This is the file that tells the product where to find the license server. Book Name: FlexNet Publisher R3 License Administration Guide. It is possible that the lmgrd components could have been procured directly from Flexera Software.
FLEXlm supports different licensing policies such as Floating (aka Concurrent) and Node Locked licenses. The Software was developed fully at private expense. The typical FLEXlm license server installation comes with designated versions for lmgrd and vendor daemon, however it has been seen that the FLEXlm installation is at times configured with custom FLEXlm binaries. If you are using ADSKFLEX_LICENSE_FILE environment variable, you can add your license server port in front of or addition to modifying the license file you will want to modify the LICPATH.LIC files on the client systems as well. FLEXlm software is a license management solution that allows software vendors to limit the number of software seats available to their users. To change the ports you have to modify the license file on the server to assign a port number on the SERVER line and assign a different port number on the VENDOR line.
We strongly recommend not to change the ports unless it is absolutely necessary. Right click on FLEXlm License Manager and choose New, then String Value. Note: These changes are not officially supported by Autodesk as they may generate conflicts with other applications. HKEYCURRENTUSERSoftwareFLEXlm License Manager. If your network is running another application that is using port 2080 and/or 27000–27009, and that application cannot be relocated to another port, it is possible to change the assigned ports to use different ports. Ports are officially assigned to the FLEXnet license manager for Autodesk products by the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority: