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Starting the License Manager

The installation process gives you the option of automatically starting up the License Manager every time the system is booted. If you did not choose the automatic startup, you need to start the License Manager manually every time you boot the system.

To start the License Manager manually:

  1. Log in as root.
  2. Go to the directory where the License Management Facility is installed, /opt/microfocus/mflmf.
  3. Enter the following command:
    sh mflmman [FORCE|WAIT] [TRACE]

FORCE, WAIT and TRACE are optional:

FORCE The License Manager does not by default start up if there are still licensed tasks running that were started from a previous run of the License Manager.

In this situation, you can use the FORCE directive to force License Manager to first terminate the previously started licensed tasks, and then to start.

WAIT This directive suspends the License Manager until any outstanding licensed tasks from a previous License Manager run have finished.

Use this directive when you do not want existing licensed tasks to be terminated prematurely, and want to wait for them to complete naturally.

TRACE With this directive, the License Manager maintains a log of the License Manager activity in the file, MF-LMF.log.

This directive records additional information in the log file. This file is mainly for our use to help you solve any problems you might have with the License Management Facility.

Use this directive if unusual behavior has occurred. Do not use it by default, as the log file can become very large.

If you decide later, after the installation process, that you want to start License Manager automatically at boot time, you can set this up as follows:

  1. Copy the script into the /etc directory.
  2. Add the following entry to your /etc/inittab file:
    mF:2345:wait:sh /etc/mflmrcscript>/dev/null 2>&1

    Refer to your operating system documentation for more details.

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