Jerry:
Thank you for the article link, and yes it was helpful. It appears that the
best course of actin is to beg for money to get the AutoCAD 2000 or 2000i
now so I can avoid the hassles of updating the ADLM at a later date.
--
Matthew J. Nicholas
Senior Mechanical Designer
NREL
matthew_nicholas@nrel.gov
jerry milana wrote in message
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> Matthew,
>
> Take a look at the document published on our WEB site at
>
http://www3.autodesk.com/adsk/support/techdoc/0,,103558--125452-0_21843,00.h
> tml
>
> Jerry Milana,
> Autodesk Product Support
>
> "Matthew J. Nicholas" wrote in message
> news:ef2b345.-1@WebX.SaUCah8kaAW...
> > All:
> >
> > I am in the process of migrating our CAD operation to a new server. We
> use
> > R13 network version (seldom) and R14.0 network version (not 14.01) as
our
> > mainstay CAD application. The new server is running NT Server 4.0 with
> SP6
> > (SP6a I believe). The clients are a mix of NT 4.0 and 95.
> >
> > I would like to do the following:
> > 1. Install our R14.0 and the ADLM license manager and tools on our
new
> > server, and migrate our 6 users to the new server.
> > 2. Uninstall R14.0 and the ADLM from our old server and decommission
> it.
> > 3. Upgrade our 6 R13 licenses to 2000 or 2000i or Arch. Desktop 2000
or
> > Arch. Desktop 2000i at the beginning of our fiscal year (10/2000).
> >
> > Would the following course of action be the smart way to accomplish
this:?
> > 1. Upgrade our R14.0 to R14.01 and the accompanying ADLM software.
> > 2. Install whichever version of A2K we choose when the time comes.
> >
> > or
> >
> > 1. Find a way to convince the boss to find the upgrade money to A2K
> now,
> > install A2K and ADLM to replace our R13 software.
> > 2. Install R14.0 using the A2K ADLM software to license our R14
seats.
> >
> > How does one verify the ADLM version since there is no "about" box to
> query?
> > We installed R14.0 shortly after it was released.
> >
> > For what it's worth, I like to leap frog releases in this manner so I
can
> > keep disruption to a minimum and productivity up for our small group.
> >
> > Thanks for your help.
> > --
> > Matthew J. Nicholas
> > Senior Mechanical Designer
> > NREL
> > matthew_nicholas@nrel.gov
> >
>