Licensing Maya 2009
1 .] Install Maya
2. ] Create a directory on the c: drive (even if you install maya on different drive) called FLEXLM
3. ] Copy the aw.dat and awkeygen.exe file to this directory.
4. ] Goto start–>all programs–>Autodesk–>common utilities–>FlexLM license utilities
5. ] Under system settings copy Ethernet address
Example : “001b11069ef1 001109d7c68d 001109d7c67c”
6. ] Open the file (from the directory FLEXLM) aw.dat with Wordpad and replace the words “your host” with the copied Ethernet address. Save and close wordpad
Example :
FEATURE MayaUnltd sgiawd 2009.000 permanent uncounted 0 \
HOSTID=”001b11069ef1 001109d7c68d 001109d7c67c”
7.] Using the run utility and type: awkeygen.exe aw.dat
8.] Open again the aw.dat and remove marks ” ”
Example :
FEATURE MayaUnltd sgiawd 2009.000 permanent uncounted EB006BA81BC3 \
HOSTID=001b11069ef1 001109d7c68d 001109d7c67c
Save and close file
9.] Goto start–>all programs–>Autodesk–>Maya 2009–>Licensing
select “I Have a licence that i need to install”, press NEXT
select “I would like to install license from a file” press NEXT
Now licence is sucessful done, but not yet finished !
Unmark ” Launch Maya 2009 and exit Product Configuration ”
Before press DONE you can list log :
Example :
License Installation Report
Installing from license file C:/FLEXLM/aw.dat.
Input license contains 1 license(s) matching this computer.
License #1
Attempting Installation to license file: C:/FLEXlm/aw2.dat
Successful Operations:
Added feature line: FEATURE MayaUnltd sgiawd 2009.000 permanent uncounted EB006BA81BC3 HOSTID=001b11069ef1 001109d7c68d 001109d7c67c
Warnings:
(none)
Errors:
(none)
End of license installation report.
10. ] Now edit again aw.dat
add marks ” ” back
Example :
FEATURE MayaUnltd sgiawd 2009.000 permanent uncounted EB006BA81BC3 \
HOSTID=”001b11069ef1 001109d7c68d 001109d7c67c”
Save file, and that’s all folks
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