I recently downloaded SW 2019 pre-release on a spare laptop but I am having issues with obtaining the license and the FLEXIm. I need to keep my SW 2017 activated on my other computer. Is it possible to share the license/serial number for multiple computers?
Patrick Cole wrote:
I recently downloaded SW 2019 pre-release on a spare laptop but I am having issues with obtaining the license and the FLEXIm. I need to keep my SW 2017 activated on my other computer. Is it possible to share the license/serial number for multiple computers?
No and yes. No in the sense that you can not have same serial being used (in case of standalone) at two different computers at same time. And yes in the sense that you need to deactivate the 2017 license in order to activate the 2019 license on other machine and use that. And when you want to switch back to 2017, then deactivate/return the 2019 license and reactivate the 2017 license.
If you're using network license, then you can install on multiple machines but you can use them based on the license number. For e.g. if you have 5 license then you can use them on only 5 machine or max of 5 machine at same time.
Okay, I am using a network license, so would I need to make all of these changes in the SolidNetWork License Manager under License borrowing?
Patrick Cole wrote:
Okay, I am using a network license, so would I need to make all of these changes in the SolidNetWork License Manager under License borrowing?
Have you updated the SNL to 2019 - that is the first thing that will need to happen.
(It will still handle licenses for 2017.)
Will need to upgrade your license server for the 2019 then will be able to use 2019 on the one and 2017 as long as you have free license available. So if you have 5 available and only have 3 used you will be able to open 2 more.
As Todd Blacksher said. We was typing at the same time again.
Okay my SNL is updated to 2019 now, how do I determine how many available licenses there are/ assign an open one to this other computer?
Open the license manager then you can see licence usage. It will say who has it open and the number total and free.
Alright so we do have extra licenses available. But I'm still getting an error that it could not obtain a license: FLEXIm version of client newer than server (-83,147,0)
Does it have something to do with the serial number... I used the same number from my main computer which is still running SW 2017
Patrick Cole wrote:
Alright so we do have extra licenses available. But I'm still getting an error that it could not obtain a license: FLEXIm version of client newer than server (-83,147,0)
Does it have something to do with the serial number... I used the same number from my main computer which is still running SW 2017
-83 means that the client version is newer than the version on the server - you will need to update the SNL Manager on the server.
Oh so when I updated my personal license manager (client), I got to the product activation page and it wanted to deactivate my existing license. My SolidNetwork License Manager Server does show up as 2019 though.
Patrick Cole wrote:
Oh so when I updated my personal license manager (client), I got to the product activation page and it wanted to deactivate my existing license. My SolidNetwork License Manager Server does show up as 2019 though.
Did you "re-activate" your SNL Server when you upgraded it to 2019?
Click on "About" in the lower left corner, this is what 2018 should look like: (2019 will start with "Version: 27.*.*.****)
this testing bit is always something of a fun thing.
One year I went as far as buying another hard drive to test the new version.
Of course back then there was not license manager.
It should be easier to be able to test SolidWorks. The hops that we jump threw to make sure that our work flows are not going to cause major crashing. Having an extra computer, creating a copy of all our standard parts.
Even to be able to do some decent beta testing you need to have $3000 for a computer so that you can get something done. Why anyone does this I don't know? I am not even sure why I am doing it, other than I was enjoying some of the challenges on here as to how many parts you can fit in an assembly to how many bodies you can put into a part.
Did you update the server to 2019 or 2018?
I updated to 2019
Might need to contact your VAR then and see if they can see what is going on.
Okay, thank you Danny! This was my first time using the forum... great response time!
No problem. The only thing I can think of is to get all the users to get off and stop and start the services.
Danny Edwards is right, you won't be able to "re-activate" if you don't boot everyone and start/stop the service.
Okay, I'll have to give that a shot. Thanks!
Patrick Cole wrote:
Okay, I'll have to give that a shot. Thanks!
I believe that your sequence of events should be:
Stop the SNL Manager
De-Activate the existing license
Re-Activate the new license
Start the SNL Manager
pretty straightforward and quick, just make sure that you boot everyone and tell them to wait for the "all clear"
good luck!
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Is there any danger in updating the SNL manger for my whole network to 2019, since it's still in the pre-release stage?
Changing the SNL manager to 2019 should not be a problem since you will still be able to open the previous versions as well.
You can't share simultaneously..