Limiting the use of Maya Unlimited product licenses

User Guide > General > Installation and Licensing > Licensing Maya > Client setup >

Some users on your network may not need to use all the Maya features available to them. You can disable availability of optional licenses for specific users to ensure that those who need them have them on demand.

For example, suppose your network has several Maya Complete licenses, but only one Unlimited license. To prevent some users from using the Unlimited license, you can control which users will not receive the Unlimited license.

You can include a line in each user’s Maya.env file, for example:

MAYA_LICENSE = complete

For details on how to set up the Maya.env file, see the Environment Variables guide in the Maya Help. Alternatively, you can set an environment setting.

MAYA_LICENSE setting	Effect on Maya
complete	Runs Maya Complete only
unlimited	Runs Maya Unlimited only

NoteIf the MAYA_LICENSE is set to Complete and there are no Complete licenses available, even if there are Unlimited licenses, the software will not run and will display a “No Licenses Available” message.

Sometimes, a user may need to use Maya Unlimited temporarily. Instead of editing the startup file, you can inform the user to start Maya with the following command, which overrides the startup setting:

maya -lic=unlimited

Other considerations

If you repeat a command option or MAYA_LICENSE setting, Maya uses the last setting.
A command line option takes precedence over a conflicting environment variable setting.