You know that you can stop the license server even when there are licenses in use - when you start it again, they just get picked up again, it is easy to install another license without shutting everyone down.
S. _____________________________ Sandy Sutherland Technical Supervisor sandy.sutherl...@triggerfish.co.za _____________________________ ________________________________ From: softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com [softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com] on behalf of Morten Bartholdy [x...@colorshopvfx.dk] Sent: 22 May 2012 14:07 To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.com Subject: RE: RANT warning: AD licensing ingeniousness Thanks for clarifying Stephen, but yes my problem is we have network licenses and so I will have to wait for Maya and Mudbox users and Maya rendering before I can get Soft running on the new license. I just wish they would be entirely separate so it was simpler to upgrade one or the other at any given time. Morten Den 22. maj 2012 kl. 13:44 skrev Stephen Blair <stephen.bl...@autodesk.com>: > Hi > > I’m not sure I understand, but I’ll assume you have separate serial numbers > for Soft, Maya, and Mudbox. > > You can activate all the individual network licenses and download the .lic > files, you don’t have to update the server until you are ready. > Even then you can add just Softimage if that’s what you want. You can add the > others later. > > I don’t know how activating separate Maya, Mudbox, and Softimage licenses > could end up in a conflict, unless you have Suite licenses perhaps? Or > multiple serials for each product? > > For network licenses, you have to stop the license server, yes. > > Also, you can run Softimage 2013 in trial mode for 30 days. > > From: softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com > [mailto:softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com] On Behalf Of Morten Bartholdy > Sent: May-22-12 6:55 AM > To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.com > Subject: RANT warning: AD licensing ingeniousness > > > So I got around to installing Soft 2013 only to find that Autodesk in their > wisdom designed the licensing activation procedure so that I should activate > our Maya and Mudbox 2013 licenses simultaneously to avoid conflicts, and on > top of that the licensing for older versions may break and need reactivation, > so effectively I have to wait until such a time where nobody will be waiting > for licenses and we are not rendering, to do this. > > > > And I just want to install Soft 2013 and take a look at the goodies. > > > > Thank you Autodesk for making my day that much worse - grrr > > > > Morten > > > >
