Setting up license server with Domestic and Enterprise licenses
Environment
Not environment-specific
Question:
We have a customer that wants to convert one of their licenses to an Enterprise license. They would like to keep the license on the server in the US, but want to make sure that the office overseas has first access to it. Is there any way for them to assign use of the Enterprise to a particular office?
Answer:
There are a couple different ways you could do this.
1. For example, if the Enterprise license is be used by an overseas office in China, you could add the following lines to the tekla.opt file in the license server directory:
Only the users listed in the china_office GROUP will be allowed to use the Steel Detailing configuration which is of type Enterprise.
2. Order the Enterprise license on its own entitlement, and add the following line to the tekla.opt file in the license server directory:
Where “
As a variation of this you could exclude a specific office, for example us_office by using “
We have a customer that wants to convert one of their licenses to an Enterprise license. They would like to keep the license on the server in the US, but want to make sure that the office overseas has first access to it. Is there any way for them to assign use of the Enterprise to a particular office?
Answer:
There are a couple different ways you could do this.
1. For example, if the Enterprise license is be used by an overseas office in China, you could add the following lines to the tekla.opt file in the license server directory:
GROUP china_office user1 user2 user3 user4INCLUDE STD-C:VENDOR_STRING=Enterprise GROUP china_officeOnly the users listed in the china_office GROUP will be allowed to use the Steel Detailing configuration which is of type Enterprise.
2. Order the Enterprise license on its own entitlement, and add the following line to the tekla.opt file in the license server directory:
INCLUDE_ENTITLEMENT XXXX-CDDE-E4BD-A2CA-FA53-B8 HOST 192.168.10.*Where “
XXXX-CDDE-E4BD-A2CA-FA53-B8” equals their activation ID, and “192.168.10.*” equals the IP of the office/s who should be using the license. Wildcards should be acceptable.As a variation of this you could exclude a specific office, for example us_office by using “
EXCLUDE_ENTITLEMENT”.GROUP us_office user1 user2 user3 user4EXCLUDE_ENTITLEMENT XXXX-CDDE-E4BD-A2CA-FA53-B8 GROUP us_office