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Autodesk COMBUSTION-4 - Acad Full-seat Windows Version Network Manual

Autodesk COMBUSTION-4 - Acad Full-seat Windows Version Network Manual

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  • Page 1 11 March 2005...
  • Page 2 FORM OF ACTION, SHALL NOT EXCEED THE PURCHASE PRICE OF THE MATERIALS DESCRIBED HEREIN. Autodesk Canada Co./Autodesk, Inc. reserves the right to revise and improve its products as it sees fit. This publication describes the state of this product at the time of its publication, and may not reflect the product at all times in the future.

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    Table of Contents Requirements System Requirements ........... . . Network Installation Components .
  • Page 4 Table of Contents Networking Quick Start and Troubleshooting 27 FLEXlm Defined ............Obtaining Authorization.

  • Page 5: Requirements

    R e q u i r e m e n t s Summary System Requirements ........... . . 2 Network Installation Components .

  • Page 6: System Requirements

    System Requirements Administrator permissions to Before you begin installing combustion on a install combustion. ® Licensing Manager network using the Autodesk Not assigning these permissions can (AdLM), ensure your network, servers, and client cause combustion workstations meet the minimum recommended and third-party requirements for network installation.

  • Page 7: Network Installation Components

    Autodesk License Manager the combustion License Configuration Switcher, users can remain productive while their computer is The Autodesk License Manager (AdLM) provides detached from the network. Using the combustion authorization for clients running combustion on a License Configuration Switcher does not convert a network.
  • Page 8 SAMreport-Lite, see the online help file samlite_ug.chm included on the combustion 4 installation CD in the Network Licensing\Manuals directory. For additional information about SAMreport-Lite, and for updates and fixes for this feature, visit the Autodesk website at: www.autodesk.com/ samreportlite...

  • Page 9: Network Planning Concepts

    N e t w o r k P l a n n i n g C o n c e p t s Summary Network Configuration Models ..........6 AdLM Network Communication Protocol .

  • Page 10: Network Configuration Models

    Most deployment types require two components: Single Server Model • Autodesk License Manager (AdLM) With the single server model, all license Installing, authorizing and starting the AdLM is management takes place on a single server. Since all...
  • Page 11 Network Configuration Models Distributed Server Model For example, if you installed a distributed server pool of two servers, each server has a license file for The distributed server model is the preferred five combustion licenses. You then create six client method of installing combustion in a network installations that use the default combustion.lic file environment.

  • Page 12: Adlm Network Communication Protocol

    Autodesk. For additional information, see “Obtaining the Server Host Name and ID” in Chapter 4, “License Server AdLM Network Communication Configuration’’.

  • Page 13: License Management

    Autodesk products only. If the vendor message to the AdLM server listed in the daemon terminates for any reason, all users lose combustion.lic file through the network protocol and...
  • Page 14 Autodesk products running the must have a .lic extension, or you can append the Autodesk/FLEXlm vendor daemon. Increment information to a Autodesk .lic file on your IncrementName Name of the product. license server.
  • Page 15 License Management License File Sample for a Single or The license file is required for using combustion on Distributed Server Model a network. As a result, the license file must be located on a network share that is accessible to every user Following is an example of a completed license file that runs combustion from a network installation.
  • Page 16 Network Planning Concepts...

  • Page 17: Installation

    I n s t a l l a t i o n Summary FLEXlm ..............14 Setting up the Network .

  • Page 18: Flexlm

    Configuration’’. the Windows Services utility. Create a network share to hold the deployment Place all the license files in the ...\Autodesk image files and ensure to provide read/write Network License Manager\License\ folder. access to all users who will install combustion Go to the Start menu and choose Programs | from this share.

  • Page 19: Silently Installing Combustion

    Silently Installing combustion To run the AdLM manually: The following command silently installs combustion 4 on a network: Insert the combustion 4 program installation CD into the CD-ROM drive. %Comspec% /c combustionSetup.exe -s If AutoPlay is enabled on your system, the is an environment variable provided by %Comspec% combustionSetup.exe begins automatically.
  • Page 20 Installation For example, if you want to set a new directory for C:\Program Files\discreet\combustion installing combustion, and use a network license is the path to the uninstal.log file 4\uninstal.log with the serial number 123-12345678, you need to in the combustion 4 installation folder. make three entries to the Settings.ini file in the variables section: Sample Batch File to Install...
  • Page 21 Silently Installing combustion If you still have many workstations to set up, you can break out a scripting language with some kind of for loop and… enter foreach (3..100) system qq(At \\pc${_] 4:30 / INTERACTIVE \\pc1\myshare\install_combustio n4.bat Another way to do it would be to copy the batch file to each workstation startup folder, and when a user logs in, the batch file runs, and soon thereafter the user runs combustion 4.
  • Page 22 Installation...

  • Page 23: License Server Configuration

    L i c e n s e S e r v e r C o n f i g u r a t i o n Summary Obtaining the Server Host Name and ID ........20 Obtaining and Setting Up a License File .

  • Page 24: Obtaining The Server Host Name And Id

    Discreet Do one of the following: Registration and Authorization office. • Choose Start | Programs | Autodesk Network The Registration and Authorization office will License Manager and select LMTOOLS. email you the license file in text format.

  • Page 25: Configuring The Server

    Click Save Service to save the new configuration Do one of the following: under the service name specified in step 5. • Choose Start | Programs | Autodesk Network Click the Start/Stop/Reread tab. License Manager and select LMTOOLS. Click Start Server to start the license server.
  • Page 26 License Server Configuration...

  • Page 27: Administration

    A d m i n i s t r a t i o n Summary License Server Failure ........... . 24 Using the FLEXlm Configuration Tools .

  • Page 28: License Server Failure

    These the loss of connection to the license server, the user tools are located in the C: \Program Files\Autodesk is given the opportunity to save the work-in- Network License Manager folder. lmtools.exe progress.

  • Page 29: Using The License Configuration Switcher

    Note: The syntax used in setting up a FLEXlm Options file is case-sensitive. For additional information about creating an Options file, see the online FLEXlm information located in the C:\Program Files\Autodesk Network License Manager\Docs\FlexUser.
  • Page 30 Administration...

  • Page 31: Networking Quick Start And Troubleshooting

    N e t w o r k i n g Q u i c k S t a r t a n d T r o u b l e s h o o t i n g Summary FLEXlm Defined ............28 Obtaining Authorization .

  • Page 32: Flexlm Defined

    Windows Service. • Host ID number (Ethernet Address). The network license manager is supported only on the following operating systems: • An e-mail address where Autodesk can send the license file. • Windows 2000 Professional • Registration information (Name, Address, Phone).

  • Page 33: Identifying The Server Name And Host Id

    VENDOR_STRING=educational SUPERSEDE Do one of the following: DUP_GROUP=h \ ISSUED=09-oct- option=142 • Choose Start | Programs | Autodesk Network SIGN=33BDF7945532 License Manager | Tools and select LMTOOLS. Save this file in the AdLM default directory • Go to the directory where you installed the AdLM...

  • Page 34: Troubleshooting Problems

    By default, the service is named “FLEXlm Service 1”. All Autodesk products will have to use the Troubleshooting Problems same service, so consider naming the service something recognizable and sensible to you, like This section presents suggestions for avoiding and “Autodesk Product Licenses.”...
  • Page 35 Troubleshooting Problems Configure TCP/IP before proceeding, then follow • AdLM will not issue licenses for three minutes after startup. the steps in Configuring the FLEXlm Server. The AdLM runs diagnostics and then goes online. Cause Solution The diagnostics may take as long as three minutes to The default diag- This is normal operation.
  • Page 36 Autodesk Registration and combustion. You can use AdLM Query Authorization office, based on the new or AdLM Report to view license server code.
  • Page 37 Windows XP running on an AMD or • At the server: Start Menu | Programs Files | platform. Intel-compatible processor running 850 Autodesk Network License Manager | Tools | MHz or higher. LMTOOLS. In the Service/License File tab, choose combustion is set Go to C:|Program Files\Discreet\ Configuration Using Services.
  • Page 38 Networking Quick Start and Troubleshooting...
  • Page 39 G l o s s a r y...

  • Page 40: A Glossary

    Glossary adsflex.exe daemon The Autodesk vendor daemon used with the A process that runs in the background of a FLEXlm license technology. The adsflex.exe keeps computer, doing automated processing. track of the licenses that are checked out and the combustion uses two daemons: the vendor daemon workstations that are using the licenses.

  • Page 41: License Server

    One of two daemons used by combustion. The contains licensing information provided by master daemon (lmgrd.exe) handles the original Autodesk. You obtain license file data when you contact with combustion, then passes the register combustion. This file must be in plain connection to the vendor daemon.

  • Page 42: Network License Manager

    CD. Using SAMreport-Lite, you can generate a network license-usage report for Discreet software Network License Manager that uses FLEXlm licensing technology. The technology used by Autodesk for network license management. server name The NetBIOS computer name. It is often the same as the computer’s host name.

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