Installation and Licensing Documentation

ANSYS, Inc. uses the FLEXlm license manager (also called the FLEXnet License Manager) for all of its licensed products. FLEXlm, the most popular license manager used in the software industry, is best known for its ability to allow software licenses to be available (or float) anywhere on a network. Floating licensing benefits both users and license administrators. Users can make more efficient use of fewer licenses by sharing them on the network. License administrators can control who uses the licensed application and the machine(s) where the licenses will be available. The format of the traffic between the ANSYS product(s) and the license manager is machine independent, allowing for heterogeneous networks. This means the license server and the computer running an application can be either different hardware platforms or even different operating systems (Windows and [color:8f9c=blue! important][color:8f9c=blue! important]UNIX, for example).

The license manager, daemons or services, and license utility files are installed during the installation process.

A typical installation on a UNIX machine allows you to install the product anywhere on the system. The installation then creates a symbolic link from the installation directory to /ansys_inc. All licensing files and utilities are provided in the /ansys_inc/shared_files/licensing subdirectory.

If you installed the product elsewhere on your system, replace all references to /ansys_inc in this guide with the name of the installation directory you used. Any reference throughout this manual to the licensing directory on Unix platforms means /ansys_inc/shared_files/licensing.

A typical installation on a Windows machine (choosing the default installation directory) installs the products in the product subdirectory in \Program Files\Ansys Inc, located on the same drive as the operating system. The \Shared Files\Licensing subdirectory is also created in this installation directory. If you installed the product in a different directory, replace all references to \Program Files\ANSYS Inc\<product> in this guide with the name of the installation directory you used. However, the licensing directory will still remain in the default location; you cannot change this location. The licensing components are shared across all ANSYS, Inc. products and need to reside in a fixed location.

Any reference throughout this manual to the licensing directory on Windows platforms means \Program Files\Ansys Inc\Shared Files\Licensing, located on the same drive as the operating system.



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