NAME

i4ally − Communicate with iFOR/LS on behalf of iFOR/LS 16-bit Windows clients. 

SYNOPSIS

i4ally [ -v ]

DESCRIPTION

The i4ally is a process that enables iFOR/LS 16-bit Windows client applications to use iFOR/LS server-based licenses.  The ally is not required for iFOR/LS 16-bit Windows client applications that are using nodelocked licenses only. 

This process can reside on any iFOR/LS V3 system (other than 16-bit Windows) or on an iFOR/LS for OS/2 system.  It is suggested that it reside on a license server system (instead of a license client system), but this is not required. 

The ally currently supports one address family, IP.  The ally listens on a port defined in the iFOR/LS configuration file (i4ls.ini) on the system running the ally.  In the i4ls.ini file, this port definition can be found in the [iFOR/LS NCS-Server] section as the allyport entry.  The i4ls.ini file is usually found in the /opt/ifor/ls/conf directory. 

OPTIONS

-v Verbose mode.  This causes the iFOR/LS ally to display debugging information to stdout.  This information could be useful if a call to Gradient support is required. 

ERRORS

iFOR/LS Ally encountered error searching for network transports. 
The ally that is used for 16-bit Windows clients was not able to find a valid network transport. Check the configuration of the networking software on the ally machine.

iFOR/LS Ally encountered error finding the ally machine. 
The ally was not able to determine it’s own machine name. Check the configuration of the networking software on the ally machine.

iFOR/LS Ally encountered error registering with namespace. 
The ally did not find a port number in the i4ls.ini configuration file. Specify a port number for allyport in i4ls.ini. 

iFOR/LS Ally encountered error listening for client requests. 
A network communications error occurred between the ally and the license server. Check that the license server(s) specified in i4ls.ini on the ally’s machine are actually running.

iFOR/LS Ally encountered error unregistering with the namespace. 
The ally was not able to remove itself from the NCS namespace. Use lb_admin to clean the namespace.

AUTHOR

i4ally was developed by Gradient Technologies, Inc. 

Hewlett-Packard Company  —  HP-UX Release 10.20:  July 1996