Enable License Borrowing
You must be an Administrator of the license to enable license borrowing.
HFSS 12 and HFSS 13 will not work with DiskId based licensing and displays the following error: Failed to check out 'hfssdesktop' license. The license file is corrupt. Solution: Contact your ANSYS Account Team to convert license to type: E (Ethernet MAC address).
- Request that borrowing be enabled on your license from MathWorks. To request this change, go to the MathWorks website at https://www.mathworks.com and click Support. On the support page, click Contact support.
Notes
- In these License Files, the
INCREMENT
lines for products include the keywordBORROW=720
, where720
is the maximum number of hours in the borrow period (you cannot change this value). For example: - The maximum borrow period of 720 hours is equal to 30 days.
- On your license server, stop the network license manager.
- On your license server, copy the
SERVER
andDAEMON
lines from the existing License File,matlabroot/etc/license.dat
, wherematlabroot
represents your MATLAB® installation folder. For example, here are theSERVER
andDAEMON
lines from a License File: - Paste the
SERVER
andDAEMON
lines that you copied from your existing License File at the top of the new License File that includes the license borrowing capability. - On your license server, replace the existing License File with the new License File.
- Restart the network license manager.