PH License Server (FLEXlm/VMS)

[Chris Sharman]

>Yes, but wouldn't it be lovely if FLEXlm actually worked on an Alpha? Even
>on 7.10.G4 we are having to run permanently on demo keys since we increased
>the number of users on one node. No other solution is offered.
>
>I think it is a poor show that this situation has existed in production
>software for so long.

Seconded.
Why should we have to put up with badly ported Unix freeware as part of a
premium product like Powerhouse ?
We have only experienced this problem once or twice, so are not running on demo
keys here (65 PH users).

>>I don't think you have any choice BUT to load DECNet (why not anyway?).
>>FLEXLm is used by Cognos across all OS platforms for consistency.  Cognos is
>>not the only company to use this license manager either and you might have
>>the same problem in the future with other software.  
>>
>>DECNet doesn't take much to install, has many features unrelated to network
>>communications and is reliable and robust; it won't conflict with your
>>TCP/IP services at all.

DECnet Phase 5 has been around a long time now, & phase 4 is effectively
obsolete. Yet Cognos effectively locks us in to phase 4.
I've never seen anything else use Flexlm, and don't particularly want to.

Given Flexlm's apparent Unix origins, it can't be that hard to provide an
option to use an IP stack. Now THAT would provide consistency across all
platforms. Not that that's a request: VMS has a reliable production quality
licence mechanism of its own, and it seems highly eccentric to use unreliable
freeware instead.

Chris
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CCA Stationery Ltd, Eastway, Fulwood, Preston, Lancashire, PR2 9WS.
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