How do I configure a Microstation install (for example) to point to one of our 22 specific license pools in GATEWAY for pre-XM products? Please reply to bryan.barnes@calgary.ca - thanks

How do I configure a pre-XM product license install (Microstation V8 for example) to point to one of our 22 specific license pools in GATEWAY? 

We are migrating to using the Bentley Hosted license manager from our locally hosted license manager and need to know how to configure GATEWAY to allow access to all of our 22 license pools.

Our current (Microstation) license files look like this:       SERVER="server-name" PORT="1000x"    (where PORT = one of our license pools).

The GATEWAY doc that I could find in your website explains how to point to GATEWAY, but not a specific license pool.

From the doc on the Bentley website:

  • Change the LIC files used by your V8 2004 or earlier Bentley products to contain a single line:
  • SERVER=GatewayName
  • Replace GatewayName with the computer name that is running your SELECTserver Gateway.
  • The Gateway line in the LIC files should specify a computer where the Bentley SELECTserver Gateway service is running. If your local server is running SELECTserver 08.09.xx.xx or later, than this service should be running already. Otherwise, a Bentley LMServer service will be running instead.  In the latter case, please stop the Bentley LMServer service, and install the SELECTserver Gateway on the server as a replacement. As an alternative, the SELECTserver Gateway can be installed on another server or even directly on client workstations that need it, but the LIC files would then need to be updated with the new server name.



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  • Jeremy – this appears that it should work .. and is what I asked for so thank you.
    However how does the product find GATEWAY on our network?
    The current license file has   SERVER="server-name" PORT="1000x"
    However that server-name is also the name of our locally hosted Selectserver License manager.
     
     
    Does this mean that GATEWAY cannot be run on same machine as our locally hosted LM?
     
    Thanks  
     
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    By default, a Gateway points to a single license pool. It listens to requests on port 3998 and routes them to the license pool configured in the License Management Tool included with the Gateway. However, the Gateway can be configured to listen on multiple ports and route to different license pools. To do this, first open the SELECTserver.config file located in the SELECTserver installation directory which is usually:
    C:\Program Files\Bentley\SELECTserver

    Scroll to the very bottom and uncomment the SSConfiguration block so that it looks like the screenshot below:

    Specify a default license pool for port 3998. Then write additional <port> lines for each of the license pools. The port numbers themselves are arbitrary, but just ensure that the port numbers you choose are not in use by other programs. Once finished, save changes, and restart the Bentley SELECTserver Gateway service. To use a specific license pool on the client end, specify the port number for the desired license pool in the LIC file.

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  • By default, a Gateway points to a single license pool. It listens to requests on port 3998 and routes them to the license pool configured in the License Management Tool included with the Gateway. However, the Gateway can be configured to listen on multiple ports and route to different license pools. To do this, first open the SELECTserver.config file located in the SELECTserver installation directory which is usually:
    C:\Program Files\Bentley\SELECTserver

    Scroll to the very bottom and uncomment the SSConfiguration block so that it looks like the screenshot below:

    Specify a default license pool for port 3998. Then write additional <port> lines for each of the license pools. The port numbers themselves are arbitrary, but just ensure that the port numbers you choose are not in use by other programs. Once finished, save changes, and restart the Bentley SELECTserver Gateway service. To use a specific license pool on the client end, specify the port number for the desired license pool in the LIC file.



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