Preface

Sun WorkShop Installation and Licensing Reference provides supporting installation and licensing material, including:

• Examples of license server configurations

• Descriptions of license administration utilities

• A glossary

Who Should Use This Book

This reference is intended for system administrators who install, configure, and maintain the license servers so that users can access licensed software. Some understanding of the Solaris(TM) operating environment and UNIX\256 commands is expected.

How This Book Is Organized

Chapter 1, License Server Configurations for Floating Licenses provides information about Sun's licensing scheme and license server configurations.

Chapter 2, License Management describes different activities you might need to perform to keep your licenses current and to manage your FLEXlm license manager software.

Chapter 3, License Certificate Information provides information about license certificates.

Glossarydefines key words and phrases used in this reference.

Multiplatform Release

Sun WorkShop 5.0 is available in the Solaris 2.5.1, Solaris 2.6, and Solaris 7 operating environments on the following hardware platforms:

• The SPARC(TM) platform

• The x86 platform, where x86 refers to the Intel implementation of one of the following: Intel 80386, Intel 80486, Pentium, or the equivalent

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  The term "x86" refers to the Intel 8086 family of microprocessor chips, including the Pentium, Pentium Pro, and Pentium II processors and compatible microprocessor chips made by AMD and Cyrix. In this reference, the term "x86" refers to the overall platform architecture.

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Related Book

Sun WorkShop Quick Install is a companion volume to the Sun WorkShop Installation and Licensing Reference. Sun WorkShop Quick Install gives instructions for how to:

• Install the Sun WorkShop 5.0 software development tools you purchased

• Obtain and install the licenses for those software development tools

• Access Sun WorkShop documentation online

• Remove Sun WorkShop software

Ordering Sun Documents

The SunDocs^SM program provides more than 250 manuals from Sun Microsystems, Inc. If you live in the United States, Canada, Europe, or Japan, you can purchase documentation sets or individual manuals using this program.

For a list of documents and how to order them, see the catalog section of the SunExpress(TM) Internet site at http://www.sun.com/sunexpress.

Accessing Sun Documents Online

Sun WorkShop documentation is available online from several sources:

• The docs.sun.com Web site

• AnswerBook2^TM collections

• HTML documents

• Online help and release notes

Using the docs.sun.com Web site

The docs.sun.com Web site enables you to access Sun technical documentation online. You can browse the docs.sun.com archive or search for a specific book title or subject. The URL is http://docs.sun.com.

Accessing AnswerBook2 Collections

Sun WorkShop documentation is also available using AnswerBook2 software. To access the AnswerBook2 collections, your system administrator must have installed the AnswerBook2 documents during the installation process (if the documents are not installed, see your system administrator or Chapter 3 of Sun WorkShop Quick Install for installation instructions). For information about accessing AnswerBook2 documents, see Chapter 6 of Sun WorkShop Quick Install, Solaris installation documentation, or your system administrator.

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To access AnswerBook2 documents, Solaris 2.5.1 users must first download AnswerBook2 documentation server software from a Sun Web page. For more information, see Chapter 6 of Sun WorkShop Quick Install.

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Accessing HTML Documents

The following Sun Workshop documents are available online only in HTML format:

• Tools.h++ Class Library Reference

• Tools.h++ User's Guide

• Numerical Computation Guide

• Standard C++ Library User's Guide

• Standard C++ Class Library Reference

• Sun WorkShop Performance Library Reference Manual

• Sun WorkShop Visual User's Guide

• Sun WorkShop Memory Monitor User's Manual

To access these HTML documents:

1. Open the following file through your HTML browser:

   install-directory/SUNWspro/DOC5.0/lib/locale/C/html/index.html

   Replace install-directory with the name of the directory where your Sun WorkShop software is installed (the default is /opt).

   The browser displays an index of the HTML documents for the Sun WorkShop products that are installed.

2. Open a document in the index by clicking the document's title.

Accessing Sun WorkShop Online Help and Release Notes

This release of Sun WorkShop includes an online help system as well as online manuals. To find out more see:

• Online Help. A help system containing extensive task-oriented, context-sensitive help. To access the help, choose Help Help Contents. Help menus are available in all Sun WorkShop windows.

• Release Notes. The Release Notes contain general information about Sun WorkShop and specific information about software limitations and bugs. To access the Release Notes, choose Help Release Notes.

What Typographic Changes Mean

Table P-1 describes the typographic changes used in this book.

Table P-1 Typographic Conventions

Typeface or Symbol	Meaning	Example
AaBbCc123	The names of commands, files, and directories; on-screen computer output	Edit your .login file. Use ls -a to list all files. % You have mail.
AaBbCc123	What you type, contrasted with on-screen computer output	% su Password:
AaBbCc123	Command-line placeholder:  replace with a real name or value	To delete a file, type rm filename.
AaBbCc123	Book titles, new words, terms, or emphasized words	Read Chapter 6 in the User's Guide. These are called class options. You must be root to do this.
AaBbCc123 \ aabbccdd	Continuation of a single line of code	# lmstat -a -c \ /etc/opt/licenses\ /licenses_combined

Shell Prompts in Command Examples

Table P-2 shows the default system prompt and superuser prompt for the C shell, Bourne shell, and Korn shell.

Table P-2 System Prompts

Shell	Prompt
C shell prompt	%
C shell superuser prompt	#
Bourne shell and Korn shell prompt	$
Bourne shell and Korn shell superuser prompt	#