One thing to be aware of when using standalone licenses is that while on
windows,
the license transfer utilities, deactivation of a standalone license,
activation of a license
and all the loggig in, out, management and such work pretty automated
and reliable,
this does not apply to Linux.
Just recently, at a place I freelance, both Maya and Mudbox
node-locked/aka standalone
licenses had to move from one machine to another but that required a lot
of manual back
and forth with Autodesk support, tickets, proofs, etc.
Personally, I´d prefer a floating license model.
That doesn´t completely prevent licensing issues and is also more
expensive compared to
standalone stuff but once set up, it´s pretty convenient to swap a
node/workstation for
whatever reason.
The excat reason the above stand alone stuff failed so badly with Linuc,
I can´t tell you
because I don´t know but one has to point out that one reason one would
momentarily
not want to touch exisiting (stand-alone) licenses is because nobody can
really tell how
Autodesk´s this year and early next year´s changes to the license system
will affect pricing
and such.
Assuming the role of the oracle of the dark ages, it feels like the sky
may fall on our heads any minute now.
Either the new subscription model will result in painfully higher below
the line anual per license costs
or switching now to network licenses (which also costs money, even if it
actually makes management easier)
will cost you now just to require yet another (forceful) switch to some
sort subscription, cloud based BS later.
Or none of that happens and you end up seeing a license you payed a
grand for now available for 10 bucks/month...
Whatever happens there is hard to tell now.
I have all my stuff floating now (including weeping about those several
occassions of me throwing away money)
and reserve myself the right to refuse any changes in the subscription
models this year/next year if I don´t like them.
Not everybody can do that, obviously but afaik my floating licenses are
permanent while those subscription models
just provide a service for a given amount of time, not a permanent
license, neither stand alone nor floating...
Cheers,
tim
Am 06.04.2015 um 11:32 schrieb Martin Yara:
Thanks for the link ! We are still using 2014 and older versions, but
since we are using 2015 lic +sub I guess the license manager is the same.
We are using stand alone licenses but considering changing them to
network lic and setup a server for that purpose. I'm still
recollecting info.
Thanks,
Martin
On Mon, Apr 6, 2015 at 6:26 PM, Ivan Tay <ivan....@autodesk.com
<mailto:ivan....@autodesk.com>> wrote:
CentOS 6.2 / Fedora 14 or RedHat 6.2 are certified for Softimage 2015.
http://knowledge.autodesk.com/support/softimage/troubleshooting/caas/sfdcarticles/sfdcarticles/System-requirements-for-Autodesk-Softimage-2015.html
From: softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com
<mailto:softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com>
[mailto:softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com
<mailto:softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com>] On Behalf Of
Martin Yara
Sent: Monday, April 06, 2015 4:38 PM
To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.com
<mailto:softimage@listproc.autodesk.com>
Subject: Re: Linux distro ?
I though that RH was the only certified one, and I was looking for
a cheap option.
I'll try with CentOS.
Thanks.
On Mon, Apr 6, 2015 at 5:29 PM, Raffaele Fragapane
<raffsxsil...@googlemail.com
<mailto:raffsxsil...@googlemail.com><mailto:raffsxsil...@googlemail.com
<mailto:raffsxsil...@googlemail.com>>> wrote:
go for a certified system if licensing is a priority. CentOS or
RH, or FC
On Mon, Apr 6, 2015 at 9:02 AM, Henry Katz <hk-v...@iscs-i.com
<mailto:hk-v...@iscs-i.com><mailto:hk-v...@iscs-i.com
<mailto:hk-v...@iscs-i.com>>> wrote:
Currently serving on Centos 6.5.
On 04/05/2015 03:00 PM, Martin wrote:
I'm considering using an old machine I have, put some Linux in it
and use it as a server for my Autodesk licenses. What distro would
you recommend ? My main objective is just the licenses at first,
and using it as a rendering server and some other services later.
Thanks.
Martin
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