Installing license server software

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For more details on licensing, see Licensing Maya.

If you are setting up a networked license server for Maya licenses, you do not need to install Maya on the license sever machine. You only need to install the licensing software on that machine.

On Windows, you only need to install the Autodesk License Server package, available as a Custom install. For more information, see Installing Maya (Windows).
On Mac OS X, you only need to install the Autodesk License Server package, available in the Additional Items folder on the Mac OS X folder of the Maya DVD. For more information, see Software that can be installed separately.
On Linux, you only need to install the AWCommon packages. For more information, see Installing Maya (Linux).

You can find license server tools on the Maya DVD in a folder called ‘LicenseServerTools’. You can choose if you want to use IPv4 or IPv6 compliant license tools. You can also find license server tools online, at: