Licensing Portal Administrator's Guide

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Table of Contents
1. Ansys Licensing Portal Administrator's Guide ........................................................................................ 1
1.1. Overview of Elastic Licensing ............................................................................................................ 1
1.2. Basic Terms and Definitions ............................................................................................................... 1
1.3. System Prerequisites ......................................................................................................................... 2
2. Using the Ansys Licensing Portal ............................................................................................................ 5
2.1. Signing in to the Ansys Licensing Portal ............................................................................................ 5
2.1.1. Modifying your Ansys Account Credentials ............................................................................... 5
2.2. Understanding the Ansys Licensing Portal ......................................................................................... 5
2.2.1. Providing Feedback .................................................................................................................. 6
2.2.2. Viewing the Ansys Licensing Portal How To Videos .................................................................... 6
2.3. Viewing License Entitlements ............................................................................................................ 7
2.4. Understanding Usage Reports .......................................................................................................... 8
2.4.1. View Usage Transactions Option ............................................................................................... 8
2.4.2. View Summary Statements Option ........................................................................................... 8
2.5. Updating License Settings ................................................................................................................ 9
2.5.1. Defining Ansys Licensing Portal Access and Roles ..................................................................... 9
2.5.2. Accessing the Elastic License Server Credentials ........................................................................ 9
2.5.3. Configuring IP Address Access ................................................................................................ 10
2.6. Viewing Account Emails .................................................................................................................. 10
Index .......................................................................................................................................................... 11

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Chapter 1: Ansys Licensing Portal Administrator's
Guide
This guide contains detailed information and instructions on how to perform administrative task on the
Ansys Licensing Portal.

1.1. Overview of Elastic Licensing

Ansys Elastic Licensing is a "pay-per-use" licensing system that enables hourly-based licensing of virtually
every Ansys product through a single product offering called Ansys Elastic Unit (AEU). Ansys Elastic Li-
censing complements other licensing solutions from Ansys by providing you with on-demand access
to core portfolio of pre-post, solver, and HPC simulation solutions. You only pay for what you use, al-
lowing you to efficiently meet fluctuating licensing demands throughout the year, while accommodating
high usage periods associated with critical new projects. You simply buy a number of AEUs and from
this "pool" as you consume them. Each Ansys product consumes a number of these AEUs per hour.

You can see the number of AEUs consumed by each product in the elastic license rate table. For inform-
ation on viewing this table, see Viewing License Entitlements (p. 7).

Summary of New and Changed Features

Listed below is a summary of those licensing items that are either new or have been changed since the
last release. For a list of all major new and changed features of any product, see the Release Notes
document for that product.

• To support the expanded licensing technology functionality and provide improved access to the li-
censing documentation, the single “Ansys Installation and Licensing” online help page has been split
into separate pages. For release 22.1 and higher, the help pages are split into ”Ansys Installation” and
”Ansys Licensing”.

• HPC license sharing has been modified to allow 4 free tasks across all variants irrespective of the
number of solver types in HPC parametric context flow.

1.2. Basic Terms and Definitions

Account
A software licensing account for an Ansys customer.

AEC
Ansys Elastic Currency

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AEU
Ansys Elastic Unit

AHC
Ansys Hardware Currency

Ansys Customer Portal

The Ansys Customer Portal provides access to a wide range of helpful information including, product
descriptions, downloads, training, support and knowledge resources.

Cloud License Server Pin

A 6-digit PIN is required to access Elastic Licensing.

Entitlement
A pre-paid pool of AEUs (Ansys Entitlement Units). Represents credits purchased by a customer against
which license usage is debited.

Many-to-one relationship with an account. Value of Entitlement "End Customer|Account" field = value
of Account "AccountId" field.

Product
An identifier for (name of ) an Ansys product. Optionally included in a Usage.

Project
An identifier for (name of ) an Ansys project. Optionally included in a Usage.

Usage
A 'spend' of AEUs by a user on a licensed product. Each Usage represents a number of AEUs to be de-
ducted from an Account Entitlement.

1.3. System Prerequisites

Minimum Browser Requirements:

• Google Chrome: Version 72.0.3626.121 (Official Build)

• Firefox: Version 65.0.2 (64-bit)

• Microsoft Edge: Version 42.17134.1.0

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Port Availability:
• Ansys makes web-service calls to https://laas.fnocc.com using default port 443 for outbound commu-
nication

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Chapter 2: Using the Ansys Licensing Portal
This chapter explains how to perform a variety of administrative functions with the Ansys Licensing
Portal. The functions available through the licensing portal can be accessed from the Ansys Licensing
Portal Menu located on the left side of the page.

The following sections provide instructions on how to perform the administration functions available
through the Ansys Licensing Portal:
2.1. Signing in to the Ansys Licensing Portal
2.2. Understanding the Ansys Licensing Portal
2.3. Viewing License Entitlements
2.4. Understanding Usage Reports
2.5. Updating License Settings
2.6. Viewing Account Emails

2.1. Signing in to the Ansys Licensing Portal

Prior to performing any administrative functions with the Ansys Licensing Portal you should sign in
with your Ansys account credentials. To do this:

1. Open your web browser and go to the Ansys Licensing Portal sign in page.

2. Enter your email address and click Continue.

3. Enter your password and click Continue.

Depending on your account, the Leases/Perpetuals or Elastic Entitlements page of the Ansys
Licensing Portal is displayed.

2.1.1. Modifying your Ansys Account Credentials

You can modify your name and contact phone number by clicking the arrow to the right of the account
icon ( ) and selecting Manage my Ansys Account.

2.2. Understanding the Ansys Licensing Portal

The Ansys Licensing Portal includes access to administrative functions along the left side of the page.
From this menu, you can view:

• The elastic licensing entitlements on your licensing server

• The usage transactions

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• Usage summary statements

• Licensing portal access

• Elastic server credentials

• IP addresses allowed to access elastic licensing and currently defined rules

• Emails exchanged between this signed in customer and the licensing portal

In the upper right side of the Ansys Licensing Portal. your customer number is displayed as well as
drop-down menus that allow you to send feedback, view the product help, modify your cedentials and
sign out.

2.2.1. Providing Feedback

Ansys, Inc. welcomes feedback from you in the form of enhancement requests and comments on the
current state of the Ansys Licensing Portal. To provide feedback:

1. In the upper right-hand corner of the portal, click the arrow to the right of the question mark
icon and select the Feedback option.

The Send Feedback dialog is displayed.

2. Describe your issue or idea in the upper field.

3. Checking the Include Screenshot option, automatically displays a screenshot of your current
location in the lower field of the dialog box. Clicking the Highlight or Hide option allows
you to place a highlight or blackout box in the screenshot.

4. When you have completed your entries, click Send.

2.2.2. Viewing the Ansys Licensing Portal How To Videos

The Ansys Licensing Portal videos describe how to perform many of the common administrative
functions available through the Ansys Licensing Portal. To access the videos:

In the upper right-hand corner of the portal, click the arrow to the right of the question mark icon
and select the How To Videos option.

Your browser displays the Licensing Portal Videos on the Ansys How To Videos YouTube channel.

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2.3. Viewing License Entitlements

To view the elastic license entitlements associated with your Ansys Licensing Portal accounts, follow
the steps below.

1. From the Ansys Licensing Portal Menu, click Entitlements>Elastic Licensing.

The active and inactive entitlements on the license server are displayed. Entitlements are dis-
played primarily by order of closest expiration date and then by usage percentage. Those enti-
tlements with a higher usage percentage are displayed first.

The data in the Remaining Days and Used Percentage columns is dynamic and provides
visual warnings.

The number of days remaining until the license pool expires is displayed in the Remaining
Days column. The color of the display changes from green to yellow when the number of days
remaining is less than or equal to 90 and red when the number of days remaining is 30 or less.

Note:

Thirty days prior to license pool expiration, the Licensing Portal sends an auto-
matic warning email.

The total AEU pre-paid allowance usage is displayed in the Used Percentage column. The color
of the display changes from green to yellow when the usage percentage is 80 to 95 percent
and red when the usage exceeds than 95 percent.

Note:

The Licensing Portal sends usage threshold warning emails automatically, at 80%,
85%, 90%, 95% and 100% of total AEU pre-paid allowance usage.

2. You can view the elastic license rate table details associated with each AEU entitlement by
clicking the appropriate link in the Rate Table column. This link re-directs you to Consumption
Table (PDF) on the Ansys website.

The rate table may be updated to add or remove products, or to increase or decrease product
consumption rates. Rate table updates are defined as:

a. A major update (for example, 3.0 => 4.0) can include the addition and removal of products,
and the increase or decrease of product consumption rates.

b. A minor update (for example, 3.0 => 3.1) generally only includes the addition of products
and the decrease of product consumption rates. Note that other changes, including the re-
moval of products, may take place as part of a minor update, for instance if Ansys is legally
required to remove a third-party from its Elastic offering.

When you purchase Ansys Elastic Units, the rate table version available on that date is associated
with the purchase. The major version will remain the same for the duration of the purchase

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contract. The minor version may be changed from time to time; you are emailed a notification
about this update seven days in advance of the minor version change.

Note:

Users are emailed a notification about a rate table update seven days in advance
of any changes.

2.4. Understanding Usage Reports

Note:

It takes approximately 15 minutes for usage logs to be displayed in the Ansys Licensing
Portal.

The Ansys Licensing Portal includes two usage reports: Usage Transactions and Summary Statements.
To view these reports, click the Usage option on the Ansys Licensing Portal Menu and select the appro-
priate report.

2.4.1. View Usage Transactions Option

Clicking the Usage Transactions option displays the current elastic license usage details for all sessions
in a columnar format. At the top of the view, the date and time of the last transaction you received
is displayed. You can update this information by clicking Refresh.

Using the available drop-down menus, you can:

• Sort the usage transactions displayed by date or time period.

• Filter the usage transactions displayed by product, user, project, session ID and external IP
when the appropriate data exisits.

• Enabling the Active Sessions option displays only active sessions.

2.4.2. View Summary Statements Option

Clicking the Summary Statements option displays a summary report for a specific account and date
range. This summary report includes elastic license usage by purchase order details for all sessions.
To see event details, click the arrow for the appropriate session.

To change the account or date range, click the drop-down menus located at the top of the page.

Additionally, you can:

• Export the summary data as a PDF file

• Send the summary as an email attachment.

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2.5. Updating License Settings

The Settings options provide you with tools to view and configure Elastic license server settings asso-
ciated with Ansys Licensing Portal accounts.

2.5.1. Defining Ansys Licensing Portal Access and Roles

Clicking the Licensing Portal Access option displays a list of contacts and related roles for each. The
roles available are "Viewer" and "Administrator".

To add a contact:

1. Click the Licensing Portal Access option.

2. Click Add Contact.

A new row is added to the contact list.

3. Enter the contact email address in the Contact field.

4. From the Role field drop-down menu, choose Licensing Portal Administrator or Licensing Portal
Viewer.

5. Click Save to add the new contact to the list.

6. To remove a contact, click the Remove option to the right of the appropriate contact.

2.5.2. Accessing the Elastic License Server Credentials

Clicking the Elastic Credentials option displays details relating to the current Elastic License Server
configuration. The Elastic server license Id and pin are displayed. Note that a PIN is needed to enable
communications from the Ansys application to the Elastic License Server.

From this page, you can

• Change the Elastic server pin: To change a license Elastic server pin, enter the new 6 digit
pin number and click the Change Pin button. An alert is displayed, verifying that you wish to
change the pin. Click OK to change the pin. Click Cancel to revert to the last saved pin number.

• Export the Elastic server information: Clicking the Export the CLS ID and CLS PIN button
creates a json file containing the Elastic server ID and pin number. This information should be
added to the ansyslmd.ini file to allow application to server communications. For instructions
on manually updating the ansyslmd.ini file, see the Ansys Licensing Portal User's Guide.

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2.5.3. Configuring IP Address Access

Clicking the Elastic IP Settings option displays the IP address access rules that are defined for this
Elastic license server. You should add a rule for each IP address you want to give access to the Elastic
license server.

Note:

If there are no rules defined, Elastic Licensing will accept traffic from any address.

To add a rule for an IP address:

1. Click the Add Rule button.

2. Enter a Rule Name in the appropriate field.

3. Enter the corresponding IP Address in the appropriate field.

4. Click Save.

Note:

After adding a rule, only IP addresses defined with a rule will have access to
the server.

2.6. Viewing Account Emails

To view the emails exchanged between the signed in customer and the licensing portal:

1. From the Ansys Licensing Portal Menu, click Messages>Emails.

Emails that have been sent from the server account are displayed.

2. To view the details for a specific email, click the Show Detail button for the appropriate email.

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Index Summary Statements, 8

B U
Basic Terms and Definitionsl, 1 Usage Reports
Licensing Portal, 8
C Usage Transactions, 8
Credentials, 9

E
Email Accounts
Licensing Portal, 10
Entitlements, 7

F
Feedback
Licensing Portal, 6

H
Help
Licensing Portal, 6

I
IP Settings, 9

L
License Administration, 5
License Entitlements
Licensing Portal, 7
Licensing Portal
Administration, 5
Definitions, 1
Email Accounts, 10
Feedback, 6
Help, 6
License Entitlements, 7
Overview, 5
Settings, 9
Sign in, 5
Terms, 1
Usage Reports, 8

O
Overview
Licensing Portal, 5

S
Settings
Licensing Portal, 9
Sign in

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