In order to run ANSYS Release 13.0 products, you must upgrade to the Release 13.0 License Manager. The Release 13.0 License Manager will continue to support ANSYS licensing from prior ANSYS releases.

At ANSYS Release 13.0, the license manager daemons (lmgrd and ansyslmd) have been upgraded to FLEXlm 11.8 (FLEXnet 11.8). We strongly recommend that you upgrade to this version of the license manager, regardless of whether you are upgrading to ANSYS Release 13.0. This version of the license manager supports our current licenses as well as provides support for FLEXlm Tamper Resistant Licensing (TRL) licenses. When you receive a license that contains TRL, you must be using this version of the license manager or you will not be able to run ANSYS, Inc. products.

ANSYS, Inc. no longer requires you to choose between commercial and academic licenses when setting your license preferences, giving customers with both academic and commercial licenses greater flexibility in managing their licenses.

The ANSYS, Inc. License Manager can now be installed silently using the -silent command line option. See Silent License Manager Installation Instructions for detailed information on running a silent license manager installation.

The ANSYS Licensing Interconnect now supports the use of IP addresses in the FLEXlm options file for those settings that allow their use, such as EXCLUDE and INCLUDE.

The ANSLIC_ADMIN utility now includes a queued license tracking capability. Use the Display Queued Licenses option under View Status/Diagnostic Options to see a list of capabilities that are queued and awaiting availability, and the applicable licenses that are being used.

We have enhanced many licensing messages to include more detailed information to assist you in resolving errors. We have also added more diagnostic information, such as enhancements to the ANSLIC_ADMIN's Gather Diagnostic Information option under View Status/Diagnostic Options.