Exporting Licenses in a FlexLM Environment

[paul.ashley]

We are in still in the process of deciding to license our seats of AutoCAD using FlexLM rather than as standalones. Two questions:

1) The recent thread about borrowing not working are scaring me. Does this function really not work?

2) We have users who would like to be able to have AutoCAD on their home computer(desktops, not laptops). Our 2002 license allowed this as long as both stations wouldn't be used simultaneously. Is there such a thing as a Portable License Utility for AutoCAD (there is one for Revit) that works when FlexLM is being used? I know you can borrow a license on a laptop, but is there a way to export a license, borrowed or otherwise, to another machine? Or would the home user have to use VPN and connect to our network?

[Anonymous]

Borrowing does work, but only on the computer that borrows the license. Think laptops.
You can dial-in and check a license out from the Flex license manager from your home system. Be sure you check the time that the license will be returned.

John Postlewait
IS Department
George Butler Associates, Inc.

[Anonymous]

The Portable License Utility works only with standalone licenses. Borrowing
is the equivalent for network licenses.

Talk to your reseller. In some circumstances, users may be able to
authorize a standalone version of the license for their home PCs, when you
buy a network license, eliminating the need for any license moving.

http://www.autodesk.com/activation

--Cy--

wrote in message news:4853421@discussion.autodesk.com...
We are in still in the process of deciding to license our seats of AutoCAD
using FlexLM rather than as standalones. Two questions:

1) The recent thread about borrowing not working are scaring me. Does this
function really not work?

2) We have users who would like to be able to have AutoCAD on their home
computer(desktops, not laptops). Our 2002 license allowed this as long as
both stations wouldn't be used simultaneously. Is there such a thing as a
Portable License Utility for AutoCAD (there is one for Revit) that works
when FlexLM is being used? I know you can borrow a license on a laptop, but
is there a way to export a license, borrowed or otherwise, to another
machine? Or would the home user have to use VPN and connect to our network?

[paul.ashley]

That's what I thought. I'll drop a line to my reseller and see what my options are.