You can configure LSF License Scheduler for enhanced performance, easy organization, and reliable license distribution.
You only need one host to run LSF License Scheduler, but you can configure your site for a failover mechanism with multiple candidate hosts to take over the scheduling in case of a failure. This configuration can be used in a local network or across multiple sites in a wider network.
A design center contains the following hosts configuration in a LAN:
The LSF LIM daemon starts the LSF License Scheduler daemon (bld) on each host in the LSF_LIC_SCHED_HOSTS list.
Each host in the LSF_LIC_SCHED_HOSTS list is a potential LSF License Scheduler candidate in Design Center A and is running the bld daemon, but only one host becomes the LSF License Scheduler host.
hostA.designcenter_a.com is the LSF License Scheduler host, and the remaining hosts are candidate hosts running the bld daemon, ready to take over the management of the licenses in case of a network failure
Each candidate License Scheduler host communicates with the LSF License Scheduler host, License Scheduler (hostA)
If the LSF License Scheduler host fails, each candidate host checks to see if a more eligible host is running the LSF License Scheduler daemon. If not, it becomes the failover host and inherits the communication links that existed between the original LSF License Scheduler host and each candidate host. In this example, if License Scheduler on hostA fails, Candidate License Scheduler hostB is the next most eligible host, and takes over the license scheduling.