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New ContributorI havent gotten any follow up on this from any techs but so far heres what Ive stumbled through.
I downloaded Quartus Pro version 22.1 from the multiple versions tab on my Server, the place I'm actually trying to host the license from. I grabbed the download "Intel® Quartus® Prime Pro Edition Software (Device support not included)" the 28GB version.
I made sure that it had the flexlm License server software included, as Im pretty sure that thats what I primarily needed in order to host the license. I got through most of it and against the documentation the lmtools was not in bin64, is was in another folder that came with the stripped down Quartus Prime software, more on that in a minute.
Downloaded the software, put my license file in C:\flexlm\"license-file" as suggested by the PDF. Found all the parts for alterad and mgcld. Typed as I have it right now and in case I am wrong, minus port #'s:
VENDOR alterad C:\intelFPGA_pro\22.1\quartus\bin64\alterad.exe port=####
VENDOR mgcld C:\intelFPGA_pro\22.1\quartus\bin64\mgcld.exe port=####
I went in to the firewall and set up the three ports I would need for this based on each of the port numbers for the license file
Then, Based on the documentation I pulled up the CMD and ran the lmgrd - c \path to license.dat
which did run what I had set and I did see that it was trying to run the ports but from the three cmd screens it doesnt look like it worked.
reading farther through the document I was able to find a command that turned those services off and found the section that talks about LMtools.
I started working on that based on a video of Quartus 2 setups from 6 years ago that hasnt been refreshed to shed much light on a better way to do things or that really is any better then the existing .PDF documentation.
LMtools issue, in the .pdf documentation the lmtools executable was supposed to be in bin64 with everything else. It was not, I moved higher up the folder tree and then searched for it and found it in the folder, C:\intelFPGA_pro\22.1\questa_fe\win64.
I moved that executable to bin64. Does that cause an issue? Should there have been an executable of LMtools in Bin64?
I have the config services tab settings in based on what I can tell from the video, and am now stuck on when I run it the log file gives me an error saying:
LMTools Error
Error opening log file: C\ProgramData\FLEXlm\lmgrd\debug.log
Error #:-1
From what I can find I have to change the permissions on the log file location to something that I am in control of. I changed the permissions from Administrators to domain admins, and I have tried testing lmtools running in admin mode however it still generates the same error.
So my initial questions still stand now with additional ones, Have I installed too much to host the license from the intel license manager portal, Quartus pro, rather then the singular download for the flexlm server license manager?
Is there some better First Time Documentation that goes through the process of setting up a license server for a floating license?
IF I am on the right track, any help and feedback moving forward would be much appreciated.
