ESI FlexNet Licensing Toolkit v11.19.7.0 on Linux

Content of ESI FlexNet Licensing toolkit v11.19.7.0 on Linux x86_64

(for RedHat 9 & compliant Linux distributions)

Description of this toolkit:

FlexNet Publisher (FNP) Licensing Server toolkit, composed of:

lmgrd
lmutil
pam_lmd
enduser.pdf

Starting a license server in command line: lmgrd -c my-license-file.lic -l my-debug-log-file.log
Have a look at FlexNet Publisher License Administration Guide delivered in this toolkit (page 106).

Custom Vendor Utility generator

GetESIVDH

This utility is used by ESIGetHostID.sh script. There is no need to use it directly.

FNP Licensing Service utility for Virtual Machine support, composed of

install_fnp.sh
FNPLicensingService/FNPLicensingService

Starting this service as root (using delivered script install_fnp.sh to facilitate the usage) is mandatory when using Virtual Machines as license server.
This service is required by FNP Licensing toolkit in order to get VM_UUID Host ID type on Virtual Machines.
This service is required too when starting the license server daemon on Virtual Machines with this Host ID type.

Script delivered by ESI that helps getting necessary details from a computer to be used as license server

ESIGetHostID.sh

Running ESIGetHostID.sh script will get the required system information that will be used for the generation of license file.

The resulting text file ESIGetHostID_ComputerName_date.txt has to be sent to ESI for license generation & support.

ESI License file debug utility parses the content of license file (given as argument) and displays lots of relevant details from a running license server

esiflexdiag

Example of outputs:

Here some example of outputs when running script ./ESIGetHostID.sh to get system details:

1. When machine type is Physical:

$ ./ESIGetHostID.sh
******************************************************
* FlexNet configuration for n174
*                                   (Rev. 17-Apr-2025)
******************************************************
Hardware Model ......: ProLiant DL365 Gen11 (HPE)
Operating System ....: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.4 (Plow)
FlexNet repository ..: /nishome/licensing/v11.19.7.0/Linux-rhel9

FlexNet Licensing utilities version:
lmutil: FlexNet Licensing v11.19.7.0 build 294770 (ipv6) x64_lsb (liblmgr.a)
lmgrd: FlexNet Licensing v11.19.7.0 build 294770 (ipv6) x64_lsb (liblmgr.a)
pam_lmd: FlexNet Licensing v11.19.7.0 build 294770 (ipv6) x64_lsb (liblmgr.a)

FlexNet details for this host:
Hostname.........: n174.vbr.is.keysight.com
Chassis Type.....: Running on Physical Platform
IPv4 Address.....: 10.25.80.174
Time zone........: Europe/Paris (CEST, +0200)
Local time.......: Thu 2025-04-17 13:59:40 CEST
Possible HostIDs.:
   ESIVDH=0GzqscP_7cMWliLCMIyIPDA ESIVDH=7azYhFqbx3KzQ0dvy3UxbBA
   === or ===
   "PHY_ETHER=000000c0fe80 PHY_ETHER=d404e69e3bb7 PHY_ETHER=d404e69e3bb6"

One of the Ethernet Address or ESIVDH Host ID can be used for setting up the license server.

2. When machine type is Virtual:

2.1 At first execution, this can give something like:

$ ./ESIGetHostID.sh
******************************************************
* FlexNet configuration for dc1vse0241
*                                   (Rev. 17-Apr-2025)
******************************************************
Hardware Model ......: VMware Virtual Platform (VMware, Inc.)
Operating System ....: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.4 (Plow)
FlexNet repository ..: /nishome/licensing/v11.19.7.0/Linux-rhel9

FlexNet Licensing utilities version:
lmutil: FlexNet Licensing v11.19.7.0 build 294770 (ipv6) x64_lsb (liblmgr.a)
lmgrd: FlexNet Licensing v11.19.7.0 build 294770 (ipv6) x64_lsb (liblmgr.a)
pam_lmd: FlexNet Licensing v11.19.7.0 build 294770 (ipv6) x64_lsb (liblmgr.a)
FNPLicensingService: The licensing service is not present on the system.

FlexNet details for this host:
Hostname.........: dc1vse0241.vbr.is.keysight.com
Chassis Type.....: Running on Virtual Platform
IPv4 Address.....: 10.25.88.171
Time zone........: n/a (UTC, +0000)
Local time.......: Thu 2025-04-17 12:59:05 UTC
Possible HostIDs.:
   ESIVDH=s4jUz0tS97tgOH-N001heCA ESIVDH=xjK8gOsyyenAZAEYqsXzSBA
   === or ===
   005056b72304

Sometimes VM_UUID could not be determined, following message will be displayed:

ERROR: VM_UUID Host ID type could not be determined
Result of command: /nishome/licensing/v11.19.7.0/Linux-rhel9/lmutil lmhostid -ptype VM

===============================================================================
lmutil - Copyright (c) 1989-2024 Flexera. All Rights Reserved.
The FlexNet host ID of this machine is ""
lmhostid: The FlexNet Licensing Service is not installed. (-213,14703)
===============================================================================

INFO: Ensure that FlexNet Licensing Service is well started.
This is required to obtain VM_UUID Host ID type on Virtual Platforms.

Check first availability of FUSE system packages: fuse fuse-devel fuse-libs gvfs-fuse

Then install FlexNet Licensing Service by running following script as root:
cd /nishome/licensing/v11.19.7.0/Linux-rhel9
sudo ./install_fnp.sh --cert

There is a special line about FNPLicensingService availability.
It must be installed/configured as root (or with sudo) in order to get VM_UUID Host ID type because we are on a Virtual Machine in that example.

2.2 After checking (installing) FUSE packages and executing given command line (as root), we obtain this output:

$ ./ESIGetHostID.sh
******************************************************
* FlexNet configuration for dc1vse0241
*                                   (Rev. 17-Apr-2025)
******************************************************
Hardware Model ......: VMware Virtual Platform (VMware, Inc.)
Operating System ....: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.4 (Plow)
FlexNet repository ..: /nishome/licensing/v11.19.7.0/Linux-rhel9

FlexNet Licensing utilities version:
lmutil: FlexNet Licensing v11.19.7.0 build 294770 (ipv6) x64_lsb (liblmgr.a)
lmgrd: FlexNet Licensing v11.19.7.0 build 294770 (ipv6) x64_lsb (liblmgr.a)
pam_lmd: FlexNet Licensing v11.19.7.0 build 294770 (ipv6) x64_lsb (liblmgr.a)
FNPLicensingService: Licensing Service version v11.19.7.0 build 294770 2024/12/11

FlexNet details for this host:
Hostname.........: dc1vse0241.vbr.is.keysight.com
Chassis Type.....: Running on Virtual Platform
IPv4 Address.....: 10.25.88.171
Time zone........: n/a (UTC, +0000)
Local time.......: Thu 2025-04-17 13:00:46 UTC
Possible HostIDs.:
   ESIVDH=s4jUz0tS97tgOH-N001heCA ESIVDH=xjK8gOsyyenAZAEYqsXzSBA
   === or ===
   005056b72304
   === or ===
   VM_UUID=87283742-ccc1-6a49-0118-28b3899ae372

Now VM_UUID Host ID is correctly displayed and can be used for setting up the license server.

In case of problems, have a look at FlexNet Publisher Knowledge Base available in:
https://community.revenera.com/s/flexnet-publisher

Reporting Issues:

To report issues, please use myESI Contact Support webpage or contact your local ESI office.

ESI Group part of Keysight
Symbiose 2
10, avenue Aristide Briand
92220 Bagneux, France

Phone: (33)(1) 41 73 58 00
Fax : (33)(1) 46 87 72 02

April 2025