Setting up a volume license server, how to copy client information to a new license server

With perpetual subscriptions, you may need to host both the old perpetual license file and the new subscription license file on separate license servers. If you want to use the same settings and client information for the new license server as the license server that you have been using, perform the initial settings for the new license server using the following method.

Contents :

1. Create a backup file on the legacy license server
2. Standing up a new license server using a backup file
3. Compare old and new license server settings and client information

1. Create a backup file on the legacy license server

   Create a backup file on the license server that holds the settings and client information. Select File >> Backup/Restore NI VLM , specify the output destination, etc. as shown in the figure below, and create a backup file, *.vlmbak will be created in the specified folder.
   
   
   
   

2. Standing up a new license server using a backup file

   On the newly prepared PC, install the Volume License Manager and perform the initial settings using the *.vlmbak file as follows.
   
   
   
   For the parts other than the above settings, configure settings according to the operation.
   
   

3. ​Compare old and new license server settings and client information

   Check the configuration of the new license server and the old license server that was launched by the method above. The license items displayed when the volume license manager is started contain a lot of license file-specific information and PC-specific information, so they often do not match.
   
   
   
   On the other hand, if you open Tools >> Preferences and check various settings, you can confirm that the same settings are used on the old server and the new server.
   
   
   
   You can also confirm that the client information and group information are the same for the user, computer, and group items between the old server and the new server.
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   One of the two license servers set up by the above method hosts the permanent license file and the other hosts the subscription license file, and each client connects to the server corresponding to the license to be used. You can use a license from a license file hosted on .
   
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