MapInfo Pro

Is it possible to install two Mapinfo License servers on the same server in different folders and using different portnumbers?

Or will it cause problems with the same .dll-files being used by two versions of the same software?.

The purpose would be to have a License server for Mapinfo Pro licenses and another for the Advanced licenses to make sure the right users gets the right license, without having to specify it in the unisw20.opt file.

Hi Torben,

Having 2 License servers on the same server is not possible. You can always have multiple license types installed in the same LSU, for various versions of Pro and also different license types for the same version.

Regards,

Shweta

Hi Shweta

Ok. Thanks for your promt reply.

Regards,

Torben?

Torben, a caveat - please note that you can only mix different license types (i.e. Pro 15 Premium and Pro 15 non-Premium, etc.) on a single LSU if serving "Distributed" licenses.....

If you are serving Concurrent licenses, then you cannot mix license types for the same version, on a single LSU, as the LSU only checks the version of the request and not the license type (i.e. Premium, Advanced) -

The LSU simply serves the 1st available license for that version and if the LSU is serving multiple license flavors for that version, the LSU cannot control which license is served - Premium (or Advanced) vs. Non-Premium(or non-Advanced).

This is not a limitation of MapInfo Pro per se, but rather of the FLexnet licensing scheme utilized for concurrent and distributable license serving.

Therefore for that scenario (different license flavors for same version), Engineering advises users to install additional LSU's on DIFFERENT Servers -

i.e. 16.0 Premium licenses on this LSU/Server "A" and 16.0 non-Premium Licenses on this other LSU/ Server "B"....

Hope this clarifies.....

Thanks!

Dave

Hi Dave. Thanks for clarifying. We have concurrent licenses for Pro 16 Premium and Pro 16 non-Premium, so this infomation was very useful.

Regards

Torben

Hi Torben,

At the moment we recommend dividing the different license types onto two individual license servers. You can have two virtual servers with individual license servers on a single physical server but currently MapInfo License Server Utility can not be "installed" multiple times on a single virtual server.

If you have users that might need access to both these license types, we recommend that you use two bat files to start MapInfo Pro. The bat file will change the name of the license server in the registry before launching MapInfo Pro. This will make it possible to easily switch between the different license types.

We are aware that this isn't the most optimal way to do and we are also looking into alternative ways.

I have attached a PDF document describing the above method in more detail.

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MapInfo Pro Advanced as a concurrent license.pdf   619 KB 1 version

Hi Peter,

Thanks, very helpful info.

Regards

Torben?