Important: Do not install the Network License Manager on a remote drive. When you install the Network License Manager files, you must provide a path to a local drive. You must specify the drive letter; the universal naming convention (UNC) is not permitted.
You can install the Network License Manager before or after you install the products that will use it. Network License Manager must configure the license servers before any products can obtain licenses and start running.
If an earlier version of the Network License Manager is already installed on the computer, you should upgrade by installing the new Autodesk Network License Manager into the folder where the old version was located.
Windows procedure
- Install the Network License Manager from the Install Tools & Utilities panel of the Autodesk installer.
Mac OS X procedure
- Navigate to the NetworkLicenseManager folder on your product install media, or in the package you downloaded.
- Do one of the following:
- (DVD or USB) Double-click the Network License Manager package icon.
- (Download) Double-click the Network License Manager .dmg, then double-click the Network License Manager package icon.
The Install Autodesk NLM wizard appears.
- Click Continue to begin the installation, then follow the instructions in the installer to install the Network License Manager tools.
- Click Close when you see the Install Succeeded message.
By default, the Network License Manager tools are installed in the following directory: /usr/local/flexnetserver. In addition, scripts to help set up your license server are installed in the following directory: /Library/StartUpItems/adsknlm.
Linux procedure
- Open a shell as a super user (using su -).
- Navigate to the NetworkLicenseManager directory on your product install media, or extract the Network License Manager package from the compressed file that you downloaded.
- To install the Network License Manager, enter the following command:
rpm -ivh adlmflexnetserver-#.rpm
where # is the package number.