{"id":32647,"date":"2020-05-07T16:22:10","date_gmt":"2020-05-07T16:22:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.padtinc.com\/2020\/05\/07\/15271-2\/"},"modified":"2022-03-24T22:49:30","modified_gmt":"2022-03-24T22:49:30","slug":"15271-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.padtinc.com\/2020\/05\/07\/15271-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Changes to Licencing at ANSYS 2020R1"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>There are three main goals of the licensing changes in the latest release of ANSYS:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>Deliver Ansys licensing using the FlexLM industry standard<\/li><li>Eliminate the Ansys licensing interconnect<\/li><li>Provide modular licensing options that are easier to understand<\/li><li>Finally \u2013 and this is the whopper (or Double Double if you\u2019re an In-N-Out kind of analogy person) \u2013 this new licensing model eliminates the need for upgrading the Ansys License Manager with every software update. (please pause for shock recovery)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><picture><source srcset=\"https:\/\/www.padtinc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/image-55.webp \"  type=\"image\/webp\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.padtinc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/image-55.png\" class=\"wp-image-15272 sp-no-webp\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\"  > <\/picture><figcaption> If you\u2019re still shocked and would to like see a &#8220;shocked groundhog&#8221; compilation, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Af-ezch1L4c\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">check this out<\/a>. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Why is this significant? Well, this was always a\nsticking point for our customers when upgrading from one version to the next. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Here\u2019s how that usually plays out:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol><li>Engineers eager to try out new features or overcome software defects, download the software and install it on their workstations.<ol><li>Surprise \u2013 software throws an obscure licensing error. <\/li><li>Engineer notifies IT or Ansys Channel partner of issue.<\/li><li>After a few calls, maybe a screenshare or two, its determined that the license server needs to be upgraded.<\/li><li>The best-case scenario &#8211; IT or PADT Support can get it installed in a few minutes and engineer can be on his way. <\/li><li>The usual scenario &#8211; it will take a week to schedule downtime on the server and notify all stakeholders and the engineer is left to simmer on medium-low until those important safeguards are handled.<\/li><\/ol><\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What does this all mean?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>Starting in January 2020, all new Ansys keys\nissued will be in the new format and will require upgrading to the 2020R1\nLicense manager. This should be the last mandatory license server upgrade\nfor a while. <\/li><li>Your Ansys Channel Partner will contact you ahead\nof your next renewal to discuss new license increments and if there are any\nexpected changes.<\/li><li>Your IT and Ansys support team will be\ncelebrating in the back office the last mandatory Ansys License Manager upgrade\nfor a while.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">How to upgrade the Ansys License Manager?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Download the latest license manager through the\nAnsys customer portal: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/support.ansys.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">www.support.ansys.com<\/a> &gt; Downloads\n&gt; Current Release &gt; Tools &gt; Ansys License Manager<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Follow installation instructions and add the latest license file:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>Ansys has a handy video on this <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/9INjrDTL3cw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a><\/li><li>Make sure that you run the installed as an administrator\nfor best results.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Make sure license server is running and has the\ncorrect licenses queued:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>Look for the green checkmark in the license management center window.<\/li><li>Start your application and make sure everything looks good.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><picture><source srcset=\"https:\/\/www.padtinc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/image-1-15.webp \"  type=\"image\/webp\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.padtinc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/image-1-15.png\" class=\"wp-image-15273 sp-no-webp\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\"  > <\/picture><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>This was a high-level flyover of the new Ansys Licensing released with version 2020R1. For specifics contact your PADT Account manager or <a href=\"mailto:support@padtinc.com\">support@padtinc.com<\/a> .<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There are three main goals of the licensing changes in the latest release of ANSYS: Deliver Ansys licensing using the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":32648,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2323],"tags":[],"post-podcast":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.padtinc.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32647"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.padtinc.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.padtinc.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.padtinc.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.padtinc.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=32647"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.padtinc.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32647\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.padtinc.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/32648"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.padtinc.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=32647"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.padtinc.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=32647"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.padtinc.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=32647"},{"taxonomy":"post-podcast","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.padtinc.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/post-podcast?post=32647"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}