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Network installation

    What is a network license?

    Unlike a standalone license, you license your client software against a license manager. By default the license manager is installed and setup on the machine where you install Smoke. It can also be installed on a remote machine. You may consider installing the license manager on another machine if you have multiple products to license, or to enable shared licensing for multiple users. Advanced license manager configurations, such as distributed and redundant license managers, are also supported. The remote license server is available for the OS X, Linux, and Windows operating systems.

    If you run multiple Autodesk products

    The license manager uses a license file at /usr/local/flexnetserver/adsk_server.lic. By default, when you install Smoke, this file is overwitten. If your system has other Autodesk applications using the same licensing model, their licensing information is stored in /usr/local/flexnetserver/adsk_server.lic and you should backup this file before installing Smoke. Once Smoke is installed you should merge the two files.

    Installation with local licensing

    1. Launch the installer. At the Introduction pane, click Continue.
    2. At the License pane:
      1. Choose I have a license for Smoke.
      2. Choose License Type: Other.
      3. Enter your serial number.
    3. At the Register pane:
      • If you do have a license:
        1. Click Continue.
        2. In the Load License File pane, click Load License File, and select the license file.
      • If you do not have a license:
        1. Click Get License File. This opens a browser. Login to Autodesk.
        2. Choose an account to which Smoke will be registered and click Next.
        3. Choose Macintosh under Select the Product's Operating System.
        4. Enter the product serial number. You can copy these from the installer. Click Next.
        5. Enter the server host name and server ID (MAC address). You can copy these from the installer. Click Next
        6. The license file is generated, and its contents are displayed. Click Save License File. The License file is saved to your browser's default downloads folder.
    4. In the Verify License Details pane of the installer, click Continue. If registration fails or you do not license Smoke for some other reason, you can configure licensing after the installation has finished.
    5. At the Configuration pane, select the components to install, and click Continue. If you do not install the tutorials, you can install them later by running the installer again.
    6. At the Media Storage pane, review the media storage device chosen by the installer. You can change it by selecting another device, if any. If any previous version of Smoke was installed, this step is skipped, and you are not prompted to set up media storage. Use Smoke Setup after installation to change the media storage. When the correct storage device is selected, click Continue. When the software is installed, the Summary pane is displayed. Click Done.

    Installation with the license manager on a remote server

    To connect to the server, Smoke may use the IP address of the server. It is recommended to set up your networking so that IP addresses do not change. Use a fixed IP address rather than dynamic addressing or DHCP. If the server is a Mac, you might be able to use its hostname which usually remains constant.

    The license server installer for Mac is included with Smoke. The Linux version of the license server is available in the Burn .tar.gz (Standalone Installers DMG provided with Smoke). For other platforms, browse to this site http://autodesk.com/maya-support and go to Data & Downloads > Updates & Service Packs.

    1. Launch the installer. At the Introduction pane, click Continue.
    2. At the License pane:
      1. Choose I have a license for Smoke.
      2. Choose License Type: Other.
      3. Enter your serial number.
      4. Choose Use existing license server. Enter the name or IP address of the machine running the license manager. If the connection to this fails, you can configure the licensing after installation.
      5. Click Continue.
    3. At the Configuration pane, select the components to install, and click Continue. If you do not install the tutorials, you can install them later by running the installer again.
    4. At the Media Storage pane, review the media storage device chosen by the installer. You can change it by selecting another device, if any. When the correct storage device is selected, click Continue. When the software is installed, the Summary pane is displayed. Click Done.

    Post-installation licensing and configuration

    You can install Smoke even if you unable to configure the license manager (whether local or remote) at the time of installation.

    • If you cannot create a license file, contact customer support.
    • Once the installation is complete, use Applications > Autodesk > Smoke Common Utilities > License Server Selector to set the license server where you license manager is running. This can be either the same machine where Smoke is installed, or a remote machine.
    • If necessary, use the server manager installer included with the Smoke installation package. Use /usr/local/flexnetserver/lmutil lmhostid -hostname and /usr/local/flexnetserver/lmutil lmhostid -hostname to get the fully qualified server name and MAC address repectively.
    • Use Applications > Autodesk > Smoke Common Utilities > License Server Configurator to add a license file and start or stop the server.

    Remote license manager installation

    By default, when you install Smoke it installs the license manager on the same machine. The license manager can also be installed on another machine.

    1. From the Smoke installation disk image, run the Install License Server package from the Standalone Installers folder.
    2. Once installed, use Applications > Autodesk > Adlm > License Server Configurator to set up your license and start or stop the server service.

    Network licensing components

    The following are the main components involved in network licensing:

    • The License Server: /usr/local/flexnetserver/lmgrd
    • The Server license file, /usr/local/flexnetserver/adsk_server.lic. It contains information on the features, number of seats and expiration date of the license. The license file is generated at the time of installation by entering the product serial number, server host name, and server MAC address. 
      SERVER 127.0.0.1 0023df94dea3
USE_SERVER
VENDOR adskflex port-2086 
PACKAGE 85738SMKMAC_F adskflex 1.000 \
COMPONENTS-85738SMKMAC_2011-0F OPTIONS-SUITE SUPERSEDE \
ISSUED-04-Oct-2010 SIGN="0120 BE5C A5BA FEBE 2BF8 643F F94D \
7259 614B 20BB E038 B7FF 1E08 0319 0F2D 4433 0B25 121A DC0C \
2D51 F4C8 5039 D9C7 215A 6DF2 672B 6B8D  7FA1 67DA 3D5E" \
SIGN2="ABCE 494B 34BA 88F0 8876 D5 0789 6A35 B3B1 88EB A2B7 \
F82D 4D85 CCC9 4F24 D0F3 A5C6 3498 B4C9 6BDE D504 28AD B9B5 \
671C 867D 618C 6DA3 C37C 8D3B 05AF 70B0"
INCREMENT 85738SMKMAC_F adskflex 1.000 permanent 1 \
VENDOR_STRING=commercial:permanent SUPERSEDE DUP_GROUP=UH \
SUITE_DUP_GROUP-UHV ISSUED-04-Oct-2010 BORROW-4320 \
SN-356-81178138 SIGN-"7259 614B 20BB E038 B7FF 1E08 0319 0F2D \
4433 0B25 121A DC0C 2D51 F4C8 5039 D9C7 215A 6DF2 672B" SIGN2="6B8D \
7FA1 67DA 3D5E F82D 4D85 CCC9 4F24 D0F3 A5C6 3498 B4C9 6BDE D504 \
7259 614B 20BB E038 B7FF 1E08 0319 0F2D 4433 0B25 121A 28AD B9B5 \
F4C8 5039 D9C7 215A 6DF2"

      The top three lines contain license server information: hostname or IP, physical address, and port. This information must match the license director file on the workstation. PACKAGE defines the licensed product. Similar packages are defined for the one Burn and two Wiretap Gateway licenses included in the Smoke for Mac OS entitlement.

    • The License Director file, /var/flexlm/autodesk.lic, tells Smoke which server to connect use to obtain its license. A graphical interface for modifying this file is at Applications > Autodesk > Smoke Common Utilities > License Server Selector. 
      SERVER 127.0.0.1 0023df94dea3
USE_SERVER
VENDOR adskflex port-2080
      SERVER
      The name of the computer running the license manager. In this example 127.0.0.1, meaning the license manager is running on the same machine as Smoke. This could also be a remote machine. Do not use localhost in this file. Use 127.0.0.1. The MAC address is the MAC of the server by default. But it can be anything and does not need to be maintained.
      VENDOR
      Defines the adskflex daemon. Port must be 2080.

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