Starting the License Administration Tool

This section explains how to launch the tool if it is not running, and obtain the computer id required for ordering licenses.

  1. On windows, Select Start > All Programs > DS License Server > License Server Administration.

    On Linux, start the License Administration Tool by running the following command, for example:

    /usr/DassaultSystemes/DSLicenseServer/linux_a64/code/bin/DSLicSrv -adminUI

    The License Administration Tool is displayed.

    The tool has a menu bar and several tabs.

    The View menu contains a list of tabs available.

    • Click the check marks to hide or display tabs as required.
    • Click Look and Feel and select a look to change the appearance of the dialog
    • Click Font size... to change the size of the texts
      Note: The DSLS can inherit font size parameters of Windows Make text bigger option available in Display settings. If the two features are combined, the License Administration Tool Font size has priority.

  2. Connect to the license server, then locate the Computer id column in the dialog box.

    The computer id will be required when you order your licenses.

    Note: An alternative method of obtaining the computer id is to go to the following installation directory: 
    C:\Program Files\Dassault
          Systemes\DS License Server\win_b64\code\bin

    and run the following command:

    DSLicTarget -t

    The DSLicTarget tool is also available in the appropriate operating system folders on your media.

    On Windows and Linux, the computer ID is based on the network card. Link aggregation (implemented in various ways and with wording such as teaming/bridging/bonding/trunking/bundling) of network cards is not supported. A possible workaround is to add another network card which does not need to be connected to the network, but needs to be powered on.

    Multiple network cards

    If your machine hosts several network cards and the computerID managed by the license server is not from the network card you wish, you can change it. Be aware that, if license keys are already enrolled in the license server, they will become invalid. So you will need license keys generated for the desired computerID.

    When installing the first time, the license server retrieves the computerID and stores it in its database. If the computerID is changed later by using the DSLicTarget -s command, the license server will not take it into account.

    In order to reset the computerID in the license server database, you can follow these steps:

    1. Run the command DSLicTarget -l to list the IDs available on the machine.
    2. Run the command DSLicTarget -s (in an elevated command prompt) to set the desired ID in the Windows registry or Linux file.
    3. Uninstall the license server.
    4. Remove the License Administration Tool settings file:

      C:\Users\userid\AppData\Roaming\DassaultSystemes\LicenseAdminUI (Windows)

      $HOME/LicenseAdminUI (Linux)

    5. Reinstall the license server and select the Install Server from scratch check box to force the license server to read the ID value stored in the registry or Linux file, instead of the value in the license server database.