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Understanding Your Network License
How Your License Works
When you start an Autodesk product, it requests a license from the license
server through the TCP/IP network . If the number of available licenses has
not been exceeded, the Network License Manager assigns a license to the
computer, and the number of available licenses on the license server is reduced
by one.
Likewise, when you exit a product, the license returns to the Network License
Manager. If you run multiple sessions of an Autodesk product on an individual
computer, only one license is used. When the last session is closed, the license
is released.
The following three processes manage the distribution and availability of
licenses:
License manager daemon (lmgrd or lmgrd.exe) handles the original
contact with the application, and then passes the connection to the vendor
daemon. By using this approach, a single lmgrd daemon can be used by
multiple software vendors to provide license authentication. The lmgrd
daemon starts and restarts the vendor daemons as needed.
Autodesk vendor daemon (adskflex or adskflex.exe) tracks the Autodesk
licenses that are checked out and the computers that are using them. Each
software vendor has a unique vendor daemon to manage vendor-specific
licensing.
NOTE If the adskflex vendor daemon terminates for any reason, all users lose
their licenses until lmgrd restarts the vendor daemon or until the problem
causing the termination is resolved.
License file is a text file that has vendor-specific license information.
Interpreting Your License File
The network license file you receive from Autodesk contains licensing
information required for a network installation. You obtain license file data
when you register your Autodesk product.
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