Additional setup for networked licenses

To configure your machines to serve and receive licenses across the network, you must set up the license server machine (Activating Alias from a serial number and Installing a license), then set up each client computer that obtains a license from the server. (Servers can serve a license to themselves.)

Note

If you are serving Alias 2010 licenses, you must install the current version of the server software on the license server and restart the license service.
(Windows) If a server or client does not have a C: drive, you can set the environment variable SGIAWD_LICENSE_FILE.
Your license server can serve licenses to workstations on all supported platforms (Windows, Mac OS X). This requires that the computers can access each other via TCP/IP.
For information on licensing issues, see the Alias 2010 Release Notes at: www.autodesk.com/Alias-release-notes.

(Windows) License server management options and license server confirmation

To set options and start the license server

Select Start > Programs > Autodesk > Common Utilities > FlexLM License Utilities.
In the LMTOOLS window, click the Service/License File tab and select the Configuration using Services option.
Click the Config Services tab.
Turn on Use Services.
Turn on Start Server at Power Up.
Check that the values shown are correct:
- Path to the lmgrd.exe file is C:\Program Files\Common Files\Alias Shared\Licensing\etc\lmgrd.exe
- Path to the license file is: C:\FLEXLM\aw_servername.dat, where servername is the name of the license server machine. (To locate aw_servername.dat, click Browse and in the Open dialog box, change Files of type to License Files(*.dat) or All Files(*.*).)
  NoteThe path to the debug log file is optional and can be left blank.
Click Save Service.
Click the Start/Stop/Reread tab and click Start Server.

(Windows) To confirm the license server operation

Click the Server Status tab.
Click Perform Status Enquiry.
If the license server is up, the window displays:
```
<servername>:license server UP(MASTER)
```
where <servername> is the license server computer name. The text area should also list the products/features and the number of logins you have.
Close LMTOOLS.

(Windows) To stop and start the license server

In the LMTOOLS window, Service/License File tab, make sure Configuration using Services is turned on.
Click the Start/Stop/Reread tab, click Stop Server, and then Start Server.

(Windows) Checking whether the license server is running

You can use the Windows Task Manager to tell whether the license server is running. Do the following steps on the license server computer.

To check license server status

Press Ctrl+Shift+Esc on your keyboard. The Task Manager appears.
Click the Processes tab.
If lmgrd.exe and sgiawd.exe are in the list of processes, the license server is up. If neither are in the list, the license server is down. If only one is in the list, the license server is partially up. In this case, restart the computer.

(Mac OS X) License server management options and license server confirmation

NoteMac OS X Server is not supported by the FLEXlm licensing software.

(Mac OS X) To start the license server

In the following section, you’re going to use sudo—the special Mac OS X command that executes other commands with the highest level of user permissions—to start the license server. You must authenticate sudo each time you use it. The following commands must be run by someone who has administrator privileges on the machine.

Start the license server by typing the following in Terminal. (You may be prompted for your password.)
```
sudo /usr/aw/COM/bin/aw_flexlm start
```
If you’re using the Alias Terminal, you do not need to type the path.
To confirm the server has started, type the following in Terminal:
```
sudo /usr/aw/COM/bin/lmstat -a -c /var/flexlm/aw_server.dat
```
If the server has started successfully, you should see output that contains the line License server UP (MASTER) v11.5.
Launch Alias to see if the licensing setup has worked.