Licensing Documentation

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Getting Started

• Introduction
• What License Do I Need?
  • Node locked
  • Floating
  • Switching options
• License Server Host Information

Installation

• How to install the License Server
  • Pre Install Notes
  • Removal of Old Installations
  • Graphical Installation of the New Binaries
  • Unattended Installation
  • Manual License Server Installation
• Change the Hostname in License File
• How to upgrade your license file
  • License Server Installer
  • Manual Install
• Restarting the license server
  • Windows
  • Mac OS
  • Linux

Errors

• How to find your License error
  • License Server
  • Deadline Worker
  • Krakatoa and other 3D apps
• Diagnosing and resolving the License error
  • Error: -1 Cannot find license file
  • Error: -2 Invalid license file syntax
  • Error: -4 Licensed number of users already reached
  • Error: -7 No socket connection to license server manager
  • Error: -9 Invalid host
  • Error: -10 Feature has expired
  • Error: -13 No SERVER lines in license file
  • Error: -15 Cannot connect to license server
  • Error: -18 License server does not support this feature
  • Error: -21 License file does not support this version
  • Error: -25 License server does not support this version of this feature
  • Error: -96 Server machine is down or not responding
  • Error: -96 No such File or Directory
  • Error: -96 System Error: 11004 “Comm. error”
  • Error: -97 The desired vendor daemon is down.
• Other Errors
  • The Worker cannot run in LICENSE-FREE MODE
  • Deadline configuration error: An error occurred while trying to connect to the database
  • Unnumbered Server Errors
  • Got NIC Teaming?
  • Multiple License Servers Listed:

Configuration

• Location of Installed Files
  • Location of Installed Files
• Setting License Server Ports
  • LMGRD
  • Thinkbox
• The Options File
  • Limiting License Checkout Time
  • Reserving Licenses
• Setting up Licensing Paths
  • Windows
  • Macintosh OS X
  • Linux
• Trouble shooting firewalls
  • Disable the firewall
  • Making a Firewall exception
• Logs
  • Log File
  • Server Status
  • Server Diagnostics
• Frequently Asked Questions
  • Which OSes are supported by our server? System Requirements?
  • Do I require an Internet connection to use Thinkbox licenses?
  • Can I host a license server in EC2?
  • What should I do if I have a conflict between two flexlm providers?
  • Configuring licenses when installing via silent install flags
  • What do I do with a license file?
  • How do I specify multiple license servers?
  • How many Draft Pro licenses are needed for encoding?