Automatic Connection to a License Server When Starting Tecplot 360

Problem: I want Tecplot 360 to automatically connect to a license server upon startup in the GUI or in batch mode.   Solution: Tecplot 360 offers two methods to automatically connect to a license server: creating an environment variable or updating a license file. Automatically connecting to a license server is especially important with headless machines. See more details on these two methods in the sections below.   Method 1 […]

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Install Tecplot licensing with an existing RLM install

Problem: Unable to run multiple applications with RLM. In case you have already installed RLM for other products. Solution: In the case where RLM is installed previously or separately of Tecplot (i.e., not from the Tecplot website RLM download), one can add the tecplotlm.lic and teclmd.set files to the location of the RLM directory (where the executable rlm.exe is located) to allow both applications to run on the Reprise License […]

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Cannot install Reprise License Manager

Problem: After uninstalling the previous license manager FLEXnet or after uninstalling the Reprise License Manager I cannot install or re-install the Reprise License Manager and/or I receive the error message that teclmd is already running. Solution: Tecplot 360 2009 and Tecplot Focus 2009 use the Reprise License Manager (RLM) to control access to use the products. Since 2008 R2 and previous versions used FLEXnet as the license manager and both […]

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