Changing the license manager port

Optional. You can change the communications port used by the License Manager.

License Manager uses a single host port to communicate with the licensed products that use it:

Port Description

Port 27000

 Typical default for a single License Manager

Port 28000

 Typical default a quorum

Reasons you might need to change the default port:

  • When the default port is unavailable on the host, you need to assign a different port. For example, if other software is using the default port.
  • When you create a merged license file for two or more products, and you load that file into more than one License Manager, you must choose a single communication port for those license managers to service licenses to the licensed products.
  • Linux: If you run Nuance License Manager and license managers from different vendors on the same host, each license manager requires a different port.

To change the port:

  1. Choose any available communication port number.
  2. Edit the license file on the License Manager host. (Locate the SERVER line near the top of the license file.)
  3. If you have more than one License Manager, repeat the edit on each host.

  4. Note: If using the three-server redundancy configuration, edit the license file once and copy to each host in the quorum.

  5. Load the new license files into each License Manager. See Loading license files.
  6. Update pointers to the License Manager from all hosts running Nuance licensed products. See Pointing products to a remote license manager.