FlexLM 8.3 upgrade to 9.2

[Mark McDonough]

I'm running FlexLM 8.3 to serve up approximately 150 Autodesk products
(AutoCAD 2004, Land Desktop, Civil, Raster Design, Map, VIZ 2005, etc). Now
I want to add four Revit 6.1 licenses, and learned I must upgrade the FlexLM
to 9.2. I was told by our local reseller support techie, that I can install
FlexLM 9.2.2 in situ, right on top of the FlexLM 8.3, and it'll upgrade it
to 9.2.2 without problems.

Reading in this NG, it seems that there are other more cautious
recommendations, such as backing up the previous FlexLM executables and
stopping the service before attempting 9.2. Any suggestions?

I have some trepidation about this because of a similar scenario, on a
different license server box for our ESRI ArcGIS licenses, that also uses
FlexLM (an older 7.0b version), and when I attempt the upgrade there
(service stopped before installation), it toasted the setup completely, and
I had to reinstall the previous version.

--

Mark McDonough
Sasaki Associates
http://www.sasaki.com

[Efim Tetelman (Autodesk,]

Hi Mark,

the easiest way is to stop service and replace installed lmgrd.exe,
lmtools.exe and lmutil.exe with the 9.2 versions, then start your service
again.

Hope this helps.

Efim



"Mark McDonough" <mmcdonough@sasaki.com> wrote in message
news:414075d0_3@newsprd01...

I'm running FlexLM 8.3 to serve up approximately 150 Autodesk products
(AutoCAD 2004, Land Desktop, Civil, Raster Design, Map, VIZ 2005, etc).
Now
I want to add four Revit 6.1 licenses, and learned I must upgrade the
FlexLM
to 9.2. I was told by our local reseller support techie, that I can
install
FlexLM 9.2.2 in situ, right on top of the FlexLM 8.3, and it'll upgrade it
to 9.2.2 without problems.

Reading in this NG, it seems that there are other more cautious
recommendations, such as backing up the previous FlexLM executables and
stopping the service before attempting 9.2. Any suggestions?

I have some trepidation about this because of a similar scenario, on a
different license server box for our ESRI ArcGIS licenses, that also uses
FlexLM (an older 7.0b version), and when I attempt the upgrade there
(service stopped before installation), it toasted the setup completely,
and
I had to reinstall the previous version.

--

Mark McDonough
Sasaki Associates
http://www.sasaki.com

[Mark McDonough]

Thanks, I'll give it a try tonight when the place isn't crawling with active
AutoCAD users.

--

Mark McDonough
Sasaki Associates
http://www.sasaki.com

"Efim Tetelman (Autodesk, Inc)" <efim.tetelman@autodesk.com> wrote in
message news:414087af$1_2@newsprd01...

Hi Mark,

the easiest way is to stop service and replace installed lmgrd.exe,
lmtools.exe and lmutil.exe with the 9.2 versions, then start your service
again.

Hope this helps.

Efim



"Mark McDonough" <mmcdonough@sasaki.com> wrote in message
news:414075d0_3@newsprd01...
I'm running FlexLM 8.3 to serve up approximately 150 Autodesk products
(AutoCAD 2004, Land Desktop, Civil, Raster Design, Map, VIZ 2005, etc).
Now
I want to add four Revit 6.1 licenses, and learned I must upgrade the
FlexLM
to 9.2. I was told by our local reseller support techie, that I can
install
FlexLM 9.2.2 in situ, right on top of the FlexLM 8.3, and it'll upgrade
it
to 9.2.2 without problems.

Reading in this NG, it seems that there are other more cautious
recommendations, such as backing up the previous FlexLM executables and
stopping the service before attempting 9.2. Any suggestions?

I have some trepidation about this because of a similar scenario, on a
different license server box for our ESRI ArcGIS licenses, that also
uses
FlexLM (an older 7.0b version), and when I attempt the upgrade there
(service stopped before installation), it toasted the setup completely,
and
I had to reinstall the previous version.

--

Mark McDonough
Sasaki Associates
http://www.sasaki.com

[JPM]

As noted above it is a simple matter of copying the 3 files over (after stopping services). I had no problem with it at all.
JPM

[Mark McDonough]

What about the 4th and last FlexLM executable file; namely adskflex.exe?
Should it be copied over too?

--

Mark McDonough
Sasaki Associates
http://www.sasaki.com

"JPM" <nospam@address.withheld> wrote in message
news:16220946.1094758583520.JavaMail.jive@jiveforu m2.autodesk.com...

As noted above it is a simple matter of copying the 3 files over (after
stopping services). I had no problem with it at all.
JPM

[JPM]

That's the daemon file that specifically identifies the product, in this case adskflex is the AutoCAD daemon for this product. It is not an update item from 8.3 to 9.2.

[jerry milana (Autodesk Co]

ADSKFLEX.EXE is updated along with the version 9.2 FLEXlm files. You can
find the new one on your product CD. You may find the whole process quicker
if you stop the license manager, uninstall it then reinstall from your CD.
Reboot when you are finished.

While you should not need it for anything you should backup your license
manager folder prior to performing either the reinstall or file replacement.
Just prudent precautions.
--
Jerry Milana,
Autodesk Consulting

"JPM" <nospam@address.withheld> wrote in message
news:3023983.1094763340120.JavaMail.jive@jiveforum 2.autodesk.com...

That's the daemon file that specifically identifies the product, in this
case adskflex is the AutoCAD daemon for this product. It is not an update

item from 8.3 to 9.2.

[Mark McDonough]

How do I stop the adskflex.exe program. Even when I stop the server, and
verify by looking at what services are running, the license server is indeed
not running. When I try to install 9.22 from CD, it still won't allow the
installation until adskflex.exe is stopped somehow. Any suggestions?

--

Mark McDonough
Sasaki Associates
http://www.sasaki.com

"jerry milana (Autodesk Consulting)" <milanaj@autodesk.com> wrote in message
news:4140cfeb$1_1@newsprd01...

ADSKFLEX.EXE is updated along with the version 9.2 FLEXlm files. You can
find the new one on your product CD. You may find the whole process
quicker
if you stop the license manager, uninstall it then reinstall from your CD.
Reboot when you are finished.

While you should not need it for anything you should backup your license
manager folder prior to performing either the reinstall or file
replacement.
Just prudent precautions.
--
Jerry Milana,
Autodesk Consulting

"JPM" <nospam@address.withheld> wrote in message
news:3023983.1094763340120.JavaMail.jive@jiveforum 2.autodesk.com...
That's the daemon file that specifically identifies the product, in this
case adskflex is the AutoCAD daemon for this product. It is not an update
item from 8.3 to 9.2.

[Mark McDonough]

I didn't make it clear, that I cannot UNINSTALL the previous version of
FlexLM becausse of the adskflex.exe running.

--

Mark McDonough
Sasaki Associates
http://www.sasaki.com

"Mark McDonough" <mmcdonough@sasaki.com> wrote in message
news:4140e313_2@newsprd01...

How do I stop the adskflex.exe program. Even when I stop the server, and
verify by looking at what services are running, the license server is
indeed
not running. When I try to install 9.22 from CD, it still won't allow the
installation until adskflex.exe is stopped somehow. Any suggestions?

--

Mark McDonough
Sasaki Associates
http://www.sasaki.com

"jerry milana (Autodesk Consulting)" <milanaj@autodesk.com> wrote in
message
news:4140cfeb$1_1@newsprd01...
ADSKFLEX.EXE is updated along with the version 9.2 FLEXlm files. You
can
find the new one on your product CD. You may find the whole process
quicker
if you stop the license manager, uninstall it then reinstall from your
CD.
Reboot when you are finished.

While you should not need it for anything you should backup your license
manager folder prior to performing either the reinstall or file
replacement.
Just prudent precautions.
--
Jerry Milana,
Autodesk Consulting

"JPM" <nospam@address.withheld> wrote in message
news:3023983.1094763340120.JavaMail.jive@jiveforum 2.autodesk.com...
That's the daemon file that specifically identifies the product, in
this
case adskflex is the AutoCAD daemon for this product. It is not an
update
item from 8.3 to 9.2.

[Efim Tetelman (Autodesk,]

Did you uninstalled your previous version of FLEXlm?

Efim


"Mark McDonough" <mmcdonough@sasaki.com> wrote in message
news:4140e313_2@newsprd01...

How do I stop the adskflex.exe program. Even when I stop the server, and
verify by looking at what services are running, the license server is
indeed
not running. When I try to install 9.22 from CD, it still won't allow the
installation until adskflex.exe is stopped somehow. Any suggestions?

--

Mark McDonough
Sasaki Associates
http://www.sasaki.com

"jerry milana (Autodesk Consulting)" <milanaj@autodesk.com> wrote in
message
news:4140cfeb$1_1@newsprd01...
ADSKFLEX.EXE is updated along with the version 9.2 FLEXlm files. You
can
find the new one on your product CD. You may find the whole process
quicker
if you stop the license manager, uninstall it then reinstall from your
CD.
Reboot when you are finished.

While you should not need it for anything you should backup your license
manager folder prior to performing either the reinstall or file
replacement.
Just prudent precautions.
--
Jerry Milana,
Autodesk Consulting

"JPM" <nospam@address.withheld> wrote in message
news:3023983.1094763340120.JavaMail.jive@jiveforum 2.autodesk.com...
That's the daemon file that specifically identifies the product, in
this
case adskflex is the AutoCAD daemon for this product. It is not an
update
item from 8.3 to 9.2.

[Efim Tetelman (Autodesk,]

It doesn't stop because you probably didn't follow the instruction for
borrowed licenses so,
you need to reboot your server, launch LMTOOLS, in Start/Stop/Reread tab
check Force Server Shutdown checkbox and then click on Stop Server button.
After that you will be able to uninstall FLEXlm.

Hope this helps.

Regards,
Efim


"Mark McDonough" <mmcdonough@sasaki.com> wrote in message
news:4140e373$1_1@newsprd01...

I didn't make it clear, that I cannot UNINSTALL the previous version of
FlexLM becausse of the adskflex.exe running.

--

Mark McDonough
Sasaki Associates
http://www.sasaki.com

"Mark McDonough" <mmcdonough@sasaki.com> wrote in message
news:4140e313_2@newsprd01...
How do I stop the adskflex.exe program. Even when I stop the server,
and
verify by looking at what services are running, the license server is
indeed
not running. When I try to install 9.22 from CD, it still won't allow
the
installation until adskflex.exe is stopped somehow. Any suggestions?

--

Mark McDonough
Sasaki Associates
http://www.sasaki.com

"jerry milana (Autodesk Consulting)" <milanaj@autodesk.com> wrote in
message
news:4140cfeb$1_1@newsprd01...
ADSKFLEX.EXE is updated along with the version 9.2 FLEXlm files. You
can
find the new one on your product CD. You may find the whole process
quicker
if you stop the license manager, uninstall it then reinstall from your
CD.
Reboot when you are finished.

While you should not need it for anything you should backup your
license
manager folder prior to performing either the reinstall or file
replacement.
Just prudent precautions.
--
Jerry Milana,
Autodesk Consulting

"JPM" <nospam@address.withheld> wrote in message
news:3023983.1094763340120.JavaMail.jive@jiveforum 2.autodesk.com...
That's the daemon file that specifically identifies the product, in
this
case adskflex is the AutoCAD daemon for this product. It is not an
update
item from 8.3 to 9.2.

[Mark McDonough]

Thanks Efim

I tried to uninstall the previous version, I'm not allowed to uninstall
because it says the adskflex.exe is in use. At one point in the process, I
did try the Force Server Shutdown switch because a couple of the licenses
are in fact borrowed, but I believe I had the same results. I will try
again another day.. following your directions, possibly I need to resort to
booting to safe mode. But obviously, I have to schedule a server outage
with our users, whish is tough with a 250 person office with 140 CAD users.

--

Mark McDonough
Sasaki Associates
http://www.sasaki.com

"Efim Tetelman (Autodesk, Inc)" <efim.tetelman@autodesk.com> wrote in
message news:4140e46b$1_2@newsprd01...

Did you uninstalled your previous version of FLEXlm?

Efim


"Mark McDonough" <mmcdonough@sasaki.com> wrote in message
news:4140e313_2@newsprd01...
How do I stop the adskflex.exe program. Even when I stop the server,
and
verify by looking at what services are running, the license server is
indeed
not running. When I try to install 9.22 from CD, it still won't allow
the
installation until adskflex.exe is stopped somehow. Any suggestions?

--

Mark McDonough
Sasaki Associates
http://www.sasaki.com

"jerry milana (Autodesk Consulting)" <milanaj@autodesk.com> wrote in
message
news:4140cfeb$1_1@newsprd01...
ADSKFLEX.EXE is updated along with the version 9.2 FLEXlm files. You
can
find the new one on your product CD. You may find the whole process
quicker
if you stop the license manager, uninstall it then reinstall from your
CD.
Reboot when you are finished.

While you should not need it for anything you should backup your
license
manager folder prior to performing either the reinstall or file
replacement.
Just prudent precautions.
--
Jerry Milana,
Autodesk Consulting

"JPM" <nospam@address.withheld> wrote in message
news:3023983.1094763340120.JavaMail.jive@jiveforum 2.autodesk.com...
That's the daemon file that specifically identifies the product, in
this
case adskflex is the AutoCAD daemon for this product. It is not an
update
item from 8.3 to 9.2.

[Efim Tetelman (Autodesk,]

I'm not sure if your users will be able to check out licenses now after you
tried to stop that server unsuccessfully, so my suggestion to you is reboot
that server and do upgrade, if you do this in less than 15 minutes your
users will not notice that FLEX server is down.

Efim


"Mark McDonough" <mmcdonough@sasaki.com> wrote in message
news:4140ea62$1_3@newsprd01...

Thanks Efim

I tried to uninstall the previous version, I'm not allowed to uninstall
because it says the adskflex.exe is in use. At one point in the process,
I
did try the Force Server Shutdown switch because a couple of the licenses
are in fact borrowed, but I believe I had the same results. I will try
again another day.. following your directions, possibly I need to resort
to
booting to safe mode. But obviously, I have to schedule a server outage
with our users, whish is tough with a 250 person office with 140 CAD
users.

--

Mark McDonough
Sasaki Associates
http://www.sasaki.com

"Efim Tetelman (Autodesk, Inc)" <efim.tetelman@autodesk.com> wrote in
message news:4140e46b$1_2@newsprd01...
Did you uninstalled your previous version of FLEXlm?

Efim


"Mark McDonough" <mmcdonough@sasaki.com> wrote in message
news:4140e313_2@newsprd01...
How do I stop the adskflex.exe program. Even when I stop the server,
and
verify by looking at what services are running, the license server is
indeed
not running. When I try to install 9.22 from CD, it still won't allow
the
installation until adskflex.exe is stopped somehow. Any suggestions?

--

Mark McDonough
Sasaki Associates
http://www.sasaki.com

"jerry milana (Autodesk Consulting)" <milanaj@autodesk.com> wrote in
message
news:4140cfeb$1_1@newsprd01...
ADSKFLEX.EXE is updated along with the version 9.2 FLEXlm files.
You
can
find the new one on your product CD. You may find the whole process
quicker
if you stop the license manager, uninstall it then reinstall from
your
CD.
Reboot when you are finished.

While you should not need it for anything you should backup your
license
manager folder prior to performing either the reinstall or file
replacement.
Just prudent precautions.
--
Jerry Milana,
Autodesk Consulting

"JPM" <nospam@address.withheld> wrote in message
news:3023983.1094763340120.JavaMail.jive@jiveforum 2.autodesk.com...
That's the daemon file that specifically identifies the product,
in
this
case adskflex is the AutoCAD daemon for this product. It is not an
update
item from 8.3 to 9.2.

[Mark McDonough]

Just to finish the thread, we upgraded successfully. It was necessary to
change the startup properties on the services from automatic to manual, so
that the service wasn't running with the next reboot, then we were able to
uninstall 8.3 and install 9.22, and all licenses including the new Revits
reported as available.

--

Mark McDonough
Sasaki Associates
http://www.sasaki.com

"Efim Tetelman (Autodesk, Inc)" <efim.tetelman@autodesk.com> wrote in
message news:4140ec34$1_1@newsprd01...

I'm not sure if your users will be able to check out licenses now after
you
tried to stop that server unsuccessfully, so my suggestion to you is
reboot
that server and do upgrade, if you do this in less than 15 minutes your
users will not notice that FLEX server is down.

Efim


"Mark McDonough" <mmcdonough@sasaki.com> wrote in message
news:4140ea62$1_3@newsprd01...
Thanks Efim

I tried to uninstall the previous version, I'm not allowed to uninstall
because it says the adskflex.exe is in use. At one point in the
process,
I
did try the Force Server Shutdown switch because a couple of the
licenses
are in fact borrowed, but I believe I had the same results. I will try
again another day.. following your directions, possibly I need to resort
to
booting to safe mode. But obviously, I have to schedule a server outage
with our users, whish is tough with a 250 person office with 140 CAD
users.

--

Mark McDonough
Sasaki Associates
http://www.sasaki.com

"Efim Tetelman (Autodesk, Inc)" <efim.tetelman@autodesk.com> wrote in
message news:4140e46b$1_2@newsprd01...
Did you uninstalled your previous version of FLEXlm?

Efim


"Mark McDonough" <mmcdonough@sasaki.com> wrote in message
news:4140e313_2@newsprd01...
How do I stop the adskflex.exe program. Even when I stop the
server,
and
verify by looking at what services are running, the license server
is
indeed
not running. When I try to install 9.22 from CD, it still won't
allow
the
installation until adskflex.exe is stopped somehow. Any
suggestions?

--

Mark McDonough
Sasaki Associates
http://www.sasaki.com

"jerry milana (Autodesk Consulting)" <milanaj@autodesk.com> wrote in
message
news:4140cfeb$1_1@newsprd01...
ADSKFLEX.EXE is updated along with the version 9.2 FLEXlm files.
You
can
find the new one on your product CD. You may find the whole
process
quicker
if you stop the license manager, uninstall it then reinstall from
your
CD.
Reboot when you are finished.

While you should not need it for anything you should backup your
license
manager folder prior to performing either the reinstall or file
replacement.
Just prudent precautions.
--
Jerry Milana,
Autodesk Consulting

"JPM" <nospam@address.withheld> wrote in message

news:3023983.1094763340120.JavaMail.jive@jiveforum 2.autodesk.com...
That's the daemon file that specifically identifies the product,
in
this
case adskflex is the AutoCAD daemon for this product. It is not
an
update
item from 8.3 to 9.2.