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up to the maximum number of licenses you’ve purchased. The Network License
Manager “checks out” licenses until they are all in use. No further systems
can run the program until a license is “checked in.” If you need to run more
systems, you can purchase additional licenses for the Network License Manager
to maintain.
What is the benefit of using a network licensed version of the
software?
Network licensed products are recommended for large drafting/design facilities,
classrooms, and lab environments. The main advantage is that you can install
products on more systems than the number of licenses you have purchased
(for example, purchasing 25 licenses but installing on 40 workstations). At
any one time, products will run on the maximum number of systems for
which you have licenses. This means you get a true floating license. If software
needs to be run on more systems, additional licenses can be purchased.
Registration and activation occurs only once and the licenses are maintained
on your network license server.
How do I switch my license from stand-alone to network or
network to stand-alone?
If you have purchased stand-alone and network licenses and you want to
switch which license Maya is using, there are two main methods to change
the license type.
■ Uninstall and re-install Maya, changing the type of license you specify
during the install.
■ Edit the MAYA_LICENSE_METHOD environment variable in your
license.env file.
If you have added the MAYA_LICENSE_METHOD variable to your system
environment variables or to a Maya.env file, you must also update the
license type in those locations.
To edit the MAYA_LICENSE_METHOD environment variable
1 Locate the license.env file in the following location:
■ (Windows) C:\Program Files\Autodesk\Maya2011\bin
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