Installation & Licensing Center
Glossary
Authored by Caleb Scharf July 1st, 2022 2785 views 0 likes KB944015
This is a auto-generated Article of all your definitions within the glossary.
Glossary
This is a auto-generated Article of all your definitions within the glossary.
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Ansys Support Coodinator
Aka "ASC" - the person who received your license file and the only person who has permissions to make license server changes.
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ASC
Ansys Support Coordinator - the person who received your license file and the only person who has permissions to make license server changes.
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Client Computer
The computer that has the Ansys CAD/Simulation software installed on it. Example: Mechanical, Fluent, Electronics Desktop, etc.
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Client Machine
The computer that has the Ansys CAD/Simulation software installed on it. Example: Mechanical, Fluent, Electronics Desktop, etc.
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Client Software
The CAD/simulation software installed on the user's computer. Example: Workbench, Mechanical, Fluent, etc. This term is used to differentiate the client software from the license server software.
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Customer Portal
The Ansys Customer Portal (https://support.ansys.com) contains software downloads along with other resources like official documentation, tutorials, a knowledge base and more.
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idle timeout
The Idle Timeout option defines the time-out value before a license can be returned for an Ansys application. To participate in idle timeout, you must: 1. Obtain an updated license file containing the Ansys Idle Timeout license increment. To get this license, contact your Ansys sales representative. 2. Add the appropriate Idle Timeout settings to the ansyslmd.opt file. Currently, the following Ansys applications are using idle timeout: • Mechanical • Fluent • CFX • Electronics Desktop
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License Feature
The term "license increment" and "license feature" are often interchanged, but there is technically a difference. A product license is made up of one or more license features (AKA license increments). A license feature is the actual license that gets checked out and is necessary to open the software and use specific features within that software.
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License Increment
The term "license increment" and "license feature" are often interchanged, but there is technically a difference. A product license is made up of one or more license features. The actual license file has one or more sections, called increments. It has one increment for each license feature. These increment sections includes the license feature along with properties of that license feature, such as: issue date, expiration date, customer #, license type (permeant or lease), license encryption info, etc.
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license management center
Also know as the LMC. It is a webpage for managing the license manager/server that gets installed and runs when you install the license manager software. With it, you can view status, stop/start the license server service, gather server logs, install a new license, etc. Make sure to open the LMC by right clicking it and selecting Run As Administer when you use it.
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license manager
The license server/manager hosts your license file and checks in and out licenses to one or many clients over a network. It can be installed on the client machine for single user deployments. A client must be able to connect to and stay connected to the license manager in order to open and use the software. The License Manager is managed via the License Management Center webpage.
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license server
The license server/manager hosts your license file and checks in and out licenses to one or many clients over a network. It can be installed on the client machine for single user deployments. A client must be able to connect to and stay connected to the license manager in order to open and use the software. The License Manager is managed via the License Management Center webpage.
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LMC
Stands for License Management Center. The LMC is a webpage for managing the license manager/server. With it, you can view status, stop/start the license server service, gather server logs, install a new license, etc. To open the LMC > on the license manager > Windows Search > search for License Management Center > right click and select Run As Administer.
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Permanent License
A permanent license never expires and can be used indefinitely. It has the term "permanent" listed inside the license file on the product line. While permeant products will show an expiration date, this expiration date is when the TECS support subscription expires and not the product itself.
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TECS
A yearly subscription service that gives you access to the latest software features, updates and resources from Ansys alongside SimuTech's top ranked technical support. Learn more - https://simutechgroup.com/about/technical-support/
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Temporary License
Any non permanent product license that expires after a set duration. Examples: Temporary (aka temp), Evaluation (aka eval), Tech Pool, Trial, Lease. The expiration date is listed inside the license file on the product line. Note - License are sometimes referred to as "keys" as in "you were issued an eval key".