The two daemons (lmgrd.exe and
LMCOMSOL.exe) run on the license server. When a user starts COMSOL on a client computer, communication is established through the network from the client to the license server and the license manager daemon (
lmgrd.exe). That daemon in turn makes a request to the vendor daemon (
LMCOMSOL.exe), which releases licenses according to information in the
license.dat file. The FlexNet utility program and FlexNet Control Panel are used for handling license server management tasks.