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How to identify hostname and host ID for license generation

Question & Answer


Question

How do you identify the hostname and host ID for IBM Rational license generation on the various platforms?

Cause

Host information (host name and host ID) are required to enter for floating / node locked license generation.

The host ID is a generic term used to identify the hardware to which you will be registering your key.

Answer

To get the hostname of the target machine, enter "hostname" into a system window

  • a UNIX/Linux shell
  • Windows Command Prompt

The lmhostid utility (Selecting the “Host ID”link on License Key Center will launch a pop-up with instructions on getting your host ID. ) returns the FLEXlm hostid of the current platform.

Invoked without any arguments, lmhostid displays the default hostid type for current platform.

The license server host ID can also be found by using the corresponding command from the table below for your license server's operating system.

Operating System
Type of identifier
Command
Example
AIX
(RS/6000,
PPC)
32-bit hostiduname -m (returns 000276513100), then remove last 2 digits, and use remaining last 8 digits02765131
DEC Alphaethernet addressnetstat -i080020005532
HP32-bit hostiduname -i and convert to hex, or prefix with #778DA450 or #2005771344
ethernet addresslanscan (station address without leading '0x')0000F0050185
Linuxethernet address/sbin/ifconfig eth0 and remove colons from HWaddr 00:40:05:16:E5:2500400516E525
SCOHostid Stringuname -x (returns SCO00354), then prefix with 'ID_STRING='ID_STRING=SCO00354
SGI32-bit hostid/etc/sysinfo -s and convert to hex, or prefix with #69064C3C or #1762020412
SUN32-bit hostidhostid 170a3472
VAX/
VMSAlpha/
OpenVMS
ethernet addressncp080020005532
Microsoft Windowsethernetipconfig/all: Ethernet Adapter local area connection:
Physical Address: 00-1F-E2-14-FD-3E then remove '-'
001FE214FD3E
Disk serial numbervol: look for Drive C 'Volume Serial Number is', 6806-ABBD
and then remove '-'

6806ABBD
Dongle - parallel port hardware keySticker which is behind the dongle contains the Dongle ID 9-7A0A604D9-7A0A604D

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Document Information

Modified date:
16 June 2018

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