Xlf Fortran compiler and licences iforls netls and netls
ITEM: RS4000016711
Question........:
My customer is license server for the fortran compiler, therefore he
has some floating licenses. To be sure that at least one license is
always available for developpers working on that workstation, one
nodelock license is installed either. So when compiling on this
station
only one license is available, when a user compiles twice -> we get
the message -> no licenses available. The compiler doesn't seem to
lookup the remaining floating licenses when the one nodelock license
is used. So what can be done ? Is there a way to use the floating
licenses when the nodelock is used or what do you suggest ?
Answer:
According to ifoR/LS change team, the product should not prevent
the application to scan the nodelock file AND the concurrent license
definitions. Due to the fact, the application contains the appropri-
ate coding, i must know the exact version of Fortran compiler
involved.
AIX Level is 4.1.4, Fortran Product number: 5765-176.
The negative consequences of requesting a concurrent license when
the nodelock license is in use are significant. Although this
customer
may not be impacted, there are many XLF customers with large iFORls
licensing cells containing 10s of clients and several servers. In
this situation it may take a longer time to search for a concurrent
license than to wait for an available nodelock license, for those
clients that the customer has designated to have nodelock licenses.
If one of the servers is down within the iFORls licensing cell there
could even be a 30 second delay. This would be a large licensing
performance degradation for a customer expecting only to wait for
the next available nodelock license. Stefano Laurin of
License Management Development agreed there could be significant
negative consequences of implementing the proposed change. He
added that in his experience, customers usually do not mix different
license types.
We do not think that changing the design of how licenses are
requested should be changed, due to the above discussion. However,
we will record this in a DCR and track it accordingly.
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AIX NODELOCK FLOATING LICENSE SERVER NETLS IFORLS
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Dated: 12/1997 Category: AIXOPSUP
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