Specifications

Distributing a Software Image to Multiple
Computers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Preserving a License on a Re-imaged Computer . . . . . . . 12
Chapter 3 Network Licensing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Network Licensing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Planning Your Network Licensing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Understanding License Server Models . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Windows System Requirements for the Network License
Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Linux System Requirements for the Network License
Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Mac OS X System Requirements for the Network License
Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Understanding Your Network License . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
How Your License Works . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Interpreting Your License File . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
License File Examples . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Package License File Types and Examples . . . . . . . . . . 25
Losing Your Connection to the License Server . . . . . . . . 29
Running the Network License Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Install the Network License Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Obtain the Server Host Name and Host ID . . . . . . . . . . 30
Configure a License Server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Uninstall a Windows Network License Manager . . . . . . . 37
Using Other Features of Network Licensing . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
License Borrowing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
FLEXnet Configuration Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Frequently Asked Questions about Network Licensing . . . . . . . 53
What is the difference between a stand-alone license and
a network license? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
What is the benefit of using a network licensed version
of the software? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
How does the licensing process use the Internet? . . . . . . 54
Chapter 4 Appendix: Autodesk 3ds Max Licensing . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Chapter 5 Appendix: Autodesk Maya Licensing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Maya Stand-Alone Licensing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Transfer your stand-alone license (Mac OS X or Linux) . . . . . . 59
Maya Network Licensing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Install the IPv4 or IPv6 versions of Network License
Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Install the Network License Manager (Mac OS X) . . . . . . . . . 60
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