Context
Your license has been designed to run on a specific hardware configuration and be used by a specified number of users.
You may have either node-locked licenses, which are bound to a specific system, or floating licenses, which are bound to a license server from which users can check out licenses. To activate your license(s), your license certificate (or “password”) needs to be bound to a specific machine identifier. This machine identifier is called a Host ID.
Prerequisites
Important: Before trying any of the methods below to get your machine host ID, please disable all temporary network connections (WLAN card, docking station, etc.). This ensures that the computer ID is based on a permanent network adapter. You can re-enable the temporary network connections afterwards.
Process
Node-locked licenses are licenses that unlock the product on a specific computer. The computer is specified by its host ID. Use one of the methods below to get your computer host ID on the machine where the software is installed.
1. Get your Host ID using Amira, Avizo, or PerGeos license manager - Amira 5.6 to Amira 2020.2, Avizo 8.1 to Avizo 2020.2, PerGeos 1.0 to 2020.2 only
When you launch your Amira, Avizo, or PerGeos product, if no valid license is found, the License Manager window will be displayed. If necessary, select "Help->License Manager" to display the dialog.
The Computer ID is displayed in the Computer ID field, as highlighted above. (The field name may vary depending on the version of the product.)
2. Get your Host ID using a command line
- Open a command console on Windows, a command shell on a Linux system, or a terminal window on a Mac.
- Use the cd command to go to:
- /share/license/FLEXnet subdirectory for Amira, Avizo, or PerGeos installations, where AVIZOAPPSHOME is the installation path of your Amira, Avizo, or PerGeos application.
- /arch*release/license subdirectory for Open Inventor installations, where OIVHOME is the installation path of the Open Inventor package.
- To get the host ID, execute the command lmhostid.
If more than one host ID is displayed, please select only one (see "Prerequisites").
3. Get your Host ID using the Thermo Scientific License Manager
- Install and run Thermo Scientific License Manager
- Click the Information
icon to display the Flexnet HOST ID. If more than one host ID is displayed, please select only one (see "Prerequisites").
Related link
For the floating licenses, see article KA-01257 "License Server: Add (New) Licenses - Get the License Server Host ID".