Can I run 2 realease versions on the same Lic server

[Curtis_Waguespack]

If I have 8 seats of Inventor 11 all on a net. lic w/ subcription, can I upgrade the flexLM and let some of the users stay at Inv 11 while others move on to 2008?

I'm asking only about the flexLM stuff, I understand the backwards caompatibility issues w/ Inventor.

I suppose I could pose the same question for AutoCAD if that helps anyone who's not familiar with Inventor.

If I have 8 seats of AutoCAD 07 all on a net. lic w/ subcription, can I upgrade the flexLM and let some of the users stay at AutoCAD 07 while others move on to 2008?

[TravisNave]

Yes, but per the EULA not more than 8 seats total of 07 and 08 can be used at the same time. That means you can use 5 of the older and 3 of the newer at the same time. Using more than this would violate the license agreement. Subscription allows you to continue to use your older products.

[Anonymous]

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FlexReport can group together the usage of your different versions of
AutoCAD.

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"wages" wrote in message news:5595663@discussion.autodesk.com...
If I have 8 seats of Inventor 11 all on a net. lic w/ subcription, can I
upgrade the flexLM and let some of the users stay at Inv 11 while others
move on to 2008?

I'm asking only about the flexLM stuff, I understand the backwards
caompatibility issues w/ Inventor.

I suppose I could pose the same question for AutoCAD if that helps anyone
who's not familiar with Inventor.

If I have 8 seats of AutoCAD 07 all on a net. lic w/ subcription, can I
upgrade the flexLM and let some of the users stay at AutoCAD 07 while others
move on to 2008?

[Anonymous]

Not sure if this is answering the question but I spoke with a tech from our reseller who mentioned that autodesk has yet to successfully run two license files on the same server. I've found that the '#' can be used as a comment before the licenses in the .lic file. We now add all licenses that utilize flexLM to one .lic file.

[Anonymous]

> Not sure if this is answering the question but I spoke with
> a tech from our reseller who mentioned that autodesk has yet
> to successfully run two license files on the same server.
> I've found that the '#' can be used as a comment before the licenses
> in the .lic file. We now add all licenses that utilize flexLM to one .lic
> file.

Yes a common way to solve such is by merging the license files. One needs to
be really careful about doing that though. A lot of things can go wrong
which can cause more problem than it solves.

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Henrik Goldman
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