
AMX License Manager
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RMS Enterprise - Installation Guide
AMX License Manager
Overview
The AMX License Manager is used to install and manage software licenses for RMS Enterprise (as well as
other AMX software applications). The AMX License Manager handles two distinct aspects of the RMS
Enterprise installation:
1. Installation of the AMX License Server application, which identifies existing licenses of AMX software
products (including RMS Enterprise) present on the server. See Installing the AMX License Server below
for details.
2. Entry of the RMS Entitlement information required to install and activate your RMS Enterprise Server
and Client Licenses. See the Licensing Options Menu dialog section on page 51 for details.
Licensing in Multi-Server Installations
Multi-server installations require a single instance of AMX License Server that can be accessed by the other
servers in the installation. Therefore, AMX License Server is only installed on the Primary RMS Enterprise
server (the first server configured), and shared among all of the subsequent servers.
Note that RMS Enterprise does not support clustering of the AMX License Server. The diagram in FIG. 38
indicates the basic relationship between the AMX License Server and the server nodes in a multi-server
installation:
As indicated in FIG. 38, if in the unlikely case that the Primary RMS Server were to fail, then subsequent
servers (R2 and R3) will not have access to the AMX License Server.
This situation will lead to a fault condition in which the RMS system will cease to function after a fault period
of 24 hours.
In order to avoid a loss of RMS functionality, the AMX License Server must be restored to an operational
state. All of the RMS Servers will expect the AMX License Server to be hosted at the same hostname / IP
address
FIG. 38 Licensing in Multi-Server Installations
R1
AMX
License
Server
R2
Primary RMS Server
(The first server that had
RMS Enterprise installed)
RMS Server #2
Subsequent RMS Servers
Note that the AMX License Server
R3
RMS Server #3
only resides on the Primary RMS Server.
Note that this fault condition will not generate an error message from RMS
Enterprise; check the cluster to see if the Primary RMS Server has failed.
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