Autodesk Combustion 4 discreet, Network Manual

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Glossary
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F
FLEXlm
The GLOBEtrotter Software license management
technology implemented in
combustion . FLEXlm
provides administrative tools that help simplify
management of network licenses.
H
Host ID
The Host ID is a hardware address that uniquely
identifies each node of a network. It is also referred
to as the Ethernet Address. This information is used
when creating the
combustion.lic file, which resides
on the client workstation and identifies the AdLM
server from which the client will obtain a network
license.
Host name
The TCP/IP name associated with a computer.
FLEXlm technology uses the host name as a
parameter and must be distinguished from the
NetBIOS (server) name.
L
license file
The License File is used with FLEXlm and it controls
the number of seats available for use. The license file
contains licensing information provided by
Autodesk. You obtain license file data when you
register
combustion . This file must be in plain
ASCII text format.
license server
A server that contains the AdLM. The License Server
is configured with the
lmtools.exe utility.
lmgrde.exe
The license manager daemon, it handles the original
contact with
combustion , and then passes the
connection to the vendor demon adskflex.exe .
Lmgrd.exe is used to communicate only with the
vendor daemon and does not authenticate or
dispense licenses. It passes user requests on to the
vendor daemons.
lmtools.exe
One of two FLEXlm utilities used for managing the
license server.
Lmtools.exe provides a graphical user
interface utility used to administer the FLEXlm
license technology on the license server. (
Lmutil.exe
is the command-line version of this utility.)
lmutil.exe
One of two FLEXlm utilities used for managing the
license server. A command-line utility used to
administer the FLEXlm license technology.
(
Lmtools.exe is the graphical user interface version
of this utility.)
M
master daemon
One of two daemons used by combustion . The
master daemon ( lmgrd.exe ) handles the original
contact with combustion , then passes the
connection to the vendor daemon. The master
daemon is used to communicate with the vendor
daemon only and does not authenticate or dispense
licenses, it passes user requests on to the vendor
daemons.