And now they are moving Arnold licensing to the ever lovely Autodesk Licensing Framework. I have been so happy with how RLM is working (as happy as you can be with any licensing management) but now those days are over :/
> Den 30. august 2017 klokken 10:21 skrev Rob Wuijster <r...@casema.nl>: > > > you gotta be kidding me...... That's a lot of hoop jumping for fixing a > problem that shouldn't be there in the first place. :-\ > Running your apps as administrator, and editing the security > permissions... WGCW..... ;-) > > Reminds me of the old Avid applications that only could run with a admin > account - and- stored all project data in the registry. > Support days on Avid stuff were so much fun.... ;-) > > > Rob > > \/-------------\/----------------\/ > > On 29-8-2017 9:59, Morten Bartholdy wrote: > > For general information, I contacted Autodesk support on the phone, as they > > were slow to get back to me and time down was running. After a longer > > teamviewer session the problem was resolved for one workstation(!) > > > > It turns out we have to follow an arduous procedure on each workstation to > > get connection from workstations and renderclients to LMTOOLS v11.13 on our > > license server. > > > > Basically manually removing licensing connectivity files in the > > installation path, app specific windows paths and setting permissions for > > each Autodesk application, including older installs. > > > > I find the whole thing absolutely ridiculous and a great waste of our time. > > I can only deem it sloppy or inept programming on the part of Autodesk and > > Flexera, plus lacking information in the installation guides. > > > > I should mention the Autodesk supporter on the phone was very helpful and > > got things working, but this is not the way it is supposed to be. He > > admitted they have a large number of licensing issues atm, so there. > > > > For those interested and in case it can help others with similar issues, > > here is the procedure: > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > As discussed over the phone and on the remote session; you need to follow > > the steps listed below: > > > > Follow this path and delete the folder with the name: 657J1_2018 > > > > C:\ProgramData\Autodesk\CLM\LGS\657J1_2018 (delete this folder) > > > > Then remember to follow also the instructions below: > > > > 1- Close any running Autodesk programs. > > 2- Remove all files under C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Roaming\Autodesk\ADUT. > > 3- Remove all files under C:\ProgramData\Autodesk\ADUT. > > 4- Go to C:\ProgramData\FLEXnet and delete all files that start with > > adskflex. > > > > Then, go to the shortcut of Maya on the desktop and make a right click, go > > to properties and when you are on the compatibility tab; put a check mark > > on the "Run as an administrator" option. Then, please go to the security > > tab and edit the permissions for all the users available (add the full > > control to all of them). > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > MB: > > > > Fixing Softimage connection to Flexlm license server: > > > > Go to the shortcut of Softimage on the desktop and make a right click, go > > to properties and when you are on the compatibility tab; put a check mark > > on the "Run as an administrator" option. Then, please go to the security > > tab and edit the permissions for all the users available (add the full > > control to all of them). > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > Via Flexnet License Finder it is apparently required to Specify the License > > File location: > > > > L:\Autodesk\ECSU_License_2018\ENCSU2018_skynet.lic > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > Morten - Generally pissed off Autodesk customer > > > > > > > > > >> Den 24. august 2017 klokken 13:56 skrev Morten Bartholdy > >> <x...@colorshopvfx.dk>: > >> > >> > >> We have just upgraded to Maya 2018, which did not run off our flexlm > >> v11.12, so we had to upgrade to v11.13. Now I am unable to obtain a > >> license for neither Maya nor Softimage. > >> > >> I am in contact with AD support, but they are 6+ hours behind (I am in > >> Denmark) and I was thinking someone here have run into the same issue and > >> found a way to resolve it which I might learn from. > >> > >> We have a license server running our license managers, so it is a simple > >> network license. > >> > >> When I launch Maya 2018 or 2016 I get: > >> > >> Network License Not Available > >> Error: [-15.570.0] > >> > >> Softimage 2015: > >> > >> Softimage 2015 can't run: > >> > >> Error: there is no interactive network license available to run Autodesk > >> Softimage 2015. > >> > >> Autodesk suggest solving the Error: [-15.570.0] bu fixing the license > >> server name in the registry, but it is correct as is. > >> > >> Any insight is much appreciated. I really wish AD would switch to RLM - no > >> hassle there. > >> > >> > >> Cheers > >> Morten > >> ------ > >> Softimage Mailing List. > >> To unsubscribe, send a mail to softimage-requ...@listproc.autodesk.com > >> with "unsubscribe" in the subject, and reply to confirm. > > ------ > > Softimage Mailing List. > > To unsubscribe, send a mail to softimage-requ...@listproc.autodesk.com with > > "unsubscribe" in the subject, and reply to confirm. > > > > ------ > Softimage Mailing List. > To unsubscribe, send a mail to softimage-requ...@listproc.autodesk.com with > "unsubscribe" in the subject, and reply to confirm. ------ Softimage Mailing List. To unsubscribe, send a mail to softimage-requ...@listproc.autodesk.com with "unsubscribe" in the subject, and reply to confirm.
