FAQ L03 - How can I mix node-locked and floating licenses?

node-locked license

floating license

Category: Simcenter Amesim

Topic: Licensing

Access Level: End User

Publish Date: April 2020

Question

How can I mix node-locked and floating licenses?

Answer

This procedure is intended to license administrators and applies to client machines.

It is possible to mix a local node-locked license and a floating license from a server.

This is done by using the following environment variables on the client machine: SPLM_LICENSE_SERVER

This environment variable must contain the list of all servers you want to use.

Note

They must be separated by semi-colons (;) on both platforms.

A server can be defined by:

• its license file with its full path (e. g. C:\Amesim\licensing\UGS.lic).

• port@host, where port is the port number and host is the server hostname.

• port@IP_address, where port is the port number and IP_address is the server IP address.

• @host, where host is the server hostname (using the default port 28000).

• @IP_address, where IP_address is the server IP address (using the default port 28000).

Example

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SET SPLM_LICENSE_SERVER=3499@192.168.15.12;C:\Amesim\licensing\UGS.lic

In the above example (Windows), Simcenter Amesim first uses the server whose IP address is 192.168.15.12, which works with port 3499 to check out licenses.

When this server is overloaded or down, Simcenter Amesim uses the license server pointed by the file called C:\Amesim\licensing\UGS.lic.

This solution does not require you to modify or restart license servers, but the SPLM_LICENSE_SERVER environment variable must be properly defined before starting Simcenter Amesim.