Specifications

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\Maya2012\bin
■ (Linux) /usr/autodesk/maya2012-x64/bin
■ (Mac OS X) In the Maya installation directory (by default
/Applications/Autodesk/maya2012/), right-click the Maya application
and select Show Package Contents. Locate the license.env file
in the Contents directory.
2 Edit the MAYA_LICENSE_METHOD variable to indicate the type of license
you want, for example:
MAYA_LICENSE_METHOD=standalone
to set Maya to use a stand-alone license, or
MAYA_LICENSE_METHOD=network
to set Maya to use a network license.
If you are switching from a stand-alone to a network license, continue
with the following steps to set your license server name.
3 Navigate to the following directory to locate and open the LICPATH.LIC
file.
■ (Windows) C:\Program Files\Autodesk\Maya2012
■ (Mac OS X and Linux) /var/flexlm/
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