Bud Schroeder [Autodesk Inc.] wrote:
> Hey Guys,
>
> Actually what changed here is the license manager. With AutoCAD 2000i you
> are using Elan license manager. Elan has been gone for some time now so we
> had to change to a newer license manager. We went with FLEX as it was used
> by a lot of our customer base. When we first started working this out with
> Globetrotter we were told they had NLM support. But in reality they had
> already dropped it. Novell license manager support went away when we moved
> to the new license manager.
>
> Now if you have any TCP/IP stations you can use that to run FLEX. Also
> Novell has even moved to TCP/IP. Both my 5x and 6x Novell servers in the
> LAB run TCP/IP at this time. So at some point your going to need to make
> the change.
>
> Hope this helps explain why there is no Novell NLM for FLEX.
>
> Thanks for posting to the News Groups.
>
> Bud Schroeder
> AutoCAD Test Development
> Autodesk Inc.
>
>
>
>
> "Harvey Titanium" wrote in message
> news:4113fd65$1_3@newsprd01...
>
>>Cy Shuster wrote:
>>
>>>Only Windows OS's are supported for the Autodesk vendor daemon; TCP/IP
>
> is
>
>>>another requirement. OS support is driven by customer demand.
>>>
>>>Now, the license manager doesn't use much bandwidth or resources, so
>
> it's
>
>>>fine to run it on one of your workstations.
>>>
>>>--Cy--
>>>
>>>"Harvey Titanium" wrote in message
>>>news:4113cf26$1_2@newsprd01...
>>>
>>>
>>>>We are running the license manager on a NW5.1 box, we just got our
>>>>upgrade to 2005. It seems netware is no longer supported, i guess in
>>>>favor of less stable os'. Would it be possible to say , create the
>>>>licensing keys, etc. on a windows box, then move them over to our novell
>>>>box and use the license manager? Is autodesk in bed with microsoft?
>>>>
>>>>Harvey Titanium,
>>>>LAN Admin
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>Well that's nifty. My servers run 24/7/365, my work stations don't.
>>Argh, I wish the head of the engineering dept. sorted this out before
>>buying it and handing it to me. He said, "well it worked on netware
>>before." I might have him return it and buy indvidual single-user
>>copies. Thanks for your input.
>
>
>
Perfect, that is exactly what I was looking for. Now i have my ammo for
when I talk to the department managers. As for our Netware servers, yes
they all run TCP/IP. But the Elan nlm is ipx only, so now i see the issue.
Thanks again guys
