Install and Licensing

1 License = 10 Concurrent Sessions

Every license of Inventor ETO Server entitles customers to 10 (ten) concurrent sessions (or instances). 

Customer applications should handle the case where all sessions of a server are in use and no more are available. If you need to support additional concurrent users, there are two options:

1. Add more licenses to the same server machine. This will work for lightweight models and for workflows that don’t require much computation from Inventor Server.
2. Add more licenses to separate server machines and use server farm management tools provided with the product. This provides better performance for larger, more complicated models.

Requirements

You may set up your Network License Manager server on 32bit or 64bit hardware.  See the NLM System Requirements.

Download

32bit and 64 bit installers can be downloaded here.

SSNL vs. SNL

Autodesk’s Session Specific Network Licensing model differs from its Standard Network Licensing model in several ways.  You should be aware of the following before attempting to set up a Network License Manager server for Inventor ETO Server:

• Use a separate server. Session-specific licenses cannot be hosted side by side with standard network licenses on a single server. A different server must be used to host each of the license types.
• Licensed per session, not per computer. Each instance of Inventor ETO Server will consume a separate seat from the session-specific server. For example, if you have three instances of Inventor ETO Server running on Computer X and two instances running on Computer Y, a total of five seats will be consumed from the session-specific server. This is different from standard network licensing behavior, in which only one seat would be consumed per client computer.
• No prior version support. Inventor ETO Server licenses are only compatible with the current release, not with legacy releases.
• No license borrowing. Session-specific licenses cannot be borrowed from the server for offline use.

Network License Manager Setup

Setting up a Network License Manager server to manage Inventor ETO Server’s session-specific licenses is exactly the same as setting up a Standard Autodesk Network License Manager server.  For more information on how to set up your Network License Manager server, refer to the video: Setting up the Network License Manager for Autodesk Products.  This video will walk you through the entire process from using your Serial Number to get a license file, to configuring and starting your license manager server.

License Manager/Inventor ETO Server Cohabitation

It is not recommended that the Network License Manager be on the same machine as Inventor ETO Server.  This is not a supported configuration.  However, should you choose to do it for testing purposes, you must change the name of the server in the LICPATH.LIC to 127.0.0.1.  This file is located in the base install directory of Inventor ETO Server (C:\Program Files\Autodesk\Inventor ETO Server <year>\LICPATH.LIC).  Again, it is strongly recommended that you do not put the Network License Manager and Inventor ETO Server on the same machine in your production environment.

More Information

For more detailed information, refer to the LicenseAdministration.pdf file located within the install directory of your Autodesk Network License Manager.