★★How to control ZW3D Network Licensing on the server

Issue:

Sometimes, we need to control which group can get the specific version or module, how to control it?

This article will use Windows 10 as an example to explain how to achieve the goal of grouping ten license nodes of ZW3D Network Edition into two groups.

Solution:

Case Overview: There are a total of 10 server license nodes, with IP addresses ranging from 192.168.1.1 to 192.168.1.9 forming one group, sharing 9 nodes, and 192.168.1.10 forming another group, sharing 1 node.

1. Open the Start menu and find the ZW3D Network License Configuration Program, then open its installation path.
   
2. Locate the zwflex.opt file and open it using Notepad.
   
   
   
3. Start a new line at the end of the Notepad and input the command:
   

   HOST_GROUP test1 192.168.1.1 192.168.1.2 … 192.168.1.9   #Group IPs individually. In this context, IP addresses can be substituted with hostnames or represented using network ranges (such as 192.168.1.0/24 representing 192.168.1.1 to 192.168.1.254).

   HOST_GROUP test2 192.168.1.10                                           #Grouping IPs individually.

   RESERVE 9 A test1                                                                  #Reserve 9 license nodes for Module A in the first IP group.

   RESERVE 1 A test2                                                                  #Reserve 1 license node for Module A in the second IP group, where 'A' stands for the module to be allocated."
   
   

   The names of available licensed modules can be found in the License Manager program.

   

4. Save the zwflex.opt file and restart the service to apply the changes.
   

Note:

For more keywords about the OPT file syntax, you can refer to the built-in help in the network license manager as below figure shown.