If you are deploying JMP on Windows for the first time and you want to centralize the location of your JMP license, here are the steps to follow:
- Create a jmp.per file by installing JMP on a test machine and licensing JMP by using the Open License prompt. The jmp.per file is stored in the JMP installation directory: C:\Program Files\SAS\JMP<PRO>\<version>\JMP.PER
- Save the jmp.per file on a network share.
- Open Notepad and create a file that is named jmp.pfs.
- In the jmp.pfs file, add the following lines:
Preferences(
File Location Settings(
License File Path( "\\network-share-path\...\jmp.per" )
)
);
- In place of the network-share-path above, enter the path to the jmp.per file (the save destination in Step 2) as the argument.
- See the Adding Custom Files to a Software Depot section in the JMP Deployment Guide, and place the jmp.pfs file in the custom/pfs folder as explained in the guide.
- For new installations of JMP, upon installation, JMP writes the jmp.pfs file to C:/ProgramData/SAS/JMP<Pro>/.
- When JMP launches, it copies the jmp.pfs file from the ProgramData directory to the user directory, pointing JMP to the jmp.per file path that is specified in Step 5.
Note: When your site renews JMP for a specific version, you must repeat Step 1 above to generate a new jmp.per file. This new jmp.per file then replaces the older jmp.per file that you saved in Step 2.
For more information, see the JMP Deployment Guides.
[Previously JMP Note 66461]