Use the license server options file

The FNP License Server uses only one options file and the default name for IPASSI FNP License Server is ipassi.opt. If the options file has the default name and the file resides inside the IPASSI FNPxxxx SERVER folder along with the lmgrd.exe and ipassi.exe, the administrator does not have to do anything more for the license server to use the file. When the IPASSI FNP License Server starts, it automatically reads the options file and applies the rules in this file to its licensing activities.

However, if the options file does not use the default file name, or the file resides in a folder other than the one where the lmgrd.exe and ipassi.exe are, then the administrator must explicitly specify location information about the options file in the FNP license file. The administrator edits IPASSI.LIC, and defines the fully qualified path of the options file on the VENDOR line:

VENDOR IPASSI OPTIONS="C:\PROGRAM FILES\IPASSI\FNPxxxx\OPTIONS.OPT"

If there are any spaces in the path or file name, they must be enclosed with double quotes as shown above.

Changes made to the options file do not take effect until the administrator restarts the FNP License Server.

The administrator can create and edit the ASCII options file with any text editor, such as Notepad. Each line in the file represents one licensing option rule. Comments in the options file start with the pound sign (#).