Testing A Wrapped Application - Novell ADMINSTUDIO 9.5 User Manual

Chapter 21: License-Enabling Packages Using FLEXwrap
Managing FLEXwrap License Files

Testing a Wrapped Application

When you launch the wrapped application, the Wrapper reads the location file (
of the License Server (
wrapped application (
Task: To test the wrapped application:
1. Launch the wrapped application in the same way as you launched it before it was wrapped, such as double-
clicking the icon.
Note •
cannot be encrypted. Restore the backup copy of the application binary and rewrap the binary without
encrypting.
2. Check the status of the License Server either with LMTOOLS or at the command line with the following
command:
% lmutil lmstat -a -c path_to_license_file
3. To test what happens when all available licenses are checked out, invoke the wrapped application up to its
license limit and then invoke one more.
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If you have set up license failsafe
run.
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If you did not set up license failsafe
not run when it fails to get a license. Instead, you will see a message like the following if you set the Wait
for license choice list to Ask or Always:
The maximum number of users for "application" has been reached.
Do you wish to be notified when a license becomes available?
Current user(s) are:
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If you choose Yes, the license server will queue for a license. You will see a
4. To generate a report of your usage, invoke the wrapped application a few more times, allowing some time to
elapse before checking licenses back in.
5. Then send a reread command to the License Server. The reason for the reread is that v5+ report logs are
compressed and authenticated and information is written to the report log only periodically. A reread flushes
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), contacts the License Server at that location, obtains a license, and launches the
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If the application doesn't run, and you chose to encrypt the application, it may be that the application
dialog that says, "Waiting for [application] license" and when a license
becomes available, the application will run.
mode, the additional instance of the wrapped application should
mode, the additional instance of the wrapped application should
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