Installing 2 instances of Applications Manager in parallel

The following document describes how to install 2 different instances of Applications Manager in parallel on the same Windows machine.

General overview of the procedure

Installation of parallel Applications Manager entails the following:

• Setting up 2 different ports (for example 27080 and 27081) for each Applications Manager on OpenLM Workstation Agent and Broker;
• Creation of a new folder, copying contents of existing Applications Manager settings, and adjusting them.

Setting up the Applications Manager application

1. Set up a machine with Applications Manager up and running.

2. Stop the Applications Manager Service.

3. Create a new folder named OpenLM App Manager2 in C:\Program Files\OpenLM.

4. Copy contents of C:\Program Files\OpenLM\OpenLM App Manager to C:\Program Files\OpenLM\OpenLM App Manager2.

5. Open Openlm-app-manager.properties file in the OpenLM App Manager2 folder.

6. Set the port=27081.

7. Ensure that all other settings are correct in this file.

8. Save this file.

9. Rename OpenLMLicenseManager.exe to OpenLMLicenseManager2.exe in Bin folder.

10. Rename OpenLMLicenseManager_x86.exe to OpenLMLicenseManager2_x86.exe.

11. Edit Uninstall Service.bat file in the same folder to "OpenLMLicenseManager2_x86.exe" //DS//OpenLMLicenseManager2

12. Install Service.bat file in the same folder Bin should look like the one below. The changes from the original file are the values that contain OpenLMLicenseManager2 or OpenLM App Manager2:

    @SET LOG_DIR="%~dp0..\logs"
    "OpenLMLicenseManager2.exe" //IS//OpenLMLicenseManager2 -DisplayName="OpenLM App Manager2"^
     -Description="OpenLM App Manager2"^
     -Install="%~dp0OpenLMLicenseManager2.exe"^
     -Jvm="C:\Program Files\OpenLM\OpenLM App Manager2\jre\bin\server\jvm.dll" -StartMode=jvm -StopMode=jvm -Startup=auto -Classpath=openlm-app-manager-1.8.3.jar^
     -StartClass=com.openlm.shadowlm.Main -StartMethod=start^
     -JvmOptions=-Djava.net.preferIPv4Stack=true;-Dlog4j.configuration=file:log4j.properties;-Dopenlm.log.dir=%LOG_DIR%^
     -StopClass=com.openlm.shadowlm.Main -StopMethod=stop^
     -StdOutput=auto -StdError=auto -StartPath "%~dp0.."^
     -LogPath=%LOG_DIR% -LogPrefix=openlm-app-manager

13. Double select OpenLMLicenseManager2.exe and set it to proper Java Runtime Environment.

14. Now run the InstallService.bat file and verify if a new Service OpenLM App Manager2 was created in Windows Services.
    

15. Open lmstat.bat file in the OpenLM App Manager2 folder and set port=27080 to port=27081 (port number is set as example. The port should be the same as in step 6).

16. After these steps there will be 2 parallel instances of Applications Manager with the same database. Delete the existing database for the newly added Applications Manager.

17. Go to Windows Services and start OpenLM App Manager and OpenLM App Manager2 services.
    

Setting up OpenLM Broker

1. Open the Broker.
2. Add a new Applications Manager License Manager port 27081.
   Note: You will also have to copy the License file from the original AppManager (C:\Program Files\OpenLM\OpenLM App Manager\license) into new AppManager...license folder.
3. Go to Commands menu under Port 27081 and set path for commands to C:\Program Files\OpenLM\OpenLM App Manager2 in both commands menus.
4. Select the Update button to save changes.
5. Set log file path under Log Files menu to C:\Program Files\OpenLM\OpenLM App Manager2\logs\lm-log.log.
6. Select Apply button and then Restart Broker.
7. Select the status command for added port 27081.
8. Select Execute button.
9. Ensure that you get successful response in the form:
   <SERVER name="..." port="27081" request_time_utc="..." server_status="ok"/>
10. If you get an error message instead, contact OpenLM support.

Setting up license server

1. Run the OpenLM SLM configuration tool from Windows Start menu, select License Servers menu and select Add Server.
2. Select OpenLM Applications Manager type from drop-down menu.
3. Type in the same Hostname and Port as Host Name/IP and port in OpenLM Broker application and insert Port 27081 (as example).
4. Select Apply button and restart now.

Viewing 2 Applications Managers in the OpenLM User Interface

1. Before viewing 2 instances of Applications Manager, go to Windows Services and start the services OpenLM App Manager and OpenLM App Manager2
2. Then go to OpenLM User Interface ->Start->Administration and select OpenLM Applications Manager.
3. In the opened window there are 2 parallel Applications Managers in the left part of the screen.