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6 years ago

Failure to generate companion license for Modelsim-Altera

I am trying to generate a companion license for my home computer by opening the window "Generate Companion/Temporary Check-out Licenses". However, every time the hostid in the generated license file points to my primary computer, not the companion ID specified on the web page.

Here is the diagnostic I get from the license management tools:

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Diagnostics

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FlexNet diagnostics on Fri 3/27/2020 13:09

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License file: C:\altera\15.0\license.dat

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"alteramtivsim" v2021.03, vendor: mgcld uncounted nodelocked license, locked to ethernet address "8851fb6b4d2e" starts: 27-mar-2020, expires: 27-mar-2021

This license cannot be checked out because: Invalid host.

The hostid of this system does not match the hostid specified in the license file.

Feature: alteramtivsim

Hostid: 8851fb6b4d2e - this is the hostid of the primary computer

License path: C:\altera\15.0\license.dat;

FlexNet Licensing error:-9,57

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My companion hostid is nowhere to be found in the license file.

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  • AR_A_Intel's avatar
    AR_A_Intel
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    6 years ago

    could you provide the latest license.dat file that you generate and also the NICID for the companion license.

  • GNote's avatar
    GNote
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    6 years ago

    You already requested this information and I provided it in one of the messages above. Here I do copy & paste from the previous message:

    1. Companion NIC ID is 000C29821BD7
    2. Machine OS is Windows 7
    3. Here is the license file

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    # Intel Corporation Software and/or Intellectual Property License File

    # Issued 27 March 2020

    # Upgrade to these products will no longer be available after the Maintenance Expiration

    # date unless licenses are renewed.

    # Fixed Node License

    # Primary Machine Name-GN_WIN7_2015

    # Primary Machine ID-NIC ID 8851FB6B4D2E

    # Companion ID-NIC ID 84A93E60A2E0

    # Companion ID 2-NIC ID 000C29821BD7

    # Product License Summary:

    # ModelSim Intel FPGA Edition Software, 1 Seat(s)

    # - Maintenance Expiration of 2016.11

    # - License Expires 27-Mar-2021

    ################################################################################

    # FEATURE START

    # The following is a license file for the ModelSim

    # Number of seat licenses is 1

    # License Expires 27-Mar-2021

    INCREMENT alteramtivsim mgcld 2021.03 27-mar-2021 uncounted \

    FF40057B5E9DD762320F \

    VENDOR_STRING=6FB5F269 HOSTID=8851fb6b4d2e ISSUER=Intel SN=71038913 \

    SIGN2="1813 C9D6 4DEF B1A4 5D69 2009 66C6 0E36 79C8 428E 3006 7EBC \

    611D 3969 0EF3 05D9 D129 60C8 75F6 3464 A6F9 046D 5150 2FF5 1423 57A4 \

    1E5E C753 D558 6C18"

    # FEATURE END

    ################################################################################

    # End of Intel Corporation Software and/or Intellectual Property License File. Issued 03/27/2020

    ======================================================== license file ends

  • DamBam's avatar
    DamBam
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    5 years ago

    Hello @GNote and @AR_A_Intel ,

    Could You please share the solution to this issue?

    I have the same issue as only primary ID station can run Intel-Modelsim normally ;(

    Thanks in advance