Question & Answer
Question
How do you automate the IBM Rational license key server (lmgrd) startup on the Linux operating system?
Cause
Each time a server machine is rebooted, the IBM Rational license server has to be started manually. To avoid this and to automate the startup of IBM Rational license server, the steps mentioned in this document can be followed.
Answer
To automate Rational license server startup, you can perform the following steps:
For Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL)
- Create a rlks_start script under /etc/rc.d/init.d and include the following commands
cd /opt/IBM/RationalRLKS/config
./start_lmgrd
- Provide execute permissions to everyone on this rlks_start script
chmod 755 rlks_start
- Create symbolic links to rlks_start script in all the run-levels
ln -s /etc/rc.d/init.d/rlks_start /etc/rc.d/rc2.d/S98Rlks
ln -s /etc/rc.d/init.d/rlks_start /etc/rc.d/rc3.d/S98Rlks
ln -s /etc/rc.d/init.d/rlks_start /etc/rc.d/rc4.d/S98Rlks
ln -s /etc/rc.d/init.d/rlks_start /etc/rc.d/rc5.d/S98Rlks
For SuSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES)
- Create a rlks_start script under /etc/init.d and include the following commands
cd /opt/IBM/RationalRLKS/config
./start_lmgrd
- Provide execute permissions to everyone on this rlks_start script
chmod 755 rlks_start
- Create symbolic links to rlks_start script in all the run-levels.
ln -s /etc/init.d/rlks_start /etc/init.d/rc2.d/S98Rlks
ln -s /etc/init.d/rlks_start /etc/init.d/rc3.d/S98Rlks
ln -s /etc/init.d/rlks_start /etc/init.d/rc4.d/S98Rlks
ln -s /etc/init.d/rlks_start /etc/init.d/rc5.d/S98Rlks
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Modified date:
16 June 2018
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