User`s guide

Plan Your Network Licensing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
System Requirements for the Network License Manager
(Windows) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Plan Your License Server Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Single License Server Model . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Distributed License Server Model . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Redundant License Server Model . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Learn About Your License . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
License Operation and Availability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
License Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
License File Examples . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Package License File Examples . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
License Types and Behaviors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Heartbeat Signal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Network License Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Install the Network License Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Obtain a License Through autodesk.com . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Obtain the Server Host Name and Host ID Manually . . . . . . . 32
Configure a License Server (Windows) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Install SAMreport-Lite (Optional) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Uninstall the Network License Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Network Licensing Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
FLEXnet Configuration Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Utilities for License Server Management . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Stop and Restart the License Server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Update FLEXnet from a Previous Version . . . . . . . . . . 38
Set Up and Use an Options File . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
License Borrowing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Borrow a License . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
BORROWLICENSE Command . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Return a License . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
RETURNLICENSE Command . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Network Licensing FAQs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
What is the difference between a stand-alone license and a
network license? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
What is the benefit of using a network licensed version of the
software? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
What is Internet Explorer used for? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Glossary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
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