Keysight provides a license server for the use of floating or network-shared licenses with its software products that run on Windows-based instruments or Windows and Linux PCs. The license server enables licenses to float and not be tied to one specific computer, so that they can be shared across multiple instruments and PCs that are being used by multiple users.

Set Up the License Server

The license server is based on Revenera FlexNet Publisher technology, and consists of the FlexNet license server manager and the Keysight vendor daemon.  You can configure the license server with license management tools supplied by Revenera.  These license management tools are included with the download of the Keysight License Server.

Download the version of the Keysight License Server for your hardware platform and operating system here:

On the right are videos covering setup of a License Server, on Windows and on Linux.

In brief, the steps to set up a license server are: 

  1. Install the Keysight License Server package on the license server machine.
  2. Receive a license file (from KSM) and save it on the license server's hard drive.
  3. Configure the startup of the license server manager, then reboot the machine.