Few years ago, i had to implement several Softimage licenses for a studio, and decided to go with Centos as os. In that moment the official speech from Autodesk was that they only supported RH and after a couple of meetings and deploys i could show to the reseller that it was easier to deploy Softimage and Maya under Centos rather than RH. About licensing i had a LM running on a Windows Server 2012. In comparison must say Softimage was more painful about repositories than Maya, but nothing that couldnt be resolved in a couple of hours.
F. 2015-04-06 8:43 GMT-03:00 Tim Leydecker <bauero...@gmx.de>: > 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> 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] On Behalf Of Martin Yara >> Sent: Monday, April 06, 2015 4:38 PM >> To: 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>> 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>> 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 >> Sent from my iPhone >> >> >> >> -- >> Our users will know fear and cower before our software! Ship it! Ship it >> and let them flee like the dogs they are! >> >> > > --
