With that said, this BLOG is sure to be a go-to document for your administrator within the company, to manage your licenses and hence make sure to bookmark it! SNL Manager provides WD-40 like lubricity to diminish any “friction” for organisations when it comes to stretching your investment across the users. The ease of using a reliable client/server license distribution approach means you are no longer constrained and can easily control the flow of your “Floating” licenses.
With a few simple steps, you have successfully added your newly purchased Network serial number/seat to the SNL Manager and it’s now ready to be used. Note: As a good practice we recommend opening the SolidNetwork License Manager Server again to double-check that the server has been started. If you do not receive this message or receive an error, please contact your VAR.
This means your additional SNL serial numbers are now activated and you should have access to the newly added assets. You should see the Activation/Reactivation Succeeded page after a few seconds. After you renew your subscription, please ensure you perform this step so that the products reflect the correct Entitlement End Date, and your users can continue using these products seamlessly.
This is extremely important if your serial number includes products such as Visualise and CAM that are subscription based. NOTE: You should verify that all the network serial numbers you previously entered are listed on the serial numbers window and reactivate them all. When you get to the “Activate/Deactivate Your SOLIDWORKS Product” window, click on the “Select All” button and click “Next”. Select ‘Next’ to continue using the same firewall ports and options file settings as you had before to proceed. This will take you to the SolidNetWork License Server Information Screen. Choose the option to “Activate/Reactivate your product license” and click “Next”. This will take you to the product activation screen. Select “Modify” under License Information to start the process. This will launch the SNL Manager Server where you will have access to the “Server Administration” tab. Note: Ensure that you click the SolidNetWork License Manager Server program and not the SolidNetWork License Manager Client. First navigate to Windows ->SOLIDWORKS Tools -> SolidNetWork License Manager Server. If you are already using a network license to use SOLIDWORKS or any other SOLIDWORKS add-on, you can use the SolidNetWork License Manager Client to locate your server. You can determine the server machine by either using the SolidNetWork License Manager Client and/or the PDM Administration tool – we’ll show you how in the section below. But firstly, you will need to identify the machine where your SNL Manager Server is loaded and make sure that you have administrative access to this machine. The installation of the SNL Manager needs to be modified in order to add the new network license serial numbers. Step 2: Modify SNL Manager installation 2.1 Identify the Server machine hosting SNL
If you do not receive this and don’t know your serial number, please contact your VAR. If you’ve purchased an additional license to add to your network license pool, you should receive a notification from your VAR indicating that this has been processed along with the new serial number. Step 1: Verify your SOLIDWORKS serial number(s)
NOTE: If you’ve added seats to your existing network license serial number, jump ahead to STEP 4 on how to reactivate your license manager.
Now that we got that out of the way, let’s dive in and take a look at how to add and activate your new network license serial numbers.
When a user opens SOLIDWORKS on their computer, the software will connect to the License Manager on the server and retrieve an available license. The SNL Manager is installed on the server, and the regular SolidWorks software is installed on the users’ computer. You might be thinking, what is this SNL Manager? Well, simply put, SNL Manager is responsible for managing and distributing all your network licenses, including SOLIDWORKS PDM Licenses (both Standard and Professional). If you’ve just purchased a new network license and you’re stressing about how to add this to your existing license pool, you can relax – we’re here to save the day! This blog will show you how easy it is to add your new network serial number to a previously installed SolidNetWork License (SNL) Manager, and/or configure it to reflect the increased seats of the product.