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Managing HCL Local License Server
After you receive your license entitlements, you must verify the system requirements, perform preinstallation tasks, and then install the HCL Local License Server (LLS) product.
Version Upgrade Behavior

HCL Licensing - Overview
You must license your HCLSoftware product to get access to a full-featured version of your HCLSoftware product for an extended duration and HCLSoftware support.
Managing HCL Local License Server
After you receive your license entitlements, you must verify the system requirements, perform preinstallation tasks, and then install the HCL Local License Server (LLS) product.
- System requirements
  Before you install HCL Local License Server, ensure that your system meets the hardware and software requirements.
- Preinstallation tasks
  Before you install HCL Local License Server (LLS), you must perform some necessary tasks to prepare your system and environment.
- Installing HCL Local License Server
  After completing the pre-installation tasks, you can begin installing HCL Local License Server (LLS) 5.3 as a new installation or use the new upgrade feature to update an existing LLS version (5.0, 5.1, or 5.2) to 5.3. Once installed, you can use it to manage HCLSoftware product licenses.
- Version Upgrade Behavior
  - Upgrade Existing LLS Installation to Version 5.3
- Post-installation : Generating the License File
  After installing the HCL Local License Server (LLS), you must create deployments in My HCLSoftware (MHS) to manage your entitlements. Each deployment generates a license file that must be copied to the license folder on your LLS host machine.
- Verifying HCL Local License Server Installation
  After you have installed HCL Local License Server (LLS), you must verify that the installation completed successfully and that the server is reachable and operational.
- Configuring HCL Local License Server
  You can configure HCL Local License Server (LLS)to update parameters such as the TLS certificate or the port number using the update utility provided in the installer package.
- Uninstalling HCL Local License Server
  When you no longer require HCL Local License Server (LLS), on your system, you can remove it by running the uninstall utility included in the installation package.
- Troubleshooting HCL Local License Server
  You can troubleshoot some common issues that you might encounter during the installation or operation of HCL Local License Server (LLS).
Managing HCL Cloud License Server
After you receive your license entitlements, you can set up HCL Cloud License Server (CLS) for your HCLSoftware product license configuration.
Notices
This document provides information about copyright, trademarks, terms and conditions for the product documentation.

Version Upgrade Behavior

Windows

Version upgrade is supported on Windows.
If multiple LLS versions (e.g., 5.1 and 5.2) are installed on the same machine, the installer will:
- Randomly detect one instance
- Create a backup of that instance
- Restore the backup while upgrading to 5.3.0
Other LLS versions that were not selected by the installer must be manually uninstalled.
Recommendation: Keep only one active LLS instance on Windows before upgrading to ensure predictable behavior.

Linux

Version upgrade is NOT supported on Linux.

Starting with version 5.3.0, LLS always installs into:
```
/opt/hcl-lls
```
Therefore, the 5.3.0 installer always performs a fresh installation.
Any earlier versions (e.g.,
```
 /opt/hcl-lls-5.2, /opt/hcl-lls-5.1
```
) must be manually uninstalled and removed before or after installing 5.3.0.

Important:

Before uninstalling older versions, ensure you manually copy and save your existing configuration files, certificates, and license data. After installing LLS v5.3.0 in the standardized /opt/hcl-lls directory, these assets must be manually moved into the new path to restore your previous configuration settings.

Note:

During Windows upgrade, all configuration data from the previous version (certificates, licenses, logs, and port) are safely backed up automatically and restored during the upgrade to LLS 5.3.
The backup folder is created only on Windows, because Linux does not support version upgrade:

Windows backup location: C:\hcl_lls_backup

Linux: No backup directory is created during installation, because Linux 5.3.0 installer always performs a fresh installation in /opt/hcl-lls.
On Linux, previous installations (for example, hcl-lls-5.2, hcl-lls-5.1, etc.) must be manually uninstalled and removed before installing version 5.3.0.
Backup and restore operations apply only to Windows upgrade scenarios and ensure minimal manual effort during the upgrade process.