Licensing mental ray 3.6.51

You license mental ray 3.6.51 by requesting a license. On Windows, the Product Configuration Wizard leads you through a series of questions to set up your license request and then, on all platforms, you must use the Autodesk mental ray activation form at www.autodesk.com/mentalrayactivation.

In response, Autodesk sends you an e-mail, fax, or mail containing the license information.

Once you receive the license, you copy the license, then run the Product Configuration Wizard licensing tool to insert the license into the permanent license file. See Installing the license.

Obtaining a license

To obtain your license, you must send a request to Autodesk with your request code (system ID), host name and key level, as well as the products you want to license.

To obtain a license

1. Select Start > Programs > Autodesk > MentalRay SPM 3.6.51 > Autodesk Mental Ray SPM Licensing tool 3.6.51.

The Product Configuration Wizard appears.





2. Select "I need to request a license for mental ray 3.6.51" and click Next.

The dongle (hardware lock) configuration screen appears.





3. Select the location of the dongle you have and click Next.

The type of dongle (hardware lock) screen appears.





4. Select the color (type code) of your dongle from this screen, and click Next.

The Product Configuration Wizard checks your dongle (hardware lock) and generates licensing information. You can copy this information to the clipboard, save it to a file, or print it.





You will need this information when you request a license using the Autodesk mental ray activation form.

If you did not record this information, you can obtain it again by running the Product Configuration Wizard.

5. Open a browser and go to:

www.autodesk.com/mentalrayactivation

Click through to English/ mental ray activation form, and fill out the form using the information obtained from the Product Configuration Wizard.

6. Once you click Submit, your license activation request is sent to Autodesk, and a license will be returned to you via e-mail.

Installing the license

For floating licenses, perform the following steps on the machine that serves the licenses in your facility. For client machines accessing floating licenses, see (Windows) Setting up a floating client machine using the Product Configuration Wizard or (Linux, Mac OS X) Setting up client machines.

Prerequisites

• You should have already obtained a license from Autodesk. If not, refer to Obtaining a license above.
• Ensure you have Administrator privileges.

To license mental ray 3.6.51

1. If necessary, select Start > Programs > Autodesk > MentalRay SPM 3.6.51 > Autodesk Mental Ray SPM Licensing tool 3.6.51. The Product Configuration Wizard may already be open from the previous steps.

The Product Configuration Wizard appears.





2. Select "I need to install a license for mental ray 3.6.51", and click Next.

The Enter License Data screen appears.





3. Cut and paste the license you received from Autodesk into the text box.
4. Click the Next button.

The mental ray 3.6.51 License Installer program installs the license into the appropriate location on your machine.

5. Continue with "Additional setup for floating licenses" below, if necessary.

Additional setup for floating licenses

After installing a floating license, you should restart/start the license server machine. If you choose not to do this, then use the following procedure to restart/start the license server machine manually: To set options and start the license server daemon.

This procedure is not necessary for client machines accessing their licenses from a license server machine. For more information on client machines, see Setting up a floating client machine using the Product Configuration Wizard (Windows), or Setting up client machines (Linux, Mac OS X).

The software installer automatically installs the license server daemon: SPM License Server as a Service.

To set options and start the license server daemon

1. To start this service do one of the following:
• Reboot your server machine.
• Start the SPM License Server using the Service Manager. Select Start > Settings > Control Panel > Administrative Tools > Services to open the Service Manager window, and then, in the Service Manager, scroll to find the SPM License Server, right-click it and select Start.
2. To verify whether the license server installation has succeeded, type the following at the Command Prompt:
• (Windows 2000) C:\WINNT\system32\spm\spmstat -KD
• (Windows XP) C:\Windows\system32\spm\spmstat -KD

A message like this should appear:

SPM-daemon on <hostname>:
License from Autodesk:
License name version lic# used beg_date end_date cpu# type

where <hostname> is the name of your server machine. The information listed should be consistent with what you purchased from Autodesk.

3. If the machine was already running the SPM License Server when the new mental ray 3.6.51 licenses were installed, you will need to restart the SPM License Server in order to make the new licenses available. Restart the SPM License Server by rebooting your machine or stop and restart the SPM License Manager from the Service Manager.
4. Run mental ray to confirm the installation. See Starting mental ray 3.6.51.

If you receive an SPM error, read the error carefully. If you cannot troubleshoot the SPM error please send the error and the output to Support Services.

Setup is now complete for floating license servers.

For client machines accessing their licenses from a floating license server, continue with (Windows) Setting up a floating client machine using the Product Configuration Wizard or (Linux, Mac OS X) Setting up client machines. (If you want to run mental ray on your floating license server you also need to set up the floating license server as a client machine using these instructions.)