How to build and import a VCG into the FlexNet Operations On-Premises?

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How to build and import a VCG into the FlexNet Operations On-Premises?

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Download the VCG SDK from the website and extract it into the required directory.

Open the file machind\vcg_code.h and enter into here the vendor daemon name and the security seeds that you company

uses. These can be found in the machind\lm_code.h file from your FLEXlm / FLEXnet Licensing installation.

Once this is done save the file and edit the vcg.mak file in the platform specific directory that has also been created.

Replace "VENDOR = demo" with "VENDOR = " and the name of your vendor daemon (same as in the vcg_code.h file).

With the 11.5 VCG and onward, you need to copy lmprikey.h from the Publisher toolkit platform directory that you'll be using to the VCG platform directory. Prior versions of the VCG directly imput the LM_SEED values into the vcg_code.h file, but 11.5 and onward ignore those and only use the lmprikey.h for seed values.

Now build the VCG using you standard compiler: >nmake vcg.mak

Once this is done you can then import this into the GTlicensing / Operations system.

For GTlicensing and Operations v6 the process is as follows.

Start the GT / Operations interface and select the "Products" tab. Now in the pull down menu at the top of the screen there is a "products" menu item. Select this followed by "Import" and "VCG".

From here a dialog will appear asking for the VCG file you have created. Simply locate and select is and click OK.

For Operations v7 onwards you need to copy the VCG file that you have created into the following location

Install_dir/custom/platform/bin

Run flexnet site make

Then start the system and enter the "Adnminister Operations" and select "System Configuration". On the left hand side of the screen there will be an option "FLEXnet Licensing". Select this and finally enter the name of the vendor daemon in the "VCG Configuration Name".

For V11.5 VCG.

When building the VCG you would need to copy the lmprikey.h from publisher toolkit to vcg machind directory.

Edit the vcg_code.h and vcg.mak. Then follow the above steps.

How to build and import a VCG into the FlexNet Operations On-Premises?