At one point it just created a text file that you could point your new install to. I usually forget to use it when I uninstall however and get phonecalls from Autodesk asking why we have 30 copies installed on 5 licences :hide:

However the last time I used it I remember it being pretty painless and easy to use. Do you have network or standalone installs? both come with the ability to install on 3 machines - work, laptop & home. Standalone uses the same SN for everything, a network license the home license will be a different SN that you have to request.

Chad,
Everything is standalone. I would love to test against a flexLM server, but spending the extra grand just for testing just isn't in the cards. I know technically you can install on work, laptop and home, and truthfully I could not run both VMs at once anyway, as they each are configured for 8GB of RAM and the machine only has 16. BUT, technically it would be two installs on the work machine, and I have little faith in Autodesk understanding the subtle reality.
Now this wee file of yours could be really useful, but I expect I will be wiping my VM 2-3 time a day, for a week, as I test multiple deployment scenarios. Would hate to have Autodesk get their panties all in a knot, which they are won't to do. ;0 Of course if I use the LTU i would be activating and deactivating that much, which also might get their knickers twisted.

Gordon

They are suprisingly understanding when it comes to this stuff. When they called me I had just reinstalled on some machines that crashed and had to be wiped without being able to use the utility. I explained everything and once I did the rep was super nice. They know that machines crash and sometimes a license can't be transfered. You might call first and ask how they would like you to proceed - they can note the account so you dont get an angry letter.

Do you have a spare box laying around you could use? I kept some of our old PC's when we upgraded and use one of them for batch plotting and miscelaneous stuff that I don't want to tie up my machine for.

Yeah, so second machine option. i have my MacBook Pro, and i run multiple VMs for testing. So much better than a physical machine, as I can roll the VM back to a pre deployment state in like 3 minutes. Getting a fresh OS on a physical machine take forever by comparison.

i suspect I will just authorize the test VM, and then try using the LTU between sessions. At least that way I am not risking my production machine. And if Autodesk has a problem, they can call me in Berlin and complain.

Gordon

Hi Gordon - yes, Autodesk web infrastructure is often a mess, but I've used the LTU quite a few times, and it's generally worked very well. I'd say just go for it.

I've used it for Autocad and it works like a charm. Fast and easy.
Your Autodesk Login, your password and you're done.

I have had the same results as Alex. Also, I do agree witht he others that Autodesk is generally very helpful. Recently we had a machine completely die, so I was unable to use the LTO to decomission the license on the dead machine. I called them and they were very easy to deal with, and quickly got the old license decomissioned.

OK, you guys convinced me.Now, I hope someone sees where I am going wrong.

So, I have a fresh Virtual Machine, on which I installed BDS Premium from the thumb drive media. I activated this install (second activation of 2013) and immediately released the license via License Transfer Utility.

Then, on another fresh VM, I installed RAC from a Deployment I made. Install goes fine, but when I try to launch LTU and pick up the license I just made available, I get nothing. LTU doesn't even launch. I also fired up RAC in case LTU needed some data or reg setting or whatever. But I did not authorize, as that would be a third authorization. I assume I need to use LTU to pull the license over, or do I actually just authorize it, as there is a license "available"?

Again, the goal is to get a licensed copy that allows some automated deployment stuff to run when I log in as a regular user. Then I wipe the machine, run another deployment with different conditions, get a license for that install and test.

Anyone see anything in that scenario that screams "Well, no %@$# you can't do that!"

Thanks!
Gordon

Have you tried to launch the LTU "as administrator" ?