I have products from several companies at various FLEXlm version levels. Do I have to worry about how these versions work together?
If you’re not combining license files from different vendors, the simplest thing to do is make sure you use the tools that are shipped by each vendor. lmgrd will always correctly support older versions of vendor daemons and applications, so it’s always safe to use the latest version of lmgrd and the lmutil/LMTOOLS utilities. If you’ve combined license files from two vendors, you must use the latest version of lmgrd. If you’ve received two versions of a product from the same vendor, you must use the latest vendor daemon they send you. An older vendor daemon with a newer client will cause communication errors. Please ignore letters appended to FLEXlm versions, for example, the “d” in v2.4d. The appended letter indicates a patch, and does NOT indicate any compatibility differences. In particular, some elements of FLEXlm didn’t require certain patches, so a v2.4 lmgrd will work successfully with a v2.4b vendor daemon. See also Section G.1, “Version Compatibility and Components.
Top If you’re not combining license files from different vendors, the simplest thing to do is make sure you use the tools (especially lmgrd) that are shipped by each vendor. lmgrd will always correctly support older versions of vendor daemons and applications, so it’s ALWAYS safe to use the latest version of lmgrd. If you’ve combined license files from 2 vendors, you MUST use the latest version of lmgrd. If you’ve received 2 versions of a product from the same vendor, you MUST use the latest vendor daemon they send you. An older vendor daemon with a newer client will cause communication errors.
If you’re not combining license files from different vendors, the simplest thing to do is make sure you use the tools (especially lmgrd) that are shipped by each vendor. lmgrd will always correctly support older versions of vendor daemons and applications, so it’s ALWAYS safe to use the latest version of lmgrd. If you’ve combined license files from 2 vendors, you MUST use the latest version of lmgrd. If you’ve received 2 versions of a product from the same vendor, you MUST use the latest vendor daemon they send you. An older vendor daemon with a newer client will cause communication errors. Please ignore letters appended to FLEXlm versions, i.e., v2.4d. The appended letter indicates a patch, and does NOT indicate any compatibility differences. In particular, some elements of FLEXlm didn’t require certain patches, so a 2.4 lmgrd will work successfully with a 2.4b vendor daemon.
