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Administering DevOps Code ClearCase®
Learn about performing administrative tasks for a DevOps Code ClearCase® community including managing software licenses, user and group accounts, ClearCase server and client hosts, shared data, and the network that connects them.
License servers and license administration
Most DevOps Code ClearCase® applications and commands (cleartool commands, for example, or GUIs such as the ClearTeam Explorer) require a license to run. DevOps Code ClearCase can use IBM Common Licensing, which is based on the FLEXlm license management tool from GLOBEtrotter Software, Inc., or ClearCase Licensing, a proprietary licensing scheme.
ClearCase Licensing
ClearCase Licensing uses an active-user floating license scheme. A user must obtain a license, which grants the privilege to use DevOps Code ClearCase® on any host served by the same license server.
Renaming a license server host
Renaming a license server host does not invalidate its license authorization code; the code incorporates a hardware-level machine identifier, not its network host name.

Renaming a license server host

Renaming a license server host does not invalidate its license authorization code; the code incorporates a hardware-level machine identifier, not its network host name.

About this task

After renaming a host, switch the license server host assignments of some or all DevOps Code ClearCase® hosts, as described in Moving licenses to another host.