Installing distributed server model

Autodesk Support

Oct 8, 2023

Products and versions covered

Issue:

You are setting up the network license manager for Autodesk software, and you need to know how to setup the distributed server model.

Solution:

In the distributed server model, available licenses are divided (distributed) among more than one license server. The client computers are then pointed to the license server using the environment variable ADSKFLEX_LICENSE_FILE. When the environment variable is set, the client computer automatically attempts to obtain a license from the second license server when the first license server has no more licenses available or if the first server is unavailable. In order for a client computer to be able to request a license from more than one server, you must set the environment variable.

Note: If the licpath.lic file and the ADSKFLEX_LICENSE_FILE environment variable are both used, the environment variable takes priority.

Note: If you selected the Distributed Servers option in the Autodesk Deployment wizard when creating the deployment, then this variable was set automatically on client computers during installation.

To set the environment variable

Use the procedure described for your operating system to set the environment variable:

For Windows 10:

  1. In the Control Panel select System and Security > System
  2. Click Advanced system settings and select the Advanced tab.
  3. Click Environment Variables.
  4. In the Environment Variables dialog box, under System Variables, click New.
  5. In the New System Variable dialog box, enter ADSKFLEX_LICENSE_FILE in the Variable Name field.
  6. In the Variable Value field, enter an at sign (@) followed by the host name of each license server to which you want to point the client. Separate each server name with a semicolon (;). For example:
    @server1;@server2;@server3
  7. Click OK in each dialog box to close all open dialog boxes.

For Windows 8.1:

  1. In the Control Panel select System and Security > System
  2. Click Advanced system settings and select the Advanced tab.
  3. Click Environment Variables.
  4. In the Environment Variables dialog box, under System Variables, click New.
  5. In the New System Variable dialog box, enter ADSKFLEX_LICENSE_FILE in the Variable Name field.
  6. In the Variable Value field, enter an at sign (@) followed by the host name of each license server to which you want to point the client. Separate each server name with a semicolon (;). For example:
    @server1;@server2;@server3
  7. Click OK in each dialog box to close all open dialog boxes.

For Windows Vista:

  1. Right-click Computer and click Properties, or, in the Control Panel select System and Maintenance > System
  2. Click Advanced system settings and select the Advanced tab.
  3. Click Environment Variables.
  4. In the Environment Variables dialog box, under System Variables, click New.
  5. In the New System Variable dialog box, enter ADSKFLEX_LICENSE_FILE in the Variable Name field.
  6. In the Variable Value field, enter an at sign (@) followed by the host name of each license server to which you want to point the client. Separate each server name with a semicolon (;). For example:
    @server1;@server2;@server3
  7. Click OK in each dialog box to close all open dialog boxes.

For Windows® XP Professional

  1. In Control Panel, double-click Performance and Maintenance.
  2. Click System.
  3. On the Advanced tab, click Environment Variables.
  4. Under System Variables, click New.
  5. Enter the new environment variable name, ADSKFLEX_LICENSE_FILE.
  6. In the Variable Value field, enter an at sign (@) followed by the host name of each license server to which you want to point the client. Use a semicolon (;) to separate each server name. For example:
    @server1;@server2;@server3
  7. Click OK to close each dialog box.

 

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