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WCommute.exe is a utility for checking out network license for a computer that is connected to the network with license server.

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License checkout procedure

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titleNOTE

Please leave the Check Out Authorization for Remote Machine box blank unless the check out is for a user who is unable to connect to the LAN, has run WRCommute.exe, and has sent you the computer locking code.

License check-in procedure

License will return back to the server once the check out period has expired. Instructions to check in a license before the check out period has expired, and the license was checked out using the procedure above, is summarized below. The license can only be checked in from the machine it was checked out on. 

  1. Run the WCommute.exe utility found in the program installation directory.
  2. Select Search Subnet to locate the server or alternatively select Single Server, to look for the server by specifying the name or IP Address of the server.
  3. Select the checked out product and version (checked out asset will be marked with a red check).
  4. Select Check In.

 


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titleIMPORTANT

The system environment variable LSFORCEHOST typically needs to be set on the workstation as: LSFORCEHOST = no-net.

This process is as follows:

  1. Run WlmAdmin.exe, which is found in SAP2000\ETABS\SAFE > Program Folder.
  2. Record the IP address of the program server.
  3. For Windows NT, 2000, and XP, open Control Panel > Systems > Advanced (tab) > Environment Variable > System Variable, then enter the information which follows:

    When connecting to the network, LSFORCEHOST = IP address of the program server

    When disconnecting from the network, LSFORCEHOST = no-net
  4. Reboot the workstation.

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Related Emails:

  • Email "Difference between WRCommute and WCommute: WCommute enables a network license to be checked back in without a cleaning code": ( → , 6/23/2010, ID 2590838)

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