The workflow when creating a cluster with 2 or 3 servers [1 master and 1 or 2 backups] looks as follows:
Precondition: All
needed license servers are installed without licenses. See
Section 3.9, “License server installation - Request/install
licenses
” in Installation Manual. If you are not sure if there are entries in a
possibly existing sitesetup directory, check it under C:\ProgramData\PARTsolutions
Licenseserver. Never copy license files into it manually! The
license file has to be installed via user interface.
Open the license server administration from any client by clicking on the button Start license server management....
-> The dialog box Connect to FLM server... is opened.
Select option Configure newly installed license servers.
-> All license servers found in the net are listed.
By single click, select those servers by which you want to create a server cluster and confirm with .
The chosen license servers are displayed in the dialog area Connected servers (Type and Role still on PASSIVE).
If you did not receive your license yet, you can request it on the tabbed page Request licenses online.
With a click on you can save a
*.json file(text file), which also contains the network addresses (hostids).Click on the button in order to save the configuration of the server cluster. (With you can disconnect the connection to the cluster. -> Now the display area is empty again.)
In order to install the licenses sent to you, again connect to the created cluster.
-> The dialog box Connect to FLM server... is opened again.
This time select the option Configure existing license server.
Switch to the tabbed page Licenses and click on Add file.... In the Explorer window determine the desired license file.
-> The license is displayed in the dialog.
Switch to the tabbed page Security.
A password has to be set mandatorily. For this activate the option Activate server password. (A password assignment can also happen before when looking up the hostids.)
Enter a password and confirm by clicking on .
-> The display under Type / Role changes to MASTER / BACKUP.
Finally you have to enter the password.
Switch to the tabbed page Licenses.
If everything is on green all clients are fully operational.









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