That reminds me, I need to check my torrents... On Tue, Jul 26, 2011 at 3:25 PM, Jeff Steward <[email protected]> wrote:
> I *loathe* FLexLM. When it works, it works, when it doesn't, you get to > chase your tail all for the sake of license compliance. Nothing like > assuming your customers are thieves from the outset. > > -Jeff > > > On Tue, Jul 26, 2011 at 1:49 AM, David Lum <[email protected]> wrote: > >> ** ** >> >> A customer of mine runs AutoCAD, and the licensing runs on a server (PC >> with AutoCAD fires up the app, the app looks to a server for a running >> license service and checks out a license. I install it on PC and set up >> license server (we’ll call it AutoCADServer) and works peachy for months. >> Until today.**** >> >> ** ** >> >> AutoCADServer does DNS, DHCP, file server (for everyone) and print server >> (for Win7 machines only at the moment). TheOtherServer in the same building >> is an older machine and is a Domain Controller and print server for about 10 >> XP machines but not much else. I am going to decommission TheOtherServer, >> but one step at a time so I DCPROMO it last Thursday. See any correlation >> with DCPROMO and the AutoCAD PC or the license service on AutoCADServer? Me >> either.**** >> >> ** ** >> >> I am onsite Friday AM to make sure there are no problems logging in or >> printing and all is reported cool. (well, I did have to reauthorize the DHCP >> server) Did I mention the one AutoCAD users is on vacation this day? That’s >> OK I didn’t know either, but I figured it didn’t matter since I’m not >> touching that server.**** >> >> ** ** >> >> Today I am onsite and the AutoCAD guy says he can’t use AutoCAD. I check >> it out and I get a “Cannot get license from license server”. Okay fine, I >> check out the FlexLM service diagnostics on AutoCADLicense and it says all >> good. Hit AutoDesk forums and they point me to log files to check out. Log >> files say “Server node is down or not responding”. I do the usual restart >> services check the firewall settings etc on the server. No change.**** >> >> ** ** >> >> The support forums (AutoDesk, IBM, ESRI and all sorts of vendors use the >> FlexLM license service) **ALL** point to firewall or connectivity issues >> . I turn off the firewall on the PC. No change. Off on the server. No >> change.**** >> >> ** ** >> >> You probably all know Win7 has 3 kinds of network places: Domain, home and >> public. Guess what? Somehow the AutoCAD PC decided it’s local network >> connection is now “Public” instead of “Work”. Firewall settings are >> completely different for those areas, and once I change the network to think >> it’s back on the work LAN, poof, the firewall GPO’s properly take effect and >> all is good.**** >> >> ** ** >> >> I never touched the AutoCAD PC, and the users aren’t local admins on their >> box so they can’t change it. **** >> >> ** ** >> >> I have a theory on what happened: For the time when the DHCP server wasn’t >> operating due to not thinking it was any longer authorized, the AutoCAD PC >> tried to get a DHCP address, got nothing, so made up one of it’s own >> (169.x.x.x or whatever MS has them default to) and said “Yo I am now on a >> Public network”, and after I fixed the DHCP issue it picked up the new IP >> address but didn’t feel like changing itself back to “Domain” network.*** >> * >> >> ** ** >> >> Anyone know if I’m close? This one was tough because I was led all over >> the place.**** >> >> ** ** >> >> *David Lum* * >> *Systems Engineer // NWEATM >> Office 503.548.5229 //* *Mobile 503.267.9764**** >> >> ** ** >> >> ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ >> ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ >> >> --- >> To manage subscriptions click here: >> http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ >> or send an email to [email protected] >> with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin >> > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to [email protected] > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected] with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
