General Info

Siemens entirely changed their licensing system, so we have a new crontab now.

@reboot /opt/Siemens/LicenseServer/lmgrd -l /tmp/lmgrd.log -c /opt/Siemens/LicenseServer/splm11.lic /opt/Siemens/LicenseServer/sim-e.lic

To edit, run sudo crontab -u spacesys -e if not logged in as spacesys. Logfiles go to /tmp..

I had to make a symlink in /usr to /tmp due to https://community.flexera.com/t5/FlexNet-Publisher-Knowledge-Base/Can-t-make-directory-usr-tmp-flexlm-errno-2-No-such-file-or/ta-p/159264

For more details on the server, see https://docs.plm.automation.siemens.com/data_services/resources/nx/11.0.1/nx_help/custom/en_US/ugslicensing/SPLMLicensing_user_guide.pdf

To get the current status of the license server, run cd /opt/Siemens/LicenseServer && ./lmutil lmstat, and don’t use the old commands like Yong Da did that one time.

You can access this server at [email protected]

Installing New License Server

It helps to be spacesys doing all this, so sudo su spacesys to swap users.

• ./lmutil lmdown -all -force then wait a few minutes. It needs time apparently
• Copy the old file to old_licenses, and then move the new one into the LicenseServer directory with the same splm11.lic.
  • Make sure that the permissions are 644, root:root. Change the license file to use port 29000 and the hostname spacesys-PowerEdge-R300, and change the vendor line to VENDOR saltd saltd PORT=29001 from the line with ugslmd
• /opt/Siemens/LicenseServer/lmgrd -l /tmp/lmgrd.log -c /opt/Siemens/LicenseServer/splm11.lic /opt/Siemens/LicenseServer/sim-e.lic
• cat /tmp/lmgrd.log and make sure stuff comes up (give it a moment)
  • And by a moment I mean like 5, it takes some time
  • If it complains about a server already in existence, try fuser -k 29000/tcp , or try the lmutil lmdown again. Or wait a little while. I can’t quite tell yet what triggers it.
  • If you get logs all the time about ports being shared, even if you’re sure there aren’t any, make sure that the vendor line sets the port as 29001 and the license server line sets the ports as 29000. THESE ARE TWO DIFFERENT SERVICES!!!

Installation/Updates

Updating NX itself on Windows: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1iOgUo3UqdIDZEnZxygcKRQ4oorTh5WEOaNM3BkrE3kU/edit

Usage

Troubleshooting