Introduction
This tutorial walks you through installing the Ansys, Inc. License Manager on three Linux machines which will act as redundant (triad) license servers, and then installing the Ansys, Inc. products and client licensing on each end user's machine and configuring users to point to these servers. This tutorial assumes that no Ansys, Inc. products or licensing have previously been installed on these machines or, if products have been installed, all components, including licensing, have been completely removed. This tutorial is intended to be used by a site's system administrator or IT professional who will be installing and configuring products and licensing for site-wide use.
If this scenario does not suit your needs, see the other tutorials available on the www.ansys.com/customercommunity Download Center at www.ansys.com/customercommunity.
You can follow this tutorial while actually installing the products and setting up the license servers. To do so, simply make the selections that are pertinent to you or insert your specific information where noted.
Before You Begin
We recommend that you have the following information available before you begin this tutorial:
An account on the Ansys customer site. If you do not have an account, you may register at www.ansys.com/customercommunity to receive your own account.
Your license file from Ansys, Inc., saved to a temporary directory.
Open port numbers for both the FlexNet and Ansys Licensing Interconnect on your license server machine. Defaults are 1055 and 2325, respectively. To verify that these port numbers are available, open a command line on the server machine and enter the following command:
netstat -a -t
You will see a list of active ports. If 1055 and 2325 are listed, they are already in use and cannot be used for Ansys, Inc. licensing. In this case, you will need to specify different port numbers where indicated later in this tutorial.
The name of the machines that will act as license servers.
You should also verify that you are running on a supported platform. For detailed and current support information, see the Platform Support section of the Ansys, Inc. website (www.ansys.com).
Verify that you have sufficient disk space to download, uncompress, and install the products you will be installing. Approximate disk space requirements for each product are shown in the Ansys, Inc. Linux Installation Guide.
If you have any problems with or questions about the installation process log a Service Request on the Ansys customer site. A Systems Support Specialist will respond to assist you.
This tutorial is divided into three sets of instructions:
Product Download Instructions: This set of instructions describes the download and extraction process.
License Manager Installation: This set of instructions describes the license manager installation and triad configuration.
Product Installation with Client Licensing: This set of instructions describes the product installation, including the client licensing portion.
You must complete both the client licensing portion and the license manager installation in order to run Ansys, Inc. products.
Product Download Instructions
From the Ansys customer site, www.ansys.com/customercommunity, click .
Step 1 of the Ansys customer site Download Center Select Full Products page is displayed.
Select your installation operating system (Windows x64 or Linux x64).
Select the type of files you wish to download:
Primary Packages: Individual full packages for the primary Ansys products.
ISO Images: ISO images for the DVD installation.
Click the appropriate download option.
Select your desired download directory and click Save.
Repeat this process for each download file.
After all downloads have been completed, uncompress each package using standard uncompression utilities for your specific platform. We strongly recommend that you extract the files into new, temporary directories.
Begin the product installation as described in the next section.
License Manager Installation and Triad Configuration
To use a redundant server configuration of three machines, you must install and configure the Ansys, Inc. License Manager on each of the three server machines. The License Manager controls access to the Ansys, Inc. products you have purchased.
On each server machine, navigate to the directory where the installation packages reside. Run the ./INSTALL.LM file.
You will see a warning stating that if the license manager is currently running, it will be shut down. This tutorial assumes that you have not previously installed the products or the licensing on these machines, and are not already running the Ansys, Inc. License Manager on these machines. You may safely ignore this message and click .
Select the language you want to use. English is the default.
The license agreement appears. Read the agreement, and if you agree to the terms and conditions, click . Click Next.
The directory where you wish to install the Ansys, Inc. License Manager is shown in the Install Directory field. You can install the products into any directory you wish, but you must have write permissions to the directory you choose. The default is /ansys_inc. We recommend using the default directory.
The Ansys, Inc. License Manager is selected as the only product available to install. The required and available disk space numbers are shown. Verify that you have sufficient disk space to install the license manager and click Next.
The licensing file dates are compared to ensure that the most recent version of the licensing files are being used. This tutorial assumes that this is the first time you are installing Ansys, Inc. products on this machine; therefore, no licensing files will already exist and the files included with the installation package will be used. Click Next.
A summary screen appears that lists the products to be installed. Because this is a license manager installation, the Ansys, Inc. License Manager is the only product listed.
Click Next. The license manager installation begins.
Once the product installation has occurred, the installation program performs a "silent" licensing configuration. Click Next to continue the installation.
The Launch License Management Center upon exiting option is included on the screen. The Ansys License Management Center is a browser-based application that centralizes many of the Ansys licensing administrative functions.
Note: If the installation did not complete or completed with errors, review the progress log by clicking the button.
When the license manager installation is complete, click . A new Start Menu item named will be created automatically. It will include selections for the License Management Center, the Ansys, Inc. Licensing Guide, the FlexNet License Administration Guide and the ANSLIC_ADMIN utility.
The appears in your default browser.
At this point, you need to install a license file. Click . You will then need to specify the location of the license file sent to you by Ansys, Inc. Use the button to navigate to the location of the license file. All three server machines must install the same license file.
Close the .
Repeat this installation on all three license server machines.
When all three license server machines have the license manager installed, start the license manager on all of them, starting with the primary license server machine (the machine listed first in the license file).
To start the license manager, open the Ansys License Management Center.
Click the button located on the right side of the page.
The Status pane displays a message informing you whether the Ansys, Inc. License Manager started successfully or if any errors have been encountered. Additionally, a "green check mark" status icon is displayed indicating that the license manager is running.
Close the .
Product Installation with Client Licensing
As of release 2024 R2, the license manager installation has been removed from the Ansys Product Installation package. To get the license manager installation, log on to the Ansys Customer Portal and download the Ansys License Manager Installation package from Downloads>Current Release>Tools>Ansys License Manager.
You will now install the products and client licensing on each user's machine. This tutorial assumes that the client machines are Windows machines. The process is similar on Linux clients; see the Ansys, Inc. Linux Installation Guide for detailed installation instructions for installing the products and client licensing on Linux machines. Follow the steps below on each user's machine.
Navigate to the directory where you extracted the files. Double-click the setup.exe file. The Ansys, Inc. Installation Manager appears.
Select the language you want to use. English is the default.
Click the button.
The license agreement appears. Read the agreement, and if you agree to the terms and conditions, click . Click Next.
The directory where you wish to install the Ansys, Inc. products is shown in the Install Directory field. You can install the products into any directory you wish, but you must have write permissions to the directory you choose. The default is C:\Program Files\Ansys Inc. We recommend using the default directory.
Leave the Associate file extensions with Ansys products check box marked. This allows you to double-click files from Windows Explorer to launch the various products.
Click Next.
If this is a first time installation, you are prompted to enter your license server specification. If you already have an existing license server specification file, you will not see this window and proceed directly to the next step.
Enter your Ansys Licensing Interconnect port number and your Ansys FlexNet port number. Defaults are provided and will work in most cases. You may need to check with your IT department to confirm that the default port numbers are valid or to get different port numbers if necessary.
Specify the hostname for your license server machine(s).
Click Next.
All products available in the installation package(s) you downloaded are listed. You can select or deselect any combination of products. Ansys Workbench is automatically installed with most Ansys, Inc. products; there is no individual product selection for Ansys Workbench.
If you select Geometry Interfaces, you will have additional installation steps. This tutorial assumes you are not installing the Geometry Interfaces. Deselect all of this option before continuing.
If you do want to install these products, see the section Installing Ansys, Inc. Products in the Ansys, Inc. Windows Installation Guide for more information on the additional steps required for these packages.
You will also see an estimate of the disk space required to install all of the selected components, and the disk space you have available. The actual amount of disk space required may be less, but if you choose to run the installation with insufficient disk space available, we strongly recommend that you review the log files at the end of the installation to verify that all products were installed correctly. Installation log files are written to the installation directory.
Select the products you want to install and click Next.
The dates on the licensing files being installed are compared to any that may already exist on your machine. The more recent set of files will be installed. This tutorial assumes that this is the first time you are installing Ansys, Inc. products on this machine; therefore, no licensing files will already exist and the files included with the installation package will be used.
Click Next.
A summary screen appears that lists everything you have chosen to install. Review this list carefully to verify that it is correct. If it is not, click to go to earlier screens to correct the product selections.
When you have verified the product selections, click Next. When you click Next on this screen, the installation will begin.
The installation progress screen displays a status bar towards the bottom of the installation window. This status bar tracks the percentage of packages that have been installed on your computer. Depending on the number of products you have selected, the installation time required could be lengthy. You will not be able to interrupt the installation process. Please be patient while the installation completes.
The installation program will first check your system to determine if you have the necessary prerequisites. If the prerequisites are not already on your system, the prerequisites will be installed automatically. You may be asked to run the necessary files (such as the .NET exe), or to reboot your machine, depending on your existing machine configuration. If you are asked, you will need to reboot in order to complete the prerequisite installation successfully.
Click Next to continue the installation.
Note: Clicking the button opens a second window that displays the name of each product package as it is uncompressed and installed.
The product installation window reappears with a message noting that the installation is complete. A option is included here. Clicking while the is enabled causes your default browser to open, displaying the product survey. Disabling (un-checking) the option and then clicking skips the survey.
Note: If prerequisite components necessary for the installation of the Ansys products were installed, the following message may be displayed:
A system restart is required before using any Ansys Products.
The Ansys, Inc. Installation Launcher appears. For this stand-alone installation, you must complete the License Manager installation (next) to run Ansys, Inc. products.