When RSM is installed on a Windows machine, you can configure and install the RSM launcher process as a Windows service so that it can be started automatically when the Windows system starts up. You can also uninstall and restart the service using RSM-provided tools.
Note:
The RSM launcher service cannot be started from a network installation. It is recommended that you install RSM on a local machine.
For GPU requirements when Windows is installed as a service, see Requirements for the GPU Accelerator in Mechanical APDL in the Ansys, Inc. Installation Guides.
To configure the RSM launcher service to start automatically at boot time:
Log into a Windows account with administrative privileges.
Ensure that Ans.Rsm.* processes are not running in the Windows Task Manager.
Open a command prompt in the [RSMInstall]\bin directory.
Run the following command:
AnsConfigRSM.exe -launcher
Note:Windows 7 users may need to select the Run as administrator option.
Running this command will close any open RSM processes.
If the RSM launcher service has been removed, you can also use the above sequence of steps to reconfigure the service.
Important:
If you change any system environment variables, you must restart the RSM launcher service in order for the changes to take effect. If you change your user environment variables, make sure that you end your Ans.Rsm.UPHost.exe processes (if any) on the affected machine before trying to run jobs again.
If the launcher service does not start, consult the rsmlauncher242-<timestamp>.log file in the
C:\Windows\Tempdirectory on Windows, or the/tmpdirectory on Linux.