6.3.2.2 How to make a License Roam

If you have an rlm_roam license, set the environment variable RLM_ROAM to the number of days which you would like to use the license (this license will be available until midnight on the last day of the roam, so for example if you specify one day, the license is available until midnight tomorrow). Once RLM_ROAM is set, run the product and let it check out it's license(s). If the checkout succeeds, then the license is set up to roam. You can repeat this procedure for any other products that have roaming capability enabled. If you set RLM_ROAM, the setting of RLM_QUEUE is ignored.

Note: Beginning in RLM v12.2, if ISVNAME_ROAM is set (where ISVNAME is the ISV's name in uppercase), it will be used in place of RLM_ROAM. In the remainder of this document, we will use the name RLM_ROAM to signify either RLM_ROAM or ISVNAME_ROAM.

Be sure your rlm_roam license is contained in a license file that is local to this system, otherwise you will not be able to use these licenses.

Your Software Provider might have supplied a GUI to handle the setting of the RLM_ROAM environment transparently to you. If this is the case, they will have documented this capability in their application's documentation.

Note: RLM_ROAM can be set to the special value “today”. If set to “today”, the license will roam until the end of the day today. Please note that if you use a v11.1 client with an older (pre-11.1) server, the roam time will be one day longer than what you specified. Pre-11.1 clients will roam as expected with 11.1 and later servers, however they will not be able to take advantage of the “today” value of RLM_ROAM.