licenses or otherwise administer the server, you can do so using lmtools.exe, which is available in the SYSAM-2_1\Bin folder.
Troubleshooting with lmutil
lmutil.exe, which is available in the SYSAM-2_1\Bin folder provides various diagnostic possibilities.

Parent topic: Installing PowerDesigner®