This section summarizes the commands used to perform an Abaqus installation on a computer that has a locally mounted DVD. If you are installing Abaqus on a computer using a remotely mounted DVD, see “Accessing the installation files from a remotely mounted DVD,” Section D.1. Because Windows User Account Control (UAC) alters shared network mapped drives, you cannot install Abaqus when the DVD is mounted on a shared network drive. To work around this problem, either disable UAC or copy the installation DVD contents to the local hard drive and run the installer from there.
If you are performing an installation on a computer with previous releases of Abaqus installed on it, Abaqus 6.14 release is installed using the same directory structure as the previous installations (see Appendix B, “Abaqus release directories and files,” for details). If you are installing Abaqus for the first time, create a parent directory structure for Abaqus. The recommended path for this directory structure is SIMULIA/Abaqus/. Throughout this guide, the SIMULIA directory is referred to as simulia_dir in directory path listings; Abaqus documentation and licensing are installed in simulia_dir. The SIMULIA/Abaqus/ directory is referred to as abaqus_dir in directory path listings; the Abaqus products are installed in abaqus_dir.
Insert the appropriate DVD in the drive. On Windows platforms a startup screen is provided from which you can launch the commands used to perform an Abaqus installation, the command to run the system information utility, and other installation-related tasks.
If the DVD does not mount automatically, issue the DVD mount command for the platform on which you are installing Abaqus.
Online documentation for all Abaqus releases, including general and extended functionality releases, is provided in two formats: HTML and PDF. There are several options for installing the documentation and making it available to your Abaqus users:
Install HTML and PDF on a server on your network, and use web server software to serve both formats to users (this is the most common choice).
Install multiple copies of the PDF files on individual users' machines, where they can view it locally using a PDF viewer such as Adobe Acrobat Reader.
Skip the documentation installer, and simply copy the PDF files from the DVD to any computers or disks.
You must have write permission in the directory where documentation is installed. Administrator privileges are required to run the installer on Windows platforms.
The commands and options used to install documentation are described below. For more details about the documentation installation options, see “Abaqus documentation installation details,” Section 2.2.
To install Abaqus documentation:
From the SIMULIA parent directory, execute the following command or use the following option:
Linux platforms
/doc_dir/setup [-replay full_path_to_replay_file]
where doc_dir is the directory used when the Documentation DVD was mounted or where the documentation installation files reside.
Windows platforms
From the startup screen, select Install Abaqus Documentation.
From the command line, type
doc_drive:\setup.exe [-replay full_path_to_replay_file]
where doc_drive is the DVD-ROM drive that contains the Documentation DVD.
Command option
-replay full_path_to_replay_file
Use this option to perform additional identical documentation installations without having to reenter the same information for each installation. For more information, see “Repeating documentation installations on multiple computers,” Section 2.2.2.
Follow the instructions in the dialog boxes that appear to complete the installation. Choose which formats of documentation to install:
HTML and PDF
PDF only
If you installed the HTML and PDF format and selected the “Abaqus web server” or “no web server” option, you are provided with a URL that points to your HTML documentation when the installer completes. This URL is also written to a log file in the following location:
simulia_dir/Documentation/installation_info/v6.14/info.logIf you selected the “existing non-Abaqus web server” option, a sample URL is written to the info.log file. To access the HTML documentation from the Abaqus products, you must provide a valid URL during each subsequent Abaqus product installation.
If you installed only the PDF documentation, the path to the index.pdf file is shown.
To copy the PDF documentation from the DVD (without running the installer)
Find the directory pdf_docs/ on the documentation DVD. Copy the entire contents of this directory.
To view the documentation, open the file index.pdf in a PDF viewer or web browser.
You may copy the PDF documentation in accordance with the following terms:
Use of this material is governed by your Abaqus software license agreement.
Keep the documentation confidential and utilize your best efforts to prevent unauthorized disclosure or use of any Abaqus Program including the Abaqus documentation for such program.
Treat all Abaqus Programs including the Abaqus documentation with the same degree of care that you treat like information of your own that you do not want publicly disclosed or the subject of unauthorized access or use.
Do not make or permit to be made any more copies of any Abaqus Program including the Abaqus documentation than are authorized by your Abaqus software license agreement.
You can use either FLEXnet or Dassault Systèmes licensing with Abaqus, depending on which type of license file you have. The Abaqus product installer lets you choose which type of license server to install. For Dassault Systèmes licensing, the Abaqus installer will install the Dassault Systèmes license server (DSLS) software on any computer with a supported platform (operating system).
The DSLS software package includes the Dassault Systèmes License Server Installation and Configuration Guide (DSLS.pdf), which contains instructions for configuring the license server and administering licenses. Refer to this guide for all DSLS licensing operations. You can find the DSLS.pdf file on the Licensing & Products DVD in the following location:
/dvd_dir/DSLS/DSLS.pdf
To install the Dassault Systèmes license server, you must be an Administrator on Windows or root on UNIX/Linux. The Dassault Systèmes license server is supported only with Abaqus 6.12 and higher.
Dassault Systèmes license server version R2014x is required for Abaqus 6.14.
Virtual machines, such as VMware, are not supported. It is not possible to install or run the Dassault Systèmes license server on a virtual machine.
After installation, you can use the dslsstat utility to check the DSLS status; see “Using the dslsstat utility for a Dassault Systèmes license server,” Section 3.9.
A new license file allows you to run all maintenance deliveries of the current version as well as the next two major releases.
The Dassault Systèmes license server should be installed on only one computer unless you are using a redundant license server configuration. The server computers that you choose for documentation and licensing should be accessible by all computers on the network where you plan to run Abaqus and should be stable machines that are not frequently rebooted or shut down.
Automatic configuration is recommended for most users, particularly those whose primary responsibility is not computer system or network administration. You can allow the installer to install, configure, and start the Dassault Systèmes license server automatically.
You can start the DSLS installer from within the Abaqus product installer or directly from the DVD:
To use the Abaqus product installer, follow these steps:
From the SIMULIA parent directory, execute the following command:
/dvd_dir/setupwhere dvd_dir is the directory used when the Licensing & Products DVD was mounted or where the licensing installation files reside.
In the Installation type panel, choose Dassault Systèmes License Server (DSLS).
Follow the instructions in the dialog boxes that appear to complete the installation.
To start the DSLS installer directly from the DVD, follow these steps:
Set the DISPLAY environment variable for your computer.
Change directory (cd) into one of the following OS/platform-specific directories:
/dvd_dir/DSLS/AIX/ /dvd_dir/DSLS/SUN/ /dvd_dir/DSLS/RedHat/ /dvd_dir/DSLS/Suse/
Execute the file startInstLicServ.
Follow the instructions in the dialog boxes that appear to complete the installation.
You can start the DSLS installer in any of the following ways on Windows:
From the DVD startup screen, select Install Dassault Systèmes License Server (DSLS).
In Windows Explorer, browse to the DVD and double-click the DSLS installer:
dvd_drive:\DSLS\SetupDSLSmsi.exe
To start the DSLS installer from within the Abaqus product installer, follow these steps:
From the startup screen, select Install Abaqus Product and Licensing, or execute the setup.exe file from the command line:
dvd_drive:\setup.exe
In the Installation type panel, choose Dassault Systèmes License Server (DSLS).
Follow the instructions in the dialog boxes that appear to complete the installation.
You must have an Abaqus 6.14 FLEXnet license file to set up an Abaqus FLEXnet license server. FLEXnet Abaqus 6.14 licensing uses FLEXnet Licensing Version 11.6.1. A license file allows you to run subsequent Abaqus 6.14 maintenance deliveries, previous releases dating back to Abaqus 6.2-7, and two future major releases. For example, a new license file for Abaqus 6.14-1 can be used to run all Abaqus 6.14 maintenance deliveries (Abaqus 6.14-2, Abaqus 6.14-3, etc.) and any earlier releases of Abaqus (Abaqus 6.13, Abaqus 6.12, etc.) still installed on your network. To request an Abaqus license file, contact your local sales office.
FLEXnet Abaqus licensing should be installed on only one computer unless you are using a redundant license server configuration. The server computers that you choose for documentation and licensing should be accessible by all computers on the network where you plan to run Abaqus and should be stable machines that are not frequently rebooted or shut down.
Before installing the Abaqus products, you must have a FLEXnet network license server that is compatible with Abaqus 6.14 installed and running on your network.
Select the licensing installation you want to perform from the following scenarios:
Automatic configuration is recommended for most users, particularly those whose primary responsibility is not computer system or network administration. Allow the installer to install, configure, and start the Abaqus FLEXnet license server for you automatically. An existing license server using a version of FLEXnet Licensing prior to Version 11.6.1 is upgraded automatically during the installation procedure if it was previously installed and configured using the Abaqus licensing installation procedure. For redundant license servers the installation will install and configure the Abaqus license servers automatically, but you will have to manually start each server. Use this method for ease of maintenance so that future upgrades can be configured automatically.
Manual configuration is required for combining FLEXnet license files with other vendors. At the beginning of the installation, select Just install the licensing utilities. You will need to configure and start the Abaqus FLEXnet license server manually. Use this method to allow the system administrator more control.
Abaqus 6.14 requires lmgrd Version 11.6.1 or higher. If you integrate your Abaqus license features with other products using a FLEXnet Licensing combined license file, ensure that your version of lmgrd meets this requirement. For more information, refer to the FLEXnet Licensing End User Guide Version 11.6, which is available from the Licensing section of the Support page at www.3ds.com/simulia.
To install Abaqus FLEXnet licensing:
From the SIMULIA parent directory, execute the following command or use the following option:
Linux platforms
/dvd_dir/setup
where dvd_dir is the directory used when the Licensing & Products DVD was mounted or where the licensing installation files reside.
Windows platforms
From the startup screen, select Install Abaqus Product and Licensing.
From the command line, type
dvd_drive:\setup.exe
where dvd_drive is the DVD-ROM drive that contains the Licensing & Products DVD.
In the Installation type panel, choose SIMULIA FLEXnet License Server.
If you have an existing Abaqus FLEXnet license server on this system, the installer attempts to stop the license server; if unable to do so, it provides the option to install only the licensing administration tools. If you install only the FLEXnet licensing administration tools, you must manually configure the license server. If the installer is unable to stop the existing license server and you want to complete a full automatic license server installation, you need to stop the existing server using the procedure described below.
Follow the instructions in the dialog boxes that appear to complete the licensing installation.
On Linux platforms, the Abaqus FLEXnet license server does not restart automatically after a system reboot by default. If you are installing a newFLEXnet license server, you must add the Abaqus licensing command to your system startup script if you wish to have theFLEXnet license server restart automatically. The command that was used to start the license server is written to
simulia_dir/License/installation_info/license_startup.txtOn Windows platforms, an automatically configured license server starts automatically upon reboot.
Stopping and removing an existing FLEXnet license server
If you have an existing FLEXnet license server from a previous release of Abaqus running on your system, you will need to remove it before installing the new license server. The licensing installer will attempt to remove the existing server automatically. If it is unable to do so, you should remove the existing server using one of the following procedures:
Linux platforms
Enter the command
simulia_dir/License/lmdown -c [port]@license_server_host -vendor ABAQUSLMwhere license_server_host is the hostname of the FLEXnet license server. If the license server is using a port that is not between 27000 and 27009, you must specify the port number as well.
Verify that the server has been stopped by running the command
simulia_dir/License/lmstat -c [port]@license_server_hostVerify that no ABAQUSLM vendor daemons are reported. An error status message may appear if the Abaqus FLEXnet license server was successfully stopped and there are no other vendor daemons running on the specified host.
Windows platforms
In addition to terminating the FLEXnet license server, you must remove licensing as a Windows service.
From the Start menu, select Programs
Abaqus releaseLicensing, where release refers to the Abaqus release, to display the LMTOOLS dialog box.
Verify Configuration using Services is enabled on the Service/License File tabbed page.
Select the Start/Stop/Reread tab, select the appropriate Abaqus 6.x license server, where 6.x refers to the Abaqus release, and click Stop Server.
Select the Config Services tab, select the appropriate Abaqus 6.x license server, and click Remove Service.
Select FileExit to close the LMTOOLS dialog box.
To install the Abaqus products, you must have a network license server that is compatible with Abaqus 6.14 installed and running on your network. It is also recommended that you perform the documentation installation before installing Abaqus products to obtain the URL for the HTML documentation (or the base installation directory for PDF files) and to enable access to the documentation from Abaqus. You will be asked to provide the following information relating to the documentation and licensing installations:
The hostname of your license server(s) (REQUIRED).
One of the following (depending on which formats of documentation were installed):
The URL for the Abaqus HTML documentation (optional, but recommended). If you did not install the Abaqus HTML documentation before the products or if you do not specify the URL, you must perform additional steps to enable access to the HTML documentation from the Abaqus products (see “Setting the documentation URL after installation,” Section C.2).
The path to the base installation directory (simulia_dir) under which the PDF documentation files are installed (if only the PDF was installed or if you prefer PDF over HTML). Entering this path when the installer prompts you will configure the abaqus doc command to open PDF rather than HTML documentation. See “Abaqus documentation,” Section 3.2.11 of the Abaqus Analysis User's Guide, for more information.
The commands and options used to install the Abaqus products are described below. For a more complete discussion of the Abaqus product installation options, see “Abaqus product installation details,” Section 2.4.
To install the Abaqus products:
From the Abaqus parent directory, execute the following command or use the following option:
Linux platforms
/prod_dir/setup [-jre system|path_to_jre] [-replay full_path_to_replay_file] [-sysinfo] [-help]where prod_dir is the directory used when the Licensing & Products DVD was mounted or where the product installation files reside.
Windows platforms
From the startup screen, select Install Abaqus Product and Licensing.
From the command line, type
prod_drive:\setup.exe [-replay full_path_to_replay_file] [-sysinfo] [-help]where prod_drive is the DVD-ROM drive that contains the Licensing & Products DVD. You cannot use a Universal Naming Convention (UNC) path to run the command-line installer.
Command options
-jre system|path_to_jre
Specify the Java Runtime Environment (JRE) to use for installation. This option is not normally required as JREs for most supported platforms are included with the installation disk and used by default. Specify the value system to use the system JRE, if installed; or specify the full path to a user-defined JRE. To use a system JRE, the java command must be in your PATH environment variable and the JRE must be Version 1.5 or later.
-replay full_path_to_replay_file
Use this option to perform additional identical installations without having to reenter the same information for each installation. For more information, see “Repeating product installations on multiple computers,” Section 2.4.3.
-sysinfo
This option lists information about your system's software and hardware resources. Abaqus is not installed if this option is used, and all other command options are ignored.
-help
Display setup options.
In the Installation type panel, choose Abaqus Product.
Follow the instructions in the dialog boxes that appear to complete the product installation.