Common Windows Configurations

Configuration

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Common Windows Configuration 1:

(Ansoft recommends this option if remote machines will also be used as local machines.)

All local machine users should solve as a common user on the remote machine (hereafter known as the remote process user). The user name and password for the remote process user must be provided to each local machine user.

Note: If any local or remote machines are Unix-based, this configuration cannot be used.

a) Only the remote process user must be configured on the remote machine.

b) Local analyses on the remote machine continue to work as they did previously.

a) The license log file will show that the remote process user checked out the license, regardless of the local machine user.

Common Windows Configuration 2:

(Ansoft recommends this option if remote machines are not used as local machines; e.g. compute farm.)

All local machine users should solve as a common user on the remote machine (hereafter known as the remote process user). The user name and password for the remote process user need not be provided to each local machine user; it will be stored on the remote machine only.

a) The remote process user must only be specified on the remote machine.

b) The password information for the remote process user can be restricted.

a) Local analyses on the remote machine can only be performed if the machine is treated as a remote machine at runtime.

b) The license log file will show that the remote process user checked out the license, regardless of the local machine user.

Common Windows Configuration 3:

Any local machine user should be able to solve as themself on the remote machine.

a) There are no user restrictions — anyone can solve on the remote machine.

b) License checkouts are performed as the user who requested the analysis.

c) Each local machine user's individual configuration (e.g., number of processors) is used only by that local machine user.

a) Each local machine user must run the software one time on each remote machine to configure the settings used when solving.