Lumerical now supports the "BORROW" licensing feature on the Ansys license manager. The guidelines on this page show how to configure Lumerical using the Ansys client settings to "BORROW" a license increment from the Ansys license manager. Consult with your Ansys Account Manager for this feature on your Enterprise product license.
Important
- Ansys Lumerical 2023 and newer.
- Ansys license manager 2022 and newer with Enterprise product license that has the BORROW feature enabled (when generating/creating the license file: "BORROW=720").
- Not supported on Ansys Business and Academic (Standard) licenses.
- Client machine should be running on a supported Windows operating system.
- License BORROW is not supported on Linux.
Borrow licensing feature
- The following Ansys Lumerical enterprise license features can be "borrowed" for up to a maximum of 720 hours (30 days).
lumerical_gui, lumerical_solve, anshpc_pack, and anshpc - After which the license feature will be automatically "returned" to the Ansys license manager.
- This is very useful when you are running Lumerical on a Windows laptop or you are remotely connecting to your license server from your home computer.
- With license borrowing, you can run Lumerical up to a maximum of 30 days without having to connect to the Ansys license server on your network.
- The borrowed license can be returned before the "return" date. Otherwise, it will be automatically returned on the "return" date indicated on the Ansys client settings.
- The client machine must be connected to the license server when "borrowing" or "returning" the license.
Borrow licensing process
To borrow an enterprise product license feature:
- Open the Ansys Optics launcher -> License configuration.
- Select "Use Ansys Client Settings" from the 'Lumerical license configuration options'.
- "Apply" and restart the Optics Launcher when prompted.
- "Open Ansys Client Settings".
- Set the license configuration as shown in this KB guide.
- Navigate to the Borrow section.
- "Select Increments" drop-down menu to select the license feature you will "borrow".
- Select the "Return Date".
- Click "Borrow" to save.
- Your borrowed entitlements with the corresponding return date will be shown.
- Disconnect from your license server and continue to use Lumerical on your local computer.
Returning borrowed increments
- Open the Ansys Client Settings utility from the Lumerical launcher -> License configuration.
- Navigate to the Borrow section on the left
- Click "Return" on the right of the borrowed entitlement to return the entitlement.
- Hit "Return All" to return all of the borrowed entitlement.
- All borrowed entitlements will be automatically returned and checked back into the license server on the indicated return date.