Installation Guide. For Linux Systems

Transcription

1 Installation Guide For Linux Systems

2 Copyright and Disclaimer 2010 Autodesk, Inc. All rights reserved. Except as otherwise permitted by Autodesk, Inc., this publication, or parts thereof, may not be reproduced in any form, by any method, for any purpose. Certain materials included in this publication are reprinted with the permission of the copyright holder. The following are registered trademarks or trademarks of Autodesk, Inc., and/or its subsidiaries and/or affiliates in the USA and other countries: 3DEC (design/logo), 3December, 3December.com, 3ds Max, Algor, Alias, Alias (swirl design/logo), AliasStudio, Alias Wavefront (design/logo), ATC, AUGI, AutoCAD, AutoCAD Learning Assistance, AutoCAD LT, AutoCAD Simulator, AutoCAD SQL Extension, AutoCAD SQL Interface, Autodesk, Autodesk Envision, Autodesk Intent, Autodesk Inventor, Autodesk Map, Autodesk MapGuide, Autodesk Streamline, AutoLISP, AutoSnap, AutoSketch, AutoTrack, Backburner, Backdraft, Built with ObjectARX (logo), Burn, Buzzsaw, CAiCE, Civil 3D, Cleaner, Cleaner Central, ClearScale, Colour Warper, Combustion, Communication Specification, Constructware, Content Explorer, Dancing Baby (image), DesignCenter, Design Doctor, Designer's Toolkit, DesignKids, DesignProf, DesignServer, DesignStudio, Design Web Format, Discreet, DWF, DWG, DWG (logo), DWG Extreme, DWG TrueConvert, DWG TrueView, DXF, Ecotect, Exposure, Extending the Design Team, Face Robot, FBX, Fempro, Fire, Flame, Flare, Flint, FMDesktop, Freewheel, GDX Driver, Green Building Studio, Heads-up Design, Heidi, HumanIK, IDEA Server, i-drop, ImageModeler, imout, Incinerator, Inferno, Inventor, Inventor LT, Kaydara, Kaydara (design/logo), Kynapse, Kynogon, LandXplorer, Lustre, MatchMover, Maya, Mechanical Desktop, Moldflow, Moonbox, MotionBuilder, Movimento, MPA, MPA (design/logo), Moldflow Plastics Advisers, MPI, Moldflow Plastics Insight, MPX, MPX (design/logo), Moldflow Plastics Xpert, Mudbox, Multi-Master Editing, Navisworks, ObjectARX, ObjectDBX, Open Reality, Opticore, Opticore Opus, Pipeplus, PolarSnap, PortfolioWall, Powered with Autodesk Technology, Productstream, ProjectPoint, ProMaterials, RasterDWG, RealDWG, Real-time Roto, Recognize, Render Queue, Retimer, Reveal, Revit, Showcase, ShowMotion, SketchBook, Smoke, Softimage, Softimage XSI (design/logo), Sparks, SteeringWheels, Stitcher, Stone, StudioTools, ToolClip, Topobase, Toxik, TrustedDWG, ViewCube, Visual, Visual LISP, Volo, Vtour, Wire, Wiretap, WiretapCentral, XSI, and XSI (design/logo). ACE, TAO, CIAO, and CoSMIC are copyrighted by Douglas C. Schmidt and his research group at Washington University, University of California, Irvine, and Vanderbilt University, Copyright (c) , all rights reserved. Python is a registered trademark of Python Software Foundation. All other brand names, product names or trademarks belong to their respective holders. Disclaimer THIS PUBLICATION AND THE INFORMATION CONTAINED HEREIN IS MADE AVAILABLE BY AUTODESK, INC. "AS IS." AUTODESK, INC. DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO ANY IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE REGARDING THESE MATERIALS. Documentation Team Judy Bayne, Grahame Fuller, Amy Green, Edna Kruger, and Naomi Yamamoto

3 Contents Contents Installing and Licensing Softimage on Linux Installing the Autodesk Network License Server Installing A Network-Licensed Version of Softimage Installing Softimage and Satellite Distributed Rendering Uninstalling Softimage Installation Guide 3

4 Installing and Licensing Softimage on Linux On Linux 64-bit operating systems, Autodesk Softimage is installed and run with Autodesk network licensing only. Follow the quick steps for: Installing the Autodesk Network License Server on page 5. Installing A Network-Licensed Version of Softimage on page 8. Installing Softimage and Satellite Distributed Rendering on page 12 Uninstalling Softimage on page 19. Installation Guide 4

5 Installing and Licensing Softimage on Linux Installing the Autodesk Network License Server These are the basic steps for installing and configuring an Autodesk network license server. Once your server is set up, you can install and run network-licensed versions of Autodesk Softimage. For complete descriptions of all procedures and features of network licensing, please refer to the Autodesk Network Licensing Guide and the FLEXnet License Administration Guide. Install the Autodesk Network License Manager The Network License Manager is used to configure and manage the license servers. The Autodesk Network License Manager consists of the following files: lmgrd, adskflex, and lmutil. lmgrd is the license server manager and it is controlled from a command-line. If you are running the license server on a pure IPv6 network, you must install the Autodesk Network License Manager for IPv6. This package is available from the RPMS folder on the Softimage DVD or it can be downloaded from linux. 1. The license server manager files are packaged as an RPM that is available as a download with the Web setup package or directly from the Softimage DVD. 2. The RPM is named /RPMS/adlmflexnetserver x86_64.rpm. To extract the files, enter the following at a prompt: rpm -ivh adlmflexnetserver x86_64.rpm The license server manager files are extracted by default to the following location: /opt/flexneterver 3. Create an empty licenses.lic file that will contain your Autodesk license keys and save it on your server (you can name the license file anything you want). The suggested location is to create a /license sub folder under the folder where your license server manager files are located. For example: /opt/flexnetserver/license/licenses.lic 5 Autodesk Softimage

6 Installing the Autodesk Network License Server Register & Activate at registeronce.autodesk.com 4. Go online at to register and activate your licenses on your network license server. 5. Log in to your Autodesk account with a valid User ID and Password. If you do not have an Autodesk user account, you must create one. Click Create User ID Now. 6. Choose the Account for which you are registering your product. Click Next. 7. On the Product Registration & Activation page, make the following selections: - Select the product s operating system. - Enter the product s serial number. 8. Enter your network server information: - Choose your network server type: Single, Redundant, or Distributed server. - Enter the host name (computer name) of your server. To get the server s name, you can type the following at a prompt:./lmutil lmhostid -hostname - Enter the server ID. To get the server s ID, you can type the following at a prompt:./lmutil lmhostid 9. Click Next. 10. When the License(s) Received window is displayed, your license file is ready to be saved. Click Save License File. 11. Specify the location where you want to save your license file. For example: /opt/flexnetserver/license/licenses.lic 12. Click Save and wait for the download to complete. Click Close. 13. You can Log Off and close your browser. Installation Guide 6

7 Installing and Licensing Softimage on Linux Start the License Server Manager The license server manager, lmgrd, is started either manually on the command line or automatically at system startup. You should start lmgrd only on the system specified on the SERVER line in the license file. - Start your license server manager from the command line using the full path to your license file:./lmgrd -c <path>/licenses.lic -l <path>/debug.log Start lmgrd by a user other than root since processes started by root can introduce security risks. If lmgrd must be started by the root user, use the su command to run lmgrd as a non-privileged user: su username -c "lmgrd -c <path>/licenses.lic -l <path>/debug.log" - You can also configure the license server manager to run automatically at startup. Please refer to the documentation for your particular Linux distribution on how to configure a process to run as a service. There is also an example for how to edit the boot script in the FLEXnet License Administration Guide. With your server up and running, you are ready to install networklicensed versions of Autodesk Softimage, see Installing A Network- Licensed Version of Softimage on page 8. 7 Autodesk Softimage

8 Installing A Network-Licensed Version of Softimage Installing A Network-Licensed Version of Softimage These are the basic steps for installing and running a network-licensed version of Autodesk Softimage on a Linux system. The Setup program installs the Softimage software files and then prompts you to enter the name of the Autodesk license server(s) from where you will obtain your activated license. It is assumed that your license server has already been set up and started as described in Installing the Autodesk Network License Server on page Run the Softimage Setup program. You can run the setup program directly from the Software DVD or you can download and extract it from the Web setup package onto your hard disk. 2. Accept the End User License Agreement (EULA). 3. Specify the installation path. For more information, see Specifying the Destination Folder on page Select Typical Install, Custom Install, or Render Slave as the setup type. A Typical Install of Softimage includes the mental ray Satellite rendering software (raysat); however, the Satellite distributed rendering service is not configured unless you choose the Custom Install option as described in Installing Softimage and Satellite Distributed Rendering on page 12. The Render Slave option installs and configures only the Satellite distributed rendering service without installing Softimage. Installation Guide 8

9 Installing and Licensing Softimage on Linux 5. Select the Autodesk license server. In the Server hostname box, enter the computer name or IP address of the computer that is running the license server. 9 Autodesk Softimage

10 Installing A Network-Licensed Version of Softimage When running a license server and Softimage on the same dual stack IPV4 and IPV6 machine, in order for the client to correctly access the license server do not use the hostname or the localhost alias in the server name text box. Instead, the server name must be set to (the loopback IP address). To prevent a connection error, the setup program will automatically append ;@ to the environment variable ADSKFLEX_LICENSE_FILE. This solution will also work on a pure IPv6 machine. 6. Assuming that you already have the license server installed, click Test to verify that your computer can connect to the license server. A message appears confirming if the server was reached. 7. If the server was successfully reached, click Add to append this server name to the _ADSK_LicServers variable in your environment script (the.xsi_2011 file). The environment variable specifies the server(s) from which Softimage will obtain a license. Also, make sure that SILicMethod is set to Network. You can always edit this file later to change or add a server name. Installation Guide 10

11 Installing and Licensing Softimage on Linux 8. To add more than one server to the list, enter another computer name and click Add again. Click the Next button to cycle through the server names you have set. 9. Click Done when you re finished. 10. Enjoy Autodesk Softimage! 11 Autodesk Softimage

12 Installing Softimage and Satellite Distributed Rendering Installing Softimage and Satellite Distributed Rendering These are the basic steps for installing Softimage and configuring the Satellite distributed rendering service on this computer so that it can participate (with other machines or processors) in tile-based rendering over the network. Satellite distributed rendering requires a Softimage license that supports Satellite rendering for the master machine. No additional licences are required for the slave machines. 1. Run the Softimage Setup program. You can run the setup program directly from the Software DVD or you can download and extract it from the Web setup package onto your hard disk. 2. Accept the End User License Agreement (EULA). 3. Specify the installation path. For more information, see Specifying the Destination Folder on page Select Custom Install as the setup type. Installation Guide 12

13 Installing and Licensing Softimage on Linux 5. Select both the Softimage software and Configure mental ray and distributed rendering services options. Click Continue. 13 Autodesk Softimage

14 Installing Softimage and Satellite Distributed Rendering 6. Select the Autodesk license server. In the Server hostname box, enter the computer name or IP address of the computer that is running the license server. Installation Guide 14

15 Installing and Licensing Softimage on Linux When running a license server and Softimage on the same dual stack IPV4 and IPV6 machine, in order for the client to correctly access the license server do not use the hostname or the localhost alias in the server name text box. Instead, the server name must be set to (the loopback IP address). To prevent a connection error, the setup program will automatically append ;@ to the environment variable ADSKFLEX_LICENSE_FILE. This solution will also work on a pure IPv6 machine. 7. Assuming that you already have the license server installed, click Test to verify that your computer can connect to the license server. A message appears confirming if the server was reached. 8. If the server was successfully reached, click Add to append this server name to the _ADSK_LicServers variable in your environment script (the.xsi_2011 file). The environment variable specifies the server(s) from which Softimage will obtain a license. Also, make sure that SILicMethod is set to Network. You can always edit this file later to change or add a server name. 15 Autodesk Softimage

16 Installing Softimage and Satellite Distributed Rendering 9. To add more than one server to the list, enter another computer name and click Add again. Click the Next button to cycle through the server names you have set. 10. Click Done when you re finished. Selecting the Configure mental ray and distributed rendering services option or the Render Slave option, adds the following steps to the end of the installation procedure: 11. Choose a TCP Port for the mental ray service to listen on. This port is used by mental ray when communicating with other computers during distributed rendering sessions. By default, the setup program automatically chooses port Click Next Available Port to specify the next free port. 13. When you re done, the setup program will install and start the services used for Satellite distributed rendering. In Softimage, choose Help > User s Guide > Rendering > Distributed Rendering for complete details on how to set up a distributed rendering environment. Installation Guide 16

17 Installing and Licensing Softimage on Linux Specifying the Destination Folder Choose the folder in which you want to install Softimage. By default, Softimage is installed in the folder /usr/softimage. If you want to use a different location, click Change Destination. Avoid using non-alphanumeric characters such or # as part of the install path name. These are reserved characters in the Linux operating system and may cause the installation to fail. When the Destination Folder is the one you want, click OK to continue. After installation, $SI_HOME is the environment variable pointing to the directory in which Softimage is installed. Shared Installation on Linux You can install Softimage on a shared drive and users can run it remotely from their own workstations without requiring a local installation of all the software files. The initial startup time is a bit slower when accessing Softimage remotely, but once Softimage is up and running, it performs the same as if you were running locally. 17 Autodesk Softimage

18 Installing Softimage and Satellite Distributed Rendering To set up a shared installation Install Softimage to a shared drive. On the machine from which you want to run Softimage, do the following: Change directories to the location of the shared drive. Source the.xsi_2011 environment script from the shared location. Start Softimage. The first time you run Softimage from the shared drive, your local registry is automatically updated and the necessary preference files and per-user data structure is created. You can have a local installation of Softimage on a machine from which you also want to access a remote installation of Softimage of the same version. However, you will have to delete the registry file in the user account and source the.xsi_2011 file again before starting Softimage. You will have to do this each time you switch between the local and remote installation from the same machine. Installation Guide 18

19 Installing and Licensing Softimage on Linux Uninstalling Softimage After you ve installed the Softimage software, you can run the setup program to add or remove all of the Softimage components. You may also want to add a component that you did not install during the initial setup or one that you previously removed. Any time you start the setup program after Softimage is installed, it automatically opens in maintenance mode. You must exit Softimage before running the setup program. Make sure to back up any personal or Softimage user-configurable files before you remove all of the software. 19 Autodesk Softimage