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Table Of Contents
- Contents
- Maya Installation Guide
- Maya Licensing Guide
- Stand-Alone Licensing Guide
- Network Licensing Guide
- Quick Start to Autodesk Network Licensing
- Plan Your Network Licensing
- Autodesk Network Licensing Tools
- Network Licensing Tasks
- Glossary
- Index
License Errors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Errors Caused by Hardware Changes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Errors Caused by Reinstalling an Operating System . . . . . . . . 70
Errors Caused by Changing the System Date and Time . . . . . . 70
Network Licensing Guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Chapter 8 Quick Start to Autodesk Network Licensing . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Set Up a Maya License Server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Install the Network License Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Install the Network License Manager (Windows) . . . . . . . . . . 74
Install the Network License Manager (Mac OS X) . . . . . . . . . 75
Install the Network License Manager (Linux) . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Obtain a Network License . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Configure a License Server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Configure a License Server (Windows) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Configure a License Server (Mac OS X) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Configure a License Server (Linux) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Chapter 9
Plan Your Network Licensing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Plan Your License Server Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Single License Server Model . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Distributed License Server Model . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Redundant License Server Model . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Learn About Your License . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
License Operation and Availability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
License Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
License File Examples . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Package License File Examples . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
License Types and Behaviors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Heartbeat Signal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Chapter 10
Autodesk Network Licensing Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Network License Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
System Requirements for the Network License Manager . . . . . . 99
FLEXnet Configuration Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Utilities for License Server Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Utilities for License Server Management (Mac OS X and
Linux)
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
The Options File . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
SAMreport-Lite License Reporting Tool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Chapter 11
Network Licensing Tasks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
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