I've been asked to update our license server from FlexLM 11.14 to FlexLM 11.16. We currently use Creo 4 and will continue as such. Is there a simple way to update the license server without breaking everything?
Will my current license.dat file be compatible with the new version? How do I even go about getting the new version so I can install it?
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I updated the server last weekend. I was wondering a lot of things before I did it:
(1) Would my old license file work with the new one? I figured no, so generated a new file for the latest version of Creo (8.0).
(2) Would the license, once updated, work with older Creo. This, as you noted, is a big "yes". Works fine. I was mostly concerned about the non-standard modules we have had for decades. They worked fine.
(3) Would I have to remove the old license server completely before putting on the new one? I assumed yes, and did this, killing the pertinent services before doing so. It worked fine, too.
(4) How would all this stuff work with a virtual server? Perfectly fine.
So, in all, not so bad. Only little difference between what I remember is you don't install the license server as a choice in the normal "setup" program, there's now a separate "install_license_server" program to use. It went very quickly and all is well.
Hi, have you found solution for this?
Why do you worry that Creo 4.0 will not work with the newer version?
PTC says it should work:
https://www.ptc.com/en/support/article/CS154266
Download:
https://www.ptc.com/en/support/article/CS21172
br Bernhard
I updated the server last weekend. I was wondering a lot of things before I did it:
(1) Would my old license file work with the new one? I figured no, so generated a new file for the latest version of Creo (8.0).
(2) Would the license, once updated, work with older Creo. This, as you noted, is a big "yes". Works fine. I was mostly concerned about the non-standard modules we have had for decades. They worked fine.
(3) Would I have to remove the old license server completely before putting on the new one? I assumed yes, and did this, killing the pertinent services before doing so. It worked fine, too.
(4) How would all this stuff work with a virtual server? Perfectly fine.
So, in all, not so bad. Only little difference between what I remember is you don't install the license server as a choice in the normal "setup" program, there's now a separate "install_license_server" program to use. It went very quickly and all is well.