I have received a license file for our UNIX license server. I cannot install it with the Run the License Wizard button on the ANSYS License manager; I get a message:

The Host id of the machine does not match with the host id in the license file


Start the ANSYS FLEXlm License Manager on the license server. Select the option Display the License Server Hostid and note the value showing against the variable FLEXID, including the case of any letters.

Now check the SERVER line in the license file that you have been sent; note the third item in the line which is the host ID used for the license key generation. Again note the case of any letters in this item.

On a UNIX license server, due to a bug in the Run the License Wizard option of the ANSYS license manager, the case of the letters in the host ID in the license file MUST match the case of the letters shown in the variable FLEXID shown by the Display the License Server Hostid. If the case does NOT match then change the third item on the SERVER line in the license file so that they do match. The license file will then install correctly using the Run the License Wizard option.

Note 1: This is not an issue on Windows license servers.

Note 2: If the license file had been installed as follows:

+manually save the supplied license file to the licensing directory as license.dat
+ manually create an ansyslmd.ini file containing SERVER=1055@license_server_hostname
+ start the ANSYS License Manager using the Start the License Manager option on the ANSYS License Manager

rather than using the Run the License Wizard option then the licensing would have started with no problems as this method does not access that part of the licensing software containing the case sensitivity bug.

Note 3: It was not intended that on UNIX the Run the License Wizard option should be sensitive to the case of the letters used in the host ID when generating the license keys, and this has now been fixed for release 11 of the ANSYS License Manager.
**** Entered By: dsclarke @ 07/28/2006 10:54 AM ****





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