Client preparation

A client is any machine that runs analyses. Each client requires a copy of the Simulation Job Manager (SJM) to be installed locally; all other installation files can be mounted and executed remotely from the server.

Job Manager

The folder starting with autodesk-dssp-2017-thinclient contains the SJM. This folder must be copied to each client, and not shared between clients, because the SJM needs to create database and temporary files that are specific to each client on which it is started.

Prerequisite software packages

Prerequisite standard software packages, such as libgomp, are required. They can be found on your installation media, or you can download them from your Linux vendor.

Linux distribution	required libgomp version
Red Hat / CentOS 6.x	4.4.7-11 or higher
Red Hat / CentOS 7.x	4.8.2-16.2 or higher

On Red Hat / CentOS or other rpm based distributions, check that the installed libgomp package provides the required symbols using this command:

$ rpm –q libgomp ––provides | grep GOMP_4.0

If you see line(s) returned with the GOMP_4.0 string present, then the library provides the required symbols.

On other Linux distributions, install the package that provides libgomp.so.1. Once it is installed, use the standard Linux utility readelf to check that the file provides the required symbols:

$ readelf –s /usr/lib64/libgomp.so.1.0.0 | grep “ABS GOMP_4.0”

If you see line(s) returned with the GOMP_4.0 string present, then the library provides the required symbols.

Tip: If you have a client software image, you can get this package added to the image.

Mount the target directory

The client requires read-only access to the target directory, at the same absolute path as on the server.

Set the environment

Source the file mfclient.env (in the target directory) into your shell. This sets variables necessary for the software to check out a license.

Example: The client has mounted the target directory as /software/autodesk. Run the . (dot) command to source the commands into your shell:

$ . /software/autodesk/mfclient.env

Tip: If you have custom job management software, you can have it source the same file to prepare the environment before it runs jobs.

Run analyses

You can now run solvers from the command line.