Mcad AdminGuide book

FLEXnet and Upgrading from Earlier Versions of Mathcad

If you are upgrading from an earlier version of Mathcad Enterprise Edition, you must 

install FLEXnet from your Mathcad CD. Both FLEXlm and the vendor daemon 

provided with previous versions of Mathcad are not compatible with Mathcad 14.

Previous versions of Mathcad are compatible with the version of FLEXnet provided 

with Mathcad 14. Additionally, multiple versions of FLEXnet can exist on the same 

server or network. This allows you to use the current version of FLEXnet to manage 

Mathcad 14 licenses, and an existing installation of FLEXlm to manage licenses for 

earlier versions of Mathcad.

More information on running multiple license services is available in the FLEXnet End 

User Guide; see “Other Sources of Information” on page 2.

Vendor Daemon

In addition to a license file, FLEXnet also requires that you install a vendor daemon to 

properly serve Mathcad licenses. This vendor daemon is the software that actually 

dispenses a license to your machine when you start Mathcad. Without it, Mathcad 

cannot check out a license at start up.

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