We ran into a situation today where we upgraded a server from Windows Server 2003 R2 to Windows Server 2008. We thought we had covered all the bases, but we had to jump through a few hoops to get the Autodesk Network License manager to work.
First, a disclaimer. Autodesk does not support Windows Server 2008 with ANY version of the license manager. However, we were able to get version 11.5 to load.
- Version 10.4 of the license manager will not load at all in Server 2008. We upgraded to 11.5 to get past that problem.
- On the Autocad install DVD the installation package for FlexLM is named NLM.msi. If you need to install on a remote server you only need to copy this file across the WAN.
- Copy all the settings from your old installation into notepad and copy the files off to a backup directory. You do not want to mess up and delete your license file.
- Remove the old version via “Programs and Features” in Control Panel. In case you didn’t know, Microsoft has renamed the old reliable “Add/Remove Programs”.
- We moved from a 32 bit (x86) version of FlexLM to the 64 bit (x64) version of FlexLM. This messed up the path in LMTools because the directory names changed from “c:\program files (x86)\” to just “c:\program files\” . You have to change the path to the lmgrd.exe executable. That path was automatically imported from the old installation.