Pointing an installation to the license manager

We just installed the license manager on a test server and downloaded our licenses. After installing AutoCAD on one of our test stations (directly from the CD), how do I get it to look to the license manager for a license rather than ask for authorization from AutoCAD's web site. I seem to recall that in an earlier installation attempt I was asked for a license manager server location but I don't get that prompt anymore.

When I look in the Portable License Utility, it says I have an expired temporary license that can't be exported. This is probably from an earlier installation attempt, before we had the license manager installed. I've uninstalled and cleaned out the registry but can't get a new install to ask for the location of the license manager.

What's the correct procedure to get this to work?

 

You can't install a network version of AutoCAD directly from the CD. You
have to create a network deployment, (installation image), and create if
from there. It's all detailed in the documentation, and not hard at all.

John

licenses. After installing AutoCAD on one of our test stations (directly
from the CD), how do I get it to look to the license manager for a license
rather than ask for authorization from AutoCAD's web site. I seem to recall
that in an earlier installation attempt I was asked for a license manager
server location but I don't get that prompt anymore.

temporary license that can't be exported. This is probably from an earlier
installation attempt, before we had the license manager installed. I've
uninstalled and cleaned out the registry but can't get a new install to ask
for the location of the license manager.

 

You have the "standalone" version installed now. You need to uninstall it
and install a "network" version.

See http://www.autodesk.com/activation for the differences (and your
documentation).

--Cy--

 

Thanks to you both. After I posted I took another look at the documentation and thought the route you mentioned might be the answer.

Interestingly, the link to the explanation about the three different deployment methods listed Multiple Seat - Single Authorization Code as an option. We've used that method up to this point but I was told by our vendor that that was no longer an option. Or maybe they just said it wasn't advisable. For those of you with a large number of seats (we have 80), do you think that the License Manager Network Deployment is the best way to go?

 

Absolutely

John Postlewait
IS Department
George Butler Associates, Inc.

 

We have a multi-seat standalone license for over 30 seats with a single
serial number. We still used an installation image for the installs - it's
one of the options still available.

John

documentation and thought the route you mentioned might be the answer.

deployment methods listed Multiple Seat - Single Authorization Code as an
option. We've used that method up to this point but I was told by our
vendor that that was no longer an option. Or maybe they just said it wasn't
advisable. For those of you with a large number of seats (we have 80), do
you think that the License Manager Network Deployment is the best way to go?

 

You can "switch" a stand-alone installation to a network by changing the registry key:

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Autodesk\AutoCAD\R16.X\ACAD-XXX:XXX\AdLM]

X- depends on version

type 19 (hex) = networked license
type 2A (hex) = single

/Klas

 

This is good information to know. Is this the only thing that needs to be changed to fix incorrect installations?

 

Licpath.lic needs to be added.
or add the environmental variable I don't remember exactly what it is.
I looked it up [ ADSKFLEX_LICENSE_FILE]

John Postlewait
IS Department
George Butler Associates, Inc.

 

The error you are getting is likely caused by a setting on your CD drive.
Try installing the NIW on another workstation or putting the CD in another
workstation, sharing it then install on the machine by attaching to the
share.