There are two types of licenses available:
FlexNet license keys are available through a local software distributor or directly from Altair Engineering (mailto:info@concept.de).
The FlexNet host ID is determined by the lmutil program
provided with the FlexNet utility package.
This is a separate package which is not part of the Nlview releases.
After downloading
and extracting this extra package (e.g. flexnet-11.16.tgz)
you can find the lmutil program located in the platform specific
subdirectory.
Example:
user@host:~> cd /path/to/flexnet-11.16/linux64 user@host:/path/to/flexnet-11.16/linux64> lmutil lmhostid lmutil - Copyright (c) 1989-2019 Flexera. All Rights Reserved. The FlexNet host ID of this machine is "80877739"
C:\> cd C:\path\to\flexnet-11.16\win64 C:\path\to\flexnet-11.16\win64> lmutil.exe lmhostid lmutil - Copyright (c) 1989-2019 Flexera. All Rights Reserved. The FlexNet host ID of this machine is "005056b368a5"
Alternatively on Windows the lmtools.exe GUI program can be used to obtain the FlexNet host ID (requires Windows 7 or later). To do so, start flexnet-11.16\win64\lmtools.exe, select System Settings and press the Save HOSTID Info to a File button (this saves the information you see in this dialog into a text file).
Once you have provided your FlexNet host ID (and hostname) you will receive the license file (usually called license.dat).
If you have received a node-locked license, then you can start using the Nlview-based software without installing a FlexNet License Server.
Simply copy the license.dat file to a suitable location on your local machine (the machine, you have earlier obtained the FlexNet host ID from) and set the environment variable LM_LICENSE_FILE or DCONCEPT_LICENSE_FILE (with higher priority) to point to this license.dat.
Alternatively, copy the license.dat file to a default location on your local machine. The default locations are:
If you have received a floating license, then you need a FlexNet License Server running on a machine reachable via your existing TCP/IP-based network).
Forward the license.dat to your FlexNet License Server as described in the document Installing a FlexNet License Server.
On your local machine (where you are going to run the Nlview-based software on), you must set the environment variable LM_LICENSE_FILE or DCONCEPT_LICENSE_FILE (with higher priority) to (a) point to the License Server, or (b) point to a local copy of your license.dat file that itself points to your License Server machine.
For (a), set the environment variable LM_LICENSE_FILE to something like 1700@licserver (assuming licserver is the name of your FlexNet License Server running lmgrd listening on port 1700).
For (b), follow the same rules as for Installing FlexNet node-locked license (on the left side), to set the LM_LICENSE_FILE variable or to rely on the default locations for license.dat.
The environment variable LM_LICENSE_FILE (as well as the environment variable DCONCEPT_LICENSE_FILE) can be set to define the location of the license.dat file or to define a pointer to the License Server, whereas variable DCONCEPT_LICENSE_FILE is considered first (highest priority). This information is read by the local client machine, to check for a node-locked or floating license key.
| csh |
If you are running C-shell (csh),
add a line like this to your ~/.login file:
setenv LM_LICENSE_FILE 1700@licserveror setenv LM_LICENSE_FILE /path/to/license.dat |
| sh bash |
If you are running Bourne-Shell (sh) or compatible,
add lines like these to your ~/.profile file:
export LM_LICENSE_FILE LM_LICENSE_FILE=1700@licserveror LM_LICENSE_FILE=/path/to/license.dat |
| on XP/Vista: | Windows+Pause ⇒
Advanced ⇒
Environment Variables
or: Windows+R ⇒ type: control sysdm.cpl and press enter ⇒ Advanced ⇒ Environment Variables or: Start ⇒ Settings ⇒ Control Panel ⇒ System ⇒ Advanced ⇒ Environment Variables |
| on 7/8/10/11: | Windows+R ⇒ type: SystemPropertiesAdvanced and press enter ⇒ Environment Variables |
You can specify multiple FlexNet License Servers and/or license.dat files in a single LM_LICENSE_FILE environment variable by separating them with ":" on UNIX and ";" on Windows. For example:
| on UNIX: |
1700@licserver:/path/to/license.dat |
| on Windows: |
1700@licserver;C:\path\to\license.dat |
After setting the environment variable LM_LICENSE_FILE or DCONCEPT_LICENSE_FILE you are ready to test the FlexNet installation.
The feature name for the Nlview Widget Family is nlview
(the second word in the FEATURE line in the
license.dat file you have received).
You can use the lmdiag option of the lmutil program
to verify your FlexNet installation:
user@host:~> cd /path/to/flexnet-11.16/linux64 user@host:/path/to/flexnet-11.16/linux64> lmutil lmdiag nlview
C:\> cd C:\path\to\flexnet-11.16\win64 C:\path\to\flexnet-11.16\win64> lmutil.exe lmdiag nlview
If the FlexNet server is correctly installed you should see an output similar to the following:
lmutil - Copyright (c) 1989-2019 Flexera. All Rights Reserved. FlexNet diagnostics on Thu 3/12/2020 13:11 ----------------------------------------------------- License file: 1700@licserver ----------------------------------------------------- "nlview" v9.9, vendor: dconcept, expiry: 06-jan-2021 vendor_string: 0,10e4ed01c8e,1bff License server: licserver floating license expires: 06-jan-2021 This license can be checked out -----------------------------------------------------
The procedure entry point RegDeleteKeyExA could not be located in the dynamic link library ADVAPI32.dll.Solution: The FlexNet server and utilities require Windows 7 or later to work.
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