On UNIX, if you receive an updated version of your Server Express, you might want to install it to a new location so that you can continue to use the older version until you are satisfied that your applications work correctly on the new system. The complimentary Developer Testing Licenses that are automatically installed for testing applications are available on both the old and the new development systems.
However, any additional Micro Focus Server licenses that you have installed are, by default, not available to the newly installed system, because the licenses are linked to the directory in which your development system is installed. This directory is defined by the $COBDIR environment variable
To link the Micro Focus Server licenses to the new Server Express, add a line to the text file DEVASSHARE in the installation directory of the new Server Express. This line should specify the name of the installation directory path of the original Server Express. The file must have general read permissions for all users. If this file does not exist, create it with a text editor and give it full read permissions. You can have multiple lines in this file, referencing multiple Server Express systems.
For example, if the original Server Express is installed in /usr/original/dev and the new Server Express is installed in /usr/new/dev, DEVASSHARE should contain the line:
/usr/original/dev