Clearcase license movement

Question

How can I make clearcase windows client to fetch license from other server then the current one?

Till now I'm using license from our local server (say ABC) but now I want to get the license from a central server (say XYZ). Clearcase server is installed on ABC and all the vobs are also located on ABC. I only want to discontinue getting the license from ABC and get it from XYZ. How should I proceed?

Answer 1

You can check the technotes:

• "About moving ClearCase servers" for old ClearCase 2003-7.0
• Specifying a license host for more recent ClearCase 7.1+-8.x

You can specify the server XYZ in the following file/control panel:

• On Linux and the UNIX system, the license server host name is stored in the file /var/adm/rational/clearcase/config/license_host. You can edit this file with any text editor to specify the name of a new license server host.

• On Windows, the license server host name is specified on the Licensing page of the ClearCase program in Control Panel as the value Use license server on host:.

That supposes:

• you are using the Flexlm license service (and not the legacy Atria one)
• you already have set up the XYZ license server.

Answer 2

@VonC Thanks for your support. I have successfully moved from using atria license server to flexlm license server. I have removed license_host file as well as license.db file and modified flexlm_host file in ../config directory. I also applied recommended changes in licensing page of Clearcase program in control panel but still it was pointing to old server for license (even after multiple restart). Then I reinstalled client in my machine and entered the details of new license server. it was then that my clearcase client started pointing to new license server for license. Thanks.