ANSYS, Inc.

Quick Start Licensing Guide

License key and license manager installation made easy.
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Migrating to the ANSYS, Inc. License Manager
The information in this guide applies only to the ANSYS, Inc. License Manager, and the tools that we
provide to manage it (such as ANSLIC_ADMIN). ANSYS Fluent, ANSYS Polyflow, and ANSYS Icepak work
with the ANSYS, Inc. License Manager at Release 15.0. You can continue using your legacy licensing for
these products, but we recommend upgrading to the ANSYS, Inc. License Manager. ANSYS Electromag-
netics (Ansoft) products continue to use only the ANSYS Electromagnetics (Ansoft) License Manager at
this time.
Important Notices
The ANSYS, Inc. License Manager and its associated processes have been updated at Release 15.0; please
carefully review the ANSYS, Inc. Licensing Guide for more information on these updates. Because of these
updates, you must upgrade to the Release 15.0 License Manager in order to run ANSYS 15.0 products. The
15.0 ANSYS, Inc. License Manager supports prior ANSYS releases, so upgrading the license manager will
not cause problems for prior releases.
The instructions provided in this document assume that you will be managing your licensing environment
using the tools we provide (e.g., ANSLIC_ADMIN). If you will be using your own established processes
to manage your licensing environment, the instructions provided here may not apply. Please thoroughly
review the ANSYS, Inc. Licensing Guide to understand the changes, and then refer to the section titled
Advanced Licensing Configuration Options for detailed instructions.
On Windows machines, you have access to both a full server version of the ANSLIC_ADMIN utility and
a limited-functionality client version. Please refer to the ANSLIC_ADMIN discussion in the ANSYS, Inc.
Licensing Guide for details on when you should use each version.
Overview
The intent of this Quick Start Licensing Guide is to give you a simple overview of the steps required to
install the 15.0 ANSYS, Inc. License Manager and license keys on a license server machine.
The term ANSYS 15.0 is used throughout this guide to refer to all ANSYS 15.0 products.
To install ANSYS 15.0 and the client licensing, follow the instructions in the ANSYS, Inc. Installation Guide
for your platform.
If you are installing in a three-license server environment, the procedures below must be performed
on all three license servers.
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I. I am an existing customer with an existing valid license key. How do I pro-
ceed?
If you are an existing customer with a valid license key, you will not receive a new one until your existing
key expires. When you are ready to install ANSYS 15.0 package, follow the steps below:
1. Install ANSYS 15.0 products following the instructions in the ANSYS, Inc. Installation Guide for your
platform. The product installation includes the client licensing.
2. On Windows, from the installation launcher (setup.exe), choose Install ANSYS, Inc. License Manager
to run the license manager installation on all license server machines.
On UNIX/Linux, run ./INSTALL.LM.
3. Follow the on-screen instructions to specify the installation location. We recommend accepting the
default location, installing over the existing release. The default location for Windows machines is
\Program Files\ANSYS Inc.
4. When the License Wizard runs, be sure that the default Type of License Server option, Run the ANSYS
Licensing Interconnect with FLEXlm, is selected and click Continue.
5. When asked to install the license file, click Skip. On the following steps, specify this machine as a license
server and choose to start the ANSYS, Inc. License Manager. Exit the installation screens.
You are now ready to run ANSYS 15.0 products.
II. I am a new customer and did not receive a key with my ANSYS 15.0 package.
If you are a new customer, or you are an existing customer using the ANSYS, Inc. license manager for
the first time with your product(s), and you did NOT receive a license key with your ANSYS 15.0 package,
follow the steps below:
1. Install ANSYS 15.0 products following the instructions in the ANSYS, Inc. Installation Guide for your
platform. The product installation includes the client licensing.
2. On Windows, from the installation launcher (setup.exe), choose Install ANSYS, Inc. License Manager
to run the license manager installation on all license server machines.
On UNIX/Linux, run ./INSTALL.LM.
3. Follow the on-screen instructions to specify the installation location. The default location for Windows
machines is \Program Files\ANSYS Inc.
4. When the License Wizard runs, be sure that the default Type of License Server option, Run the ANSYS
Licensing Interconnect with FLEXlm, is selected and click Continue.
5. Select Skip for each of the following three steps: install a license file, specify the local machine as a license
server, and start the ANSYS, Inc. License Manager. Exit the installation screens.
6. Start the ANSLIC_ADMIN utility:
On Windows, run: Start> Programs> ANSYS, Inc. License Manager> Server ANSLIC_ADMIN
Utility. On Windows 7 or 8 , you must Run as administrator.
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or
On UNIX/Linux, run: /ansys_inc/shared_files/licensing/lic_admin/anslic_admin
7. Select Register License Server Information and enter the requested information. Select OK. The
licserver.info window should appear. Click on Create file and save the file.
8. Forward the licserver.info file to your ANSYS sales representative so that a license key can be
created for you.
9. When you receive a key from ANSYS, Inc., save the file to a temporary directory.
10. From the ANSLIC_ADMIN utility (use the Server ANSLIC_ADMIN utility on Windows machines), choose
the Run the License Wizard option. The wizard will walk you through the process of installing your li-
cense, specifying the license server, and starting the license manager.
You are now ready to run ANSYS 15.0 products.
III. I am a new or existing customer and I received a key with my ANSYS 15.0
package.
If you are a new or existing customer, and you DID receive a license key with your ANSYS 15.0 package,
follow the steps below:
1. Install ANSYS 15.0 products following the instructions in the ANSYS, Inc. Installation Guide for your
platform. The product installation includes the client licensing.
2. On Windows, from the installation launcher (setup.exe), choose Install ANSYS, Inc. License Manager
to run the license manager installation on all license server machines.
On UNIX/Linux, run ./INSTALL.LM.
3. Follow the on-screen instructions to specify the installation location. The default location for Windows
machines is \Program Files\ANSYS Inc.
4. When the License Wizard runs, be sure that the default Type of License Server option, Run the ANSYS
Licensing Interconnect with FLEXlm, is selected and click Continue.
5. When asked to install the license file, click Continue. Browse to the location of the license file.
6. On the following steps, specify this machine as a license server and choose to start the ANSYS, Inc. License
Manager. Exit the installation screens.
You are now ready to run ANSYS 15.0 products.
IV. Finding more information
For more information on installing ANSYS 15.0 and setting up the licensing, you can refer to the following
documents:
ANSYS, Inc. Licensing Guide
ANSYS, Inc. Installation Guide for Windows
ANSYS, Inc. Installation Guide for Linux
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Please see the "Troubleshooting" section of the ANSYS, Inc. Licensing Guide if you encounter any
problems or error messages.
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