Key FlexLM license integration tools updated

Posted by chris Mon, 19 Oct 2009 18:58:02 GMT

Mark has updated his code for making Grid Engine aware of FlexLM license servers. Read the full announcement here:

http://gridengine.sunsource.net/ds/viewMessage.do?dsForumId=37&dsMessageId=221361

Without a doubt this is currently the industry best practice way of dealing with SGE/FlexLM integration issues. Kudos to Mark O. for open-sourcing his work.

Updated qlicserver for SGE FlexLM integration

Posted by chris Fri, 24 Apr 2009 11:02:47 GMT

Mark Olesen has updated his qlicserver package. For background on why his method is better (avoiding race conditions, etc.) than the other license integration/tracking methods, read here: http://wiki.gridengine.info/wiki/index.php/Olesen-FLEXlm-Integration

Mark's announcement can be read here. The updated code is hosted at http://gridengine.sunsource.net/files/documents/7/199/qlicserver-2009042 1.tar.gz.

Olesen FLEXlm integration tools updated

Posted by chris Tue, 04 Mar 2008 16:31:31 GMT

Mark has posted a significant update to his most excellent FLEXlm license management integration tools. Key changes include:

  • XML configuration files
  • XML status output
  • XSLT stylesheets to transform monitoring information into web pages
  • Ability to integrate with xml-qstat

Mark further explains the updates and new Wiki-based documentation in his post to the mailing list.

FlexLM licensing and grid engine - a new HowTo draft

Posted by chris Fri, 30 Sep 2005 14:02:00 GMT

A thread about managing licenses with grid engine got Mark to post a draft version of a new HowTO document he is working on (along with a teaser mention of some other code he has in the works).

The draft document is in perl POD format. Translated html and text versions can be found here:

http://gridengine.info/files/Mark_Olesen-HowTo-Licenses-n1ge.html

http://gridengine.info/files/Mark_Olesen-HowTo-Licenses-n1ge.txt