Overview

Welcome to the Dassault Systemes License Server Installation and Configuration Guide, designed to answer all your questions about installing and configuring the Dassault Systemes License Server.

The following table outlines the tasks required to install and configure the Dassault Systemes License Server.

Goal Task Contents
Installing the Dassault Systemes License Server Before Starting the Installation Conceptual information and preliminary remarks to take into account before installing or upgrading.
Installing the Dassault Systemes License Server on Windows Describes how to install Dassault Systemes License Server on Windows
Installing the License Administration Tool Only Describes how to install the License Administration Tool without the Dassault Systemes License Server on Windows
Installing the Dassault Systemes License Server on UNIX Describes how to install Dassault Systemes License Server on UNIX
Uninstalling the Dassault Systemes License Server Explains how to uninstall the Dassault Systemes License Server on both Windows and UNIX.
Configuring the Dassault Systemes License Server and Clients Launching the License Administration Tool Explains how to launch the License Administration Tool and retrieve the computer ID required for ordering your licenses.
Configuring and Activating a Standalone License Server Describes how to configure the license server and enroll the server activation license.
Configuring and Activating a Cluster in Failover Mode Explains how to configure and activate a cluster of three license servers to operate in failover mode.
Starting and Stopping the License Server Contains instructions for stopping and starting the license server.
Configuring Clients Explains how to configure clients to work with the license server.
Communicating through Forward and Reverse Proxies Describes how to communicate with a license server located behind a forward proxy and/or a reverse proxy.
Managing Licenses Enrolling Product Licenses Describes how to enroll your product licenses.
Administering Licenses Describes basic license administration tasks.
Getting Information About License Usage Contains useful information about how to track the number of licenses being used per product and per software editor.
Recycling Named User Licenses Describes how to recycle named user licenses when need occasionally arises, under exceptional circumstances.
Authorizing Concurrent User Licenses Explains how to authorize users, groups of users or specific license server host machines to use licenses, or to deny authorization, for concurrent user licenses.
Getting Information About the Authorized Country of Use for Licenses The Geolocation tab identifies for a given license server the country in which the licenses enrolled on the server are authorized.
Tracking License Server Operation Tracking License Statistics Describes how to generate statistics about license usage.
Tracking Server Logs Explains how to use and interpret the server logs.
Monitoring the Server Describes how to monitor license server performance.
Reference DSLicSrv Command Syntax Syntax of the DSLicSrv command.
DSLicTarget Command Syntax Syntax of the DSLicTarget command.
File Locations, Settings and Registry Entries Specifies where the different files, settings and registry entries are created when you install and administer the Dassault Systemes License Server.