You must perform certain tasks to install
licensing on a license server for the first time.
Prerequisites
You have
an account with administrator privileges.
You determined
which machines you will use as license servers and determined their host
IDs. For information on the latter, refer to “Determine Your Host ID for Licensing”.
You received
your Mentor license file either by email or Account Center download.
If you have questions, contact Mentor.
You ensured
that the proper networking components are installed and correctly configured.
For Mentor licensing software to work correctly, workstation hardware
and operating system versions must be at a level adequate to support
the current versions of software. For hardware and operating system
information, refer to your application’s configuration information.
You ensured
that TCP/IP is configured on your network.
Procedure
- From Account
Center (https://account.mentor.com), click to
show a list of Licensing releases.
- Click the
most recent Licensing release. The window expands to show four tabs: Files, Important
Info, Documentation, and System
Requirements.
- From the Files tab,
click the Licensing release name. The Release Information and Downloads
window opens.
- To download
the release, click the PCLS file that corresponds to your platform.
- Save the
Windows .zip file to a location on your system.
- Extract
the files.
- Open the
extracted folder.
For example:
pcls_v9.13.5.2
- Double-click
the setup.bat file. This opens the Install
Mentor Licensing window.
- Click the
button in the lower right corner of the window, either Next, Upgrade,
or Install.
If you click Upgrade or Install,
a dialog box opens asking if you would like to configure licensing.
Click Yes.
- From the
Configure Licensing window, choose Import license file.
Note: Plug in the hardware key if you
have one. Cancel any attempts by the Windows operating system to
install the driver.
This option reads the license file and determines what configuration
is needed. Mobile compute (node-locked) licenses are imported to
a common file (C:\MentorGraphics\License_Files\license.txt)
and hardware key drivers are installed, if applicable. Floating licenses
are not imported into the common license file. However, if Mentor
licensing software is installed, licensing server setup is offered.
- Click Next.
A licensing server file is created (C:\MentorGraphics\License_Files\server_<hostid>.txt).
If a license file for the server already exists, the floating licenses are
merged into the existing server license file.
- Click Done and
then click No or, if you have more licenses
to configure, click Yes.
Results
A Windows service is created for your license server. Now, every
time you reboot your machine, the license server starts automatically.