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HOW TO - Change Discovery Licensing Mode

Authored by Caleb Scharf March 15th, 2023 100 views 0 likes KB1859980

Description

Discovery is sold as either a floating network license or subscription (aka named user license).  The network license utilizes the traditional Ansys License Manager and the subscription which talks with Ansys's web license server.  By default, the licensing mode is set to Floating and not subscription.  In order to use your product, it must be set to the correct licensing mode.

Subscription Licensing Limitation

As of the time this article was published, the subscription version of discovery does not integrate with other products, such as workbench, that are using the floating network licensing server.

 

Managing Subscriptions

To manage your subscription licensing, including adding, removing and assigning licenses to users, please visit the Ansys account portal - https://myaccount.ansys.com 

 

 

Solution

Via Start Menu

  1. Close discovery.
  2. Start Menu > Browse the Ansys folder for the desired version > locate Discovery Licensing Mode Manager > Right click and select Run as Administrator.
    • If the start menu shortcut is not present, you can access the application via the following path - substituting “222” for your version number.
    • C:\Program Files\ANSYS Inc\v222\Subscription\bin\Win64\LicenseModeGui.exe
  3. Select the options applicable to your situation, 
  4. If you selected Floating, you must specify your sss via the Ansys Licensing Settings.
  5. If you selected Subscription, when you open disocvery, it will prompt you for your Ansys credentials. 
    1. You must be assigned a discovery subscription via the Ansys Account Management portal in order to have access.  
       

 

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