Tasks include starting, upgrading, and uninstalling the license manager, and borrowing and returning licenses.
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You can start the SolidNetWork License Manager from the Windows Start menu.
For major releases of SOLIDWORKS, upgrading the license manager consists of uninstalling the old license manager, installing a new one, and re-activating the SolidNetWork license.
Delete old and expired SolidNetWork license files before upgrading to new ones.
You can borrow a SolidNetWork license to use the software from a remote location. Since the license is removed from the pool of available licenses, a borrowed license must be returned for it to become available again.
SOLIDWORKS can register idle time with the SolidNetWork License Manager so that licenses that have not been used for a certain amount of time are returned to the free license pool.
The temporary "ANY" license can be used temporarily when the original SolidNetWork license is not available.
You can upgrade a computer from individual SOLIDWORKS licensing to SolidNetWork licensing by specifying the SolidNetWork license serial number in SOLIDWORKS Installation Manager.
You can use the SolidNetWork License Manager to distribute licenses for SOLIDWORKS core add-in products (such as FeatureWorks and Workgroup PDM Server).
You can configure one computer on a network to act both as a license manager distributing SolidNetWork licensing and as an administrative image location from which users can install SOLIDWORKS software.
SolidNetWork Licensing is based on FLEXnet Publisher® license management.
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