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Con Your License Server

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Configure Your License Server You configure a license server so that you can manage AutoCAD licenses you received when you ran the Network License Activation Utility. Configure the license server with the lmtools.exe utility. To configure your license server You should be logged in with Administrator rights when working with the LMTOOLS utility. 1 Do one of the following: ■ (Windows XP) Click Start menu ➤ All Programs ➤ Autodesk ➤ Network License Manager ➤ LMTOOLS. ■ (Windows Vista) Double-click the LMTOOLS icon on the desktop. 2 In the Lmtools program, on the Service/License File tab, make sure the Configure Using Services option is active. 3 Click the Config Services tab. 4 In the Service Name list, select the service name you want to use to manage licenses. By default, the service name is FLEXnet Service 1. If FLEXnet® is managing other software on your computer in addition to Autodesk, you can change the service name to avoid confusion, for example, you can rename FLEXnet Service 1 to Autodesk Server1. NOTE If you have more than one software vendor using FLEXnet for license management, the Service Name list contains more than one option. Make sure that only one Autodesk service is listed. 5 In the Path to Lmgrd.exe File field, enter the path to the Network License Manager daemon (lmgrd.exe), or click Browse to locate the file. By default, this daemon is installed in the C:\Program Files\Autodesk Network License Manager folder. 6 In the Path to the License File box, enter the path to your license file, or click Browse to locate the file. This is the path to the license file obtained by the Network License Activation Utility or the location where you placed the license file if you obtained it offline. Configure Your License Server | 11

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Configure Your License Server
You configure a license server so that you can manage AutoCAD licenses you
received when you ran the Network License Activation Utility. Configure the
license server with the
lmtools.exe
utility.
To configure your license server
You should be logged in with Administrator rights when working with the
LMTOOLS utility.
1
Do one of the following:
(Windows XP) Click Start menu
All Programs
Autodesk
Network License Manager
LMTOOLS.
(Windows Vista) Double-click the LMTOOLS icon on the desktop.
2
In the Lmtools program, on the Service/License File tab, make sure the
Configure Using Services option is active.
3
Click the Config Services tab.
4
In the Service Name list, select the service name you want to use to
manage licenses.
By default, the service name is
FLEXnet Service 1
. If FLEXnet
®
is managing
other software on your computer in addition to Autodesk, you can change
the service name to avoid confusion, for example, you can rename
FLEXnet
Service 1
to
Autodesk Server1.
NOTE
If you have more than one software vendor using FLEXnet for license
management, the Service Name list contains more than one option. Make
sure that only one Autodesk service is listed.
5
In the Path to Lmgrd.exe File field, enter the path to the Network License
Manager daemon (
lmgrd.exe
), or click Browse to locate the file.
By default, this daemon is installed in the C:
\Program Files\Autodesk
Network License Manager
folder.
6
In the Path to the License File box, enter the path to your license file, or
click Browse to locate the file.
This is the path to the license file obtained by the Network License
Activation Utility or the location where you placed the license file if you
obtained it offline.
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