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INSTALLATION & LICENSINGfe-safe 2017

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Copyright © 2016 Dassault Systemes Simulia Corp.

Installation and Licensing Guide Issue: 6 Date: 01.09.16

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Table of Contents

1 Getting started ................................................................................................................................................................ 1-1

1.1 Getting the installation files .................................................................................................................................. 1-1

1.1.1 The fe-safe distribution DVD ............................................................................................................................ 1-1

1.1.2 The fe-safe software download ........................................................................................................................ 1-1

1.1.3 Documentation ................................................................................................................................................. 1-2

1.2 Deciding on your installation options .................................................................................................................... 1-2

1.2.1 Installation of a valid licence key ...................................................................................................................... 1-3

2 Using the fe-safe installer for product installation ........................................................................................................... 2-5

2.1 Installing the fe-safe application on a Windows operating system........................................................................ 2-5

2.1.1 Install fe-safe version ....................................................................................................................................... 2-5

2.1.2 Licence product .............................................................................................................................................. 2-14

2.2 Installing the fe-safe application on a Linux operating system ........................................................................... 2-14

2.2.1 Install fe-safe .................................................................................................................................................. 2-14

2.2.2 Licence product .............................................................................................................................................. 2-22

2.3 Installing the Abaqus FlexNet Licence Server on a Windows operating system ................................................ 2-23

2.3.1 Install Abaqus FlexNet Licence Server .......................................................................................................... 2-23

2.3.2 Install licence key ........................................................................................................................................... 2-28

2.4 Installing the Abaqus FlexNet Licence Server on a Linux operating system ...................................................... 2-29

2.4.1 Install Abaqus FlexNet Licence Server .......................................................................................................... 2-29

2.4.2 Install licence key ........................................................................................................................................... 2-34

2.5 Installing other products ..................................................................................................................................... 2-35

2.5.1 Installing the fe-safe Analysis Server Node.................................................................................................... 2-35

2.5.2 Installing the fe-safe Analysis Node Administration Utility .............................................................................. 2-35

2.6 Upgrading and reinstalling the product ............................................................................................................... 2-35

2.7 Multiple installations ........................................................................................................................................... 2-35

2.8 Uninstalling the product ...................................................................................................................................... 2-35

2.9 Command-line installation .................................................................................................................................. 2-38

2.9.1 Using the command line parameters ............................................................................................................. 2-38

2.9.2 Using the configuration file ............................................................................................................................. 2-39

2.9.3 Command-line Uninstallation ......................................................................................................................... 2-40

3 Licensing fe-safe products ............................................................................................................................................ 3-43

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3.1 Licensing the fe-safe application .........................................................................................................................3-43

3.1.1 Licence timeout ..............................................................................................................................................3-45

3.1.2 Changing the default location of the licensing configuration ...........................................................................3-45

3.1.3 Specifying multiple License Servers ...............................................................................................................3-47

4 Configuring fe-safe for multi-user environments ...........................................................................................................4-49

4.1 Running simultaneous sessions of fe-safe from different user accounts ............................................................4-49

4.2 Running simultaneous sessions of fe-safe from the same user account ............................................................4-49

4.3 Running fe-safe locally from a remote installation ..............................................................................................4-50

4.4 Running simultaneous sessions of fe-safe on a remote host ..............................................................................4-50

Appendix A – System requirements .......................................................................................................................................... 1

Appendix B – Nomenclature ...................................................................................................................................................... 1

Appendix C – fe-safe Environment File ..................................................................................................................................... 3



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Trademarks

fe-safe, Abaqus, Isight, Tosca, the 3DS logo, and SIMULIA are commercial trademarks or registered trademarks of

Dassault Systèmes or its subsidiaries in the United States and/or other countries. Use of any Dassault Systèmes or

its subsidiaries trademarks is subject to their express written approval. Other company, product, and service

names may be trademarks or service marks of their respective owners.

Legal Notices

fe-safe and this documentation may be used or reproduced only in accordance with the terms of the software

license agreement signed by the customer, or, absent such an agreement, the then current software license

agreement to which the documentation relates.

This documentation and the software described in this documentation are subject to change without prior notice.

Dassault Systèmes and its subsidiaries shall not be responsible for the consequences of any errors or omissions

that may appear in this documentation.

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Third-Party Copyright Notices

Certain portions of fe-safe contain elements subject to copyright owned by the entities listed below.

© Batelle

© Endurica LLC

© Amec Foster Wheeler Nuclear UK Limited

fe-safe Licensed Programs may include open source software components. Source code for these components is

available if required by the license.

The open source software components are grouped under the applicable licensing terms. Where required, links to

common license terms are included below.

IP Asset Name IP Asset

Version

Copyright Notice

Under BSD 2-Clause

UnZip (from Info-

ZIP)

2.4 Copyright (c) 1990-2009 Info-ZIP. All rights

reserved.

Under BSD 3-Clause

Qt Solutions 2.6 Copyright (c) 2014 Digia Plc and/or its

subsidiary(-ies)

All rights reserved.

http://opensource.org/licenses/BSD-2-Clause

http://opensource.org/licenses/BSD-3-Clause

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1 Getting started

The installation and licensing procedure will vary depending on whether you are installing in a Windows or Linux

environment. Follow the relevant heading in section 2 to install fe-safe on your machine.

Before you can begin installing your product you must get the installation files from either a DVD or by download

and decide on which method of licensing is appropriate for your needs.

1.1 Getting the installation files

The first step is to obtain the fe-safe installation files from your supplier; details below apply to products distributed

by Dassault Systemes / SIMULIA.

Software is distributed in a number of formats listed and described below.

1.1.1 The fe-safe distribution DVD

The fe-safe distribution DVD is used to install either fe-safe, safe4fatigue, one of the fe-safe Distributed Processing

options or the Abaqus FlexNet Licence Server.

Layout of the DVD

The installation DVD contains a series of sub directories:

The directory structure is provided for clarity and ease of use. The general directory contains files that are

common to most platforms. The other directories contain platform specific installation files and may not be present

depending on which version of the software is installed and which operating system is used.

Mounting the DVD on Linux

On most Linux platforms the CD/DVD will be mounted automatically as the disk is inserted. To mount it manually

the following command can be used (paths may vary):

mount /dev/device/cdrom

1.1.2 The fe-safe software download

Full software distributions (essentially the same as distributed on DVD) can be downloaded from the customer area

of the Dassault Systèmes portal provided by your local sales or support representative.

Occasionally, files for updating an existing installation of the software are available for download from the customer

area of the Dassault Systèmes portal provided by your local sales or support representative

The installation instructions in the following sections should be read in conjunction with any additional instructions

(release notes) provided with downloaded files.

Downloaded files are available only to customers with a current lease or maintenance contract.

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1.1.3 Documentation

When you install the fe-safe products the User Manual is installed to the installation directory. This can be

accessed from the Windows Start menu, the Help menu within the fe-safe application or from the documentation

directory within the fe-safe installation.

All fe-safe documentation, including the on-line help, is in Adobe Portable Document (PDF) format. This requires a

PDF viewer to be installed.

Acrobat® Reader can be downloaded free of charge from the Adobe Systems Incorporated web site, at

www.adobe.com.

Linux users should ensure that the BROWSER environment variable is set to the path of a pdf viewer installed on the

machine to be able to launch the documentation from within the fe-safe Help menu.

This should be applied through the profile settings for the default shell environment on the system, e.g;

For the bash shell, open the ~/.bashrc file in a text editor and add a line at the bottom of the file

export BROWSER=/usr/bin/firefox

where /usr/bin/firefox may be substituted for a suitable browser or dedicated pdf viewer in accordance with your

system configuration.

1.2 Deciding on your installation options

The next step for installing the software is to decide on which licensing option you require. This will depend on

whether you are using:

Standalone machine – local licensing for a single client

Networked machine – networked licensing for multiple clients

fe-safe can be installed using network licensing or local licensing.

Note: Check the reference table in Appendix A for information on which platforms support specific licence

configurations.

Configuring client applications with a local licence service

You will use a local licence if you are using only one client machine for fe-safe applications (this client machine can

be standalone or network-attached).

For client applications with a local licence, a FlexNet/lmgrd process must be started on the client machine. The

required libraries and vendor daemon are installed with the fe-safe application if local licensing is selected. On

Windows the local service can be started automatically during client installation as described below. Otherwise, the

local service can be started after installation.

Configuring client applications with existing network licence service

You will use a networked licence if a Network Licence Server installation is or will be installed for licensing your

tokens to more than one client machine (a client machine can operate as the networked licence server if

necessary).

http://www.adobe.com/

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Networked Licence Server installation

You will use this option if you are installing the licence on a server for use on multiple client machines.

1.2.1 Installation of a valid licence key

You will need to obtain a licence key to enable the software. Contact your local Dassault Systemes support

representative to obtain the key, and place it in a directory where you have read and write access. Details on how

to configure local or network licence service can be found in section Error! Reference source not found..

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2 Using the fe-safe installer for product installation

This section describes the installation procedures for the fe-safe application and license server

Section 2.1 describes how to install the fe-safe application on Windows operating system

Section 0 describes how to install the fe-safe application on a Linux operating system

Section 2.3 describes how to install the Abaqus FlexNet Licence Server on a Windows operating system

Section 2.4 describes how to install the Abaqus FlexNet Licence Server on a Linux operating system

Note: If being run from a Windows hosted shared location on a network, the installer will not function correctly if

there are per user access permissions granted.

If the permissions to the shared folder are set to Everyone the installer will operate as intended

2.1 Installing the fe-safe application on a Windows operating system

Ensure the current user profile has administrator privileges otherwise the licence and analysis servers cannot be

installed correctly and it may not be possible to install fe-safe to the default locations.

On Windows 7 and later operating systems, even if logged on as a user with administrator privileges, it is

recommended that the installer is started by right-clicking on setup.exe and selecting Run as Administrator.

Note: Where appropriate, the installer will attempt to configure Windows firewall exceptions automatically.

However, if exceptions are disabled, or a third party firewall is installed, the user will need to manually configure the

firewall.

Follow the steps in this section to install the fe-safe product on your computer.

2.1.1 Install fe-safe version

Initialising the installer

Once you have obtained the DVD or downloaded the installation files you can begin installing the product.

Running the installer from the DVD

Insert the DVD into the machine to initialise the installer.

If the Welcome page opens automatically cancel and go to the DVD drive directory and find the setup.exe file in

the root directory.

Right-click and select Run as Administrator to open the installer.

The Welcome page is displayed and you can begin configuring up your installation settings.

Running the installer from the downloaded files

Uncompress the downloaded files to a temporary location, then right-click on the setup.exe file in the temporary

directory and select Run as Administrator to open the installer at the Welcome page.

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Step 1 – Welcome

From the main screen of the Welcome page you can check which version of the software you are installing. On the

left is a list of the installation steps which is also displayed on every subsequent page.

Installer navigation guide

<< Back - Click on the Back button to go back a stage.

Cancel - You can stop the installation at any time be clicking on the Cancel button.

Continue >> - Click on the Continue button to move forward a stage.

Begin the process by clicking on the Continue >> button.

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Step 2 – Installing the products

The Products page lists all the products available for installation with your version.

Note: You will usually only need to install the first product – fe-safe Fatigue Analysis Application unless you are

installing the network licence server.

The fe-safe Fatigue Analysis Application product will be selected automatically when you first use the installer. If

you have already installed this product and need to install one of the others as well, click on the product you require

to select it.

Start installing the product by clicking on the Continue >> button.

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Step 3 – Selecting the components

The Components page lists all the components available for installation with the product you have selected. To

reduce the disk space required for the fe-safe installation, components that are not required (e.g. external

interfaces or tutorial models) can be deselected.

Move to the next step by clicking on the Continue >> button.

The Components page contents may appear differently depending on version.

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Step 4 – Selecting the installation directory

This page allows you to select a specific directory for your installation files if you do not want to use the default

location.

a) Choose an installation root directory

You can select the installation root directory from here. It is recommended that you use the default root

installation directory <RootDir>:

C:\SIMULIA

If you want to place your fe-safe installation in a different location select the Custom button and select a

directory using the … button or by typing it directly into the relevant field.

b) Choose a product installation directory

You can select the installation directory for the fe-safe products from here. It is recommended that you use the

default installation directory <InstallDir>:

<RootDir>\fe-safe\<version>

If you want to place your installation files in a different location select the Custom button and select a directory

using the … button or by typing it directly into the relevant field.

Note: It is recommended that the <RootDir> is retained and is the same for each fe-safe product installed.


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Step 5 – Selecting licensing type

The Licensing page allows you to select the required licensing type.

Note: You should already have decided on which licensing type you will be using before beginning installation, see

section 1.2.

The initial options are set to Auto-Detect Licensing. When left as this default fe-safe will attempt to find a valid

existing licensing configuration (e.g. from a previous installation or administrator configuration). If no configuration

is found, fe-safe will show the license configuration prompt when started.

Alternatively a specific licensing system can be chosen with the DSLS Licensing or FlexNet Licensing radio

buttons.

If you have chosen DSLS Licensing you should then ensure that the correct type of license is chosen, depending

on your maintenance contract.

When choosing FlexNet Licensing the Licensing type options will change.

If you are using a networked licence click on the Network button, if not already selected.

If you are using a local licence click on the Local: button and specify the location of your licence file if you have it

either using the … button or by typing the location directly into the relevant field.

Note: If you do not have your licence file you can configure local licensing later, see section Error! Reference

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Note: If the local licensing is selected the installer will attempt to install and register a local licence server and start

it automatically, however, if that fails, e.g. due to insufficient access privileges, the user will need to configure the

server manually, see section Error! Reference source not found..


Step 6 – Configuring the product

The Product Configuration page allows you to specify the working directory in which you want to store your

settings, and to configure default settings (this is optional).

a) Selecting a user settings directory

You can select the user settings directory for the fe-safe products from here. It is recommended that you use the

default installation directory which is in the subdirectory of the user’s Documents directory.

<UserDir>\fe-safe.<version>

In Windows it is the ‘My Documents’ or simply ‘Documents’ directory.

For example, the settings on Windows 7 for the user Joe Smith would be:

\My Documents\fe-safe.<version>

You can specify a different directory if preferred by clicking on the Specify Directory button and entering the

location using the … button or by typing the address directly.

If a location outside the user’s home or Documents directory is set the settings will be shared between all users

on that system.

Note: You must make sure the users have read/write access to the settings directory.

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b) Selecting optional User Settings Defaults

You can select a user settings file (*.stld) for configuring the default user settings in the fe-safe application here.

See the fe-safe User Guide for more details on how to configure default user settings.

c) Selecting optional Project Settings Defaults

You can select a project settings file (*.stld) for configuring the default project settings in the fe-safe application

here. See the fe-safe User Guide for more details on how to configure default project settings.


Step 7 – Reviewing the summary and installing the program

When you have set the installation and product settings you can run the installation.

Click on the Continue >> button to initiate the installation.

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The components and files installed will be displayed on the Installing page.

Step 8 – Finishing the installation

When the installation is complete the following screen is displayed. The Installation Complete page displays

information on the IP address and hardware ID (MAC ID). Make a note of these as they may be needed for

licensing.

Click on the Finish button to close down the installer.

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2.1.2 Licence product

You need to licence the product before you can use it. For information on how to licence your fe-safe product see

sections Error! Reference source not found. or 0.

2.2 Installing the fe-safe application on a Linux operating system

Write access to the installation directory is required to install the software on a Linux machine, but once installed

only read access to the installation area is required to run the software. Typically, the fe-safe application installation

is done by the root user but that is not required. However, installation to the default location requires root privileges.

Follow the steps in this section to install the fe-safe products on your computer.

2.2.1 Install fe-safe



Running installer from DVD

Use the install.sh script in the DVD root to launch the installer.

Run the script by changing directory to the DVD then using the following command:

csh ./install.sh

to open the installer at the Welcome page.

For example:

joesmith@localhost:~/linux_fe-safe_vx.yy> su

Password:

localhost:/home/joesmith/linux_fe-safe_vx.yy # csh ./install.sh


Uncompress the downloaded files to a temporary location using the archive application or by issuing the following

command:

tar –xvf <filename> -C <target_directory>

Run the install.sh script using the following command:

csh ./install.sh


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Cancel - You can cancel the installation at any time be clicking on the Cancel button.



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.

Note: You will usually only need to install the first product – fe-safe Fatigue analysis application unless you are

installing the networked licence server.

The fe-safe Fatigue Analysis Application product will be selected automatically when you first use the installer. If

you have already installed this product and need to install one of the others as well, click on the product you require

to select it.


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Step 3 – Selecting the components

The Components page lists all the components available for installation with the product you have selected. To

reduce the disk space required for the fe-safe installation, components that are not required (e.g. external

interfaces or tutorial models) can be deselected.


The Components page contents may appear differently depending on version.

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location.




/usr/SIMULIA






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Step 5 – Selecting licensing type

The Licensing page allows you to select the required licensing type.

Note: You should already have decided on which licensing type you will be using before beginning installation, see

section 1.2.

The initial options are set to Auto-Detect Licensing. When left as this default fe-safe will attempt to find a valid

existing licensing configuration (e.g. from a previous installation or administrator configuration). If no configuration

is found, fe-safe will show the license configuration prompt when started.

Alternatively a specific licensing system can be chosen with the DSLS Licensing or FlexNet Licensing radio

buttons.

If you have chosen DSLS Licensing you should then ensure that the correct type of license is chosen, depending

on your maintenance contract.


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Step 6 – Configuring the product

The Product Configuration page allows you to specify the working directory in which you want to store your

settings, and to configure default settings (this is optional).

a) Selecting a user settings directory

You can select the user settings directory for the fe-safe products from here. It is recommended that you use the

default installation directory which is in the subdirectory of the user’s Home directory.

$HOME/fesafe.<version>

For example, the settings on Linux for the user joesmith would be:

/home/joesmith/fe-safe.<version>

The settings on Linux for the user root would be the working directory passed as:

/root/fe-safe.<version>

You can specify a different directory if preferred by clicking on the Specify Directory button and entering the

location using the … button or by typing the address directly.

If a location outside the user’s home directory is selected the settings will be shared between all users on that

system.

Note: You must make sure the users have read/write access to the settings directory.

b) Selecting optional User Settings Defaults

You can select a user settings file (*.stld) for configuring the default user settings in the fe-safe application here.

See the fe-safe User Guide for more details on how to configure default user settings.

c) Selecting optional Project Settings Defaults

You can select a project settings file (*.stld) for configuring the default project settings in the fe-safe application

here. See the fe-safe User Guide for more details on how to configure default project settings.


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When the installation is complete the following screen is displayed. The Installation Complete page displays

information on the IP address and hardware ID (MAC ID). Make a note of these as they may be needed for

licensing.

Click on the Finish button to close the installer.

Note: Linux platforms with SELinux (Security Enhanced Linux) enabled, require executing the following commands

after installation and before running fe-safe:

>chcon -t unconfined_execmem_exec_t '/<InstallDir>/exe/fe-safe'

>chcon -t unconfined_execmem_exec_t '/<InstallDir>/exe/fe-safe_cl'

2.2.2 Licence product

You need to licence the product before you can use it. For information on how to licence your fe-safe product see

sections Error! Reference source not found. or 0.

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2.3 Installing the Abaqus FlexNet Licence Server on a Windows operating system

This option is used for installation of the Abaqus FlexNet Licence Server. The licence server software can be

installed in the same location as the analysis software if a machine is to be used for both purposes.

Ensure the current user profile has administrator privileges otherwise the licence server cannot be installed

correctly.

On Windows 7 and later operating systems, even if logged on as a user with administrator privileges, it is

recommended that the installer is started by right-clicking on setup.exe and selecting Run as Administrator.

Note: Where appropriate, the installer will attempt to configure Windows firewall exceptions automatically.

However, if exceptions are disabled, or a third party firewall is installed, the user will need to manually configure the

firewall.

Follow the steps in this section to install the Abaqus FlexNet Licence Server on your computer.

2.3.1 Install Abaqus FlexNet Licence Server




Insert the DVD into the machine to initialise the installer.

If the Welcome page opens automatically cancel and go to the DVD drive directory and find the setup.exe file in

the root directory.

Right-click and select Run as Administrator to open the installer.

The Welcome page is displayed and you can begin configuring up your installation settings.


Uncompress the downloaded files to a temporary location, then right-click on the setup.exe file in the temporary

directory and select Run as Administrator to open the installer at the Welcome page.

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The fe-safe Fatigue Analysis Application product will be selected automatically when you first use the installer,

ensure the Abaqus FlexNet Licence Server product is selected instead.


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When the installation is complete the Installation Complete page is displayed.


Note: The installer will attempt to register the Abaqus FlexNet Licence Server as a Windows service named Abaqus

FelxNet Licence Server and start it automatically, however, if that fails, e.g. due to insufficient access privileges,

the user will need to configure the server manually, see section Error! Reference source not found..

2.3.2 Install licence key

After installing the licence server software a licence key must be installed before the licence server can be started.

For information on how to licence your fe-safe products, see section Error! Reference source not found..

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2.4 Installing the Abaqus FlexNet Licence Server on a Linux operating system

This option is used for installation of the Abaqus FlexNet Sicence Server. The licence server software can be

installed in the same location as the analysis software if a machine is to be used for both purposes.

Note: This section does not apply to products distributed through the Dassault Systemés SIMULIA network, for

those please refer to the Abaqus Installation and Licensing Guide for licensing information.

For an Abaqus FlexNet Licence Server installation it is recommended to use the root account to install, but the user

account to start the license server process.

Follow the steps in this section to install the AbaqusFlexNet Licence Server on your computer.

2.4.1 Install Abaqus FlexNet Licence Server




Use the install.sh script in the DVD root to launch the installer.

Run the script by changing directory to the DVD then using the following command:

csh ./install.sh


For example:

joesmith@localhost:~/linux_fe-safe_vx.yy> su

Password:

localhost:/home/joesmith/linux_fe-safe_vx.yy # csh ./install.sh


Uncompress the downloaded files to a temporary location using the archive application or by issuing the following

command:

tar –xvf <filename> -C <target_directory>

Run the install.sh script using the following command:

csh ./install.sh


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The fe-safe Fatigue Analysis Application product will be selected automatically when you first use the installer,

ensure the Abaqus FlexNet Licence Server product is selected instead.


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When the installation is complete the Installation Complete page is displayed.


Note: After installation the Abaqus FlexNet Licence Server will need to be configured and started as described in

the Abaqus Installation and Licensing Guide.

2.4.2 Install licence key

After installing the licence server software a licence key must be installed before the licence server can be started.

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2.5 Installing other products

The fe-safe installer includes a number of other products.

2.5.1 Installing the fe-safe Analysis Server Node

This option is used for installation of an analysis solver as a service on a cluster node for Distributed Memory

Processing (DMP) analysis. The Distributed Processing is described in detail in separate documentation.

2.5.2 Installing the fe-safe Analysis Node Administration Utility

This option is used for installation of a utility tool for managing and monitoring of analysis server nodes in a Safe

Technology Distributed Memory Processing (DMP). The Distributed Processing is described in detail in separate

documentation.

2.6 Upgrading and reinstalling the product

Occasionally, a point release will be supplied as a patch file in which case instructions for patching an existing

installation will be delivered in the Release Notes document, downloaded along with the patch file.

Point releases can also be delivered as full installation media, in which case the installer can be used to upgrade

an existing installation. When an existing installation is detected in the same <InstallDir>, the user will be

prompted to uninstall, upgrade, or cancel the process.

Care should be taken to avoid overwriting valuable data when installing a software upgrade or if the software is re-

installed. In particular, backup copies should be made of material database files (*.dbase) before upgrading or

reinstalling.

2.7 Multiple installations

Different versions of fe-safe can be installed on the same machine. If retained, refer to administrator records to find

the last selected root installation directory <RootDir> for fe-safe products. If it was not default, change the root

installation directory at the Installation Directories page. Change the <InstallDir> so that the original installation

is not overwritten. Point releases can be maintained along with earlier versions if desired.

2.8 Uninstalling the product

The product should be uninstalled by running the uninstall shortcut from the product installation directory

<InstallDir>, shown below, rather than from the Add or Remove Programs in the Control Panel.

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Windows operating system

Right-click on the Uninstall [product] shortcut in the product installation directory <InstallDir> and select Run as

Administrator to open the uninstaller:

Default fe-safe application product installation directory:

C:\SIMULIA\fe-safe\<version>\Uninstall fe-safe Fatigue Analysis Application

Default Abaqus FlexNet Licence Server product installation directory:

C:\SIMULIA\License\Uninstall Abaqus FlexNet Licence Server

A confirmation dialogue will be shown prompting whether to proceed with uninstallation, click Yes.

An uninstaller window will open and the components and files being uninstalled will be shown on the Uninstalling

page. When the process is complete the Uninstallation Complete page is displayed.

Click on the Finish button to close down the uninstaller.

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Linux operating system

Change directory to the product installation directory <InstallDir>. If the owner of the files contained in the

<InstallDir> is root, login as the root user before proceeding. Locate the Uninstall [product] shortcut in the

product installation directory <InstallDir>:

Default fe-safe application product installation directory:

/usr/SIMULIA/fe-safe/<version>/Uninstall fe-safe Fatigue Analysis Application.sh

Default Abaqus FlexNet Licence Server product installation directory:

/usr/SIMULIA/License/Uninstall Abaqus FlexNet Licence Server.sh

Run the script by using the following command:

csh ./Uninstall fe-safe Fatigue Analysis Application.sh

or

csh ./Uninstall Abaqus FlexNet Licence Server.sh

A confirmation dialogue will be shown prompting whether to proceed with uninstallation, click Yes.

An uninstaller window will open and the components and files being uninstalled will be shown on the Uninstalling

page. When the process is complete the Uninstallation Complete page is displayed.

Click on the Finish button to close down the uninstaller.

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2.9 Command-line installation

The command-line installation option provides a way of installing the software without using the installer graphical

user interface (GUI), e.g.: it can be used to install the fe-safe application with remote administration software, as

the installation can be controlled entirely from the command line. For every input field in the installer GUI there is

an equivalent command-line option.

There are two methods of using the command-line installation; the options can be either configured as command-

line parameters, or they can be written to a configuration file that is then used by the installer.

It is recommended to use an administrator (Windows) or root (Linux) account to perform the installation.

The following commands are used to start the installation:

setup.exe –s [options] (Windows)

csh ./install.sh -s [options] (Linux)

The -s switch initiates the command-line installation; if it is omitted the normal graphical user interface will open

and any subsequent parameters will be ignored.

2.9.1 Using the command line parameters

Command-line parameters should be specified with a prefix of -- (double hyphen) followed by their values, multiple

parameters should be space-separated, e.g.:

–-parameter value

If values of parameters contain any spaces they should be surrounded by double quotes. File references should

include the full path, on Windows the path should include the drive letter. The order of the parameters is irrelevant,

if no parameters are specified, the installation will proceed with default settings.

The supported parameters are:

--root_directory Configures the installation root directory <RootDir>.

--product_directory Configures the installation directory for the product

<InstallDir>.

This is a relative path that is appended to the root directory.

--user_directory Configures the user settings directory.

Note: This parameter is applicable to the fe-safe Fatigue

Analysis Application installation only.

--licence_file Specifies the location of a local licence file.

If this parameter is set a local licencing option is configured

during installation.


Analysis Application installation on Windows operating

system only.

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--user_default_settings Specifies the location of a default user settings file.


Analysis Application installation only.

--project_default_settings Specifies the location of a default project settings file. Note:

This parameter is applicable to the fe-safe Fatigue Analysis

Application installation only.

--package Selects the fe-safe product to be installed: fesafe (default),

node_admin, fesafeanalysis and flexnet_server

--components Selects optional components to install.

If left blank, all components are installed.

For example:

setup.exe –s --root_directory “C:\AllMyPrograms\” --product_directory

“fe-safe_evaluation” --user_directory “C:\Users\MyName\fesafe”

Installs the fe-safe application to C:\AllMyPrograms\fe-safe_evaluation, with a user directory of

C:\Users\MyName\fesafe

setup.exe –s --package flexnet_server --root_directory “C:\FlexNet”

Installs the Abaqus FlexNet Licence Server to C:\FlexNet

2.9.2 Using the configuration file

To use the configuration file instead of command-line parameters, the –-config option should be used, i.e.:

setup.exe –s –-config <config_file>

If the file path contains any spaces it should be surrounded by double quotes; on Windows the path should include

the drive letter.

Name of the configuration file as well as its location are not restricted; network locations are also supported.

The configuration file is a standard XML file with parameter names that match those listed in the table above. An

example config_template.xml file is provided as a reference in the root of the distribution DVD. Any standard text

editor can be used to edit the file, however, care should be taken to ensure the validity of the XML structure. If any

parameters are not set or are missing a relevant default will be used.

For example:

<?xml version="1.0" ?>

<root>

<root_directory>

C:/AllMyPrograms/

</root_directory>

<product_directory>

fe-safe_evaluation

</product_directory>

<user_directory>

C:/Users/MyName/fesafe

</user_directory>

<licence_system>

DSLS

</licence_system>

</root>

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Installs the fe-safe application to C:\AllMyPrograms\fe-safe_evaluation, with a user directory of

C:\Users\MyName\fesafe

The <licence_system> configures fe-safe to use a DSLS configuration when it is run. Accepted values are

“FlexNet” or “DSLS”. If left blank or omitting the option fe-safe will default to the auto-select configuration for the

licensing system. See

Step 5 – Selecting licensing type for more details.

<?xml version="1.0" ?>

<root>

<root_directory>

C:\FlexNet

</root_directory>

<package>

flexnet_server

</package>

</root>

Installs the Abaqus FlexNet Licence Server to C:\FlexNet

2.9.3 Command-line Uninstallation

A command line uninstallation utility is provided as a way of removing the software without using the installer

graphical user interface (GUI), e.g.: it can be used to uninstall the fe-safe application with remote administration

software, as the installation can be controlled entirely from the command line..

The utility is located in the Installation folder underneath the Installation root directory configured during the

installation

e.g. C:\SIMULIA\Installation

on Microsoft Windows or

/usr/SIMULIA/Installation

On a Linux platform

Using an administrator command prompt on Microsoft Windows, or as a superuser on a Linux terminal type

C:\SIMULIA\Installation\uninstall_cl.exe –c <install_log>

On Microsoft Windows, or

/usr/SIMULIA/Installation/uninstall_cl –c <install_log>

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On Linux, where <install_log> refers to the install.log file that is within the installation directory of the fe-

safe component that you wish to remove e.g.

C:\SIMULIA\fe-safe\<version>\install.log

This will read the details in the installation log file to correctly remove all of the chosen product components

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3 Licensing fe-safe products

fe-safe products can be installed using network licensing or local licensing, utilising either SIMULIA FlexNet, or the

DSLS licencing systems.

A licence is required to run the main application, fe-safe. The optional advanced modules, fe-safe/TURBOLife, fe-

safe/Rubber and Verity® in fe-safe are licensed separately and in addition to the main application.

You will need to obtain a licence key to enable the software, to request the key contact your local Dassault

Systemés SIMULIA representative.

If extended token licensing has already been specified using the standard licensing configuration then no extra

configuration is required for fe-safe. DSLS licensing configuration information can be found in the Abaqus

Installation and Licensing Guide, as can the section Abaqus/SIMULIA FlexNet.

3.1 Licensing the fe-safe application

For a new installation of the fe-safe client, the licence server can be specified using the prompt dialogue shown at

startup. Note that if licensing has been sucessfully configured for Abaqus which will likely contain licecnes for fe-

safe then fe-safe will obtain licences without user intervention.

A licencing selection dialogue will then be shown:

From the licensing system dropdown box choose the appropriate licensing system. The appropriate

default port will automatically change upon selection (DSLS: 4085, Simulia FlexNet: 27000, contact your

licence administrator if different).

Select the appropriate licence server type, either Local server, Single server or Redundant servers using

the radio buttons.

For single and redundant servers server hostname(s) or IP address(es) but be entered.

If non-default port(s) are to be used, enter the correct port number(s) in the entry field(s).

click OK when complete.

If the licence server specified is invalid, the dialogue will allow the user to reenter the licence server details.

Note: The Save new details to: box defaults to the fe-safe environment file to prevent having to specify this

information every time the software is run. License details are written to fe-safe.env file in the Windows user

directory. For example, on Windows 7 for the user Joe Smith licence details would be saved to:

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C:\Users\joesmith\fe-safe.env (Windows)

/home/joesmith/fe-safe.env (Linux)

There is the option Do Not Save which will forget the licence details when fe-safe exits.

The User Licence File option will save the server details to a user file and is a backward compatible way to set the

licensing, see section 3.1.2 option 6 below.

The User Setting option will save the server details to a user setting and is a backward compatible way to set the

licensing, see section 3.1.2 option 3 below.

The fe-safe application should then start up and you can begin to use the product.

Information about the licences is available from within the fe-safe GUI by selecting Licensing Information from the

Help menu. The Licensing Information dialogue can also be used to reset licensing, by selecting the Reset button.

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3.1.1 Licence timeout

When fe-safe has been idle for 8 hours, i.e. there has been no user interaction and fe-safe is not reading a model

or analysing etc. the licences allocated to fe-safe will be released and fe-safe will wait for the user to return and

request re-acquisition of the licences (or to exit).

If the network licence server becomes unavailable, e.g.: network connection to the licence server is lost, the fe-safe

application will wait to restore the connection. Using the command line option -timeout <minutes> when starting

the fe-safe application it is possible to limit the number of minutes fe-safe will wait when connection to the licence

server is lost. For more details on command-line options see the fe-safe User Guide.

3.1.2 Changing the default location of the licensing configuration

Where licensing is not used standard DSLS or FlexNet licensing configurations or the existing configuration needs

to be overridden the following methods can be used to specify the licence server location (a full path, including the

file name should be used where appropriate):

1. System Setting

The following Windows system registry keys are used:

SIMULIA FlexNet

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Dassault Systemes Simulia\fe-

safe\FLEXNET_ABAQUS_LICENCE_FILE

DSLS

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Dassault Systemes Simulia\fe-safe\DSLS_LICENCE_FILE

The Linux LICENSE_FILE variable in the fe-safe system configuration file is used:

/etc/xdg/Dassault Systemes Simulia/fe-safe.conf

Note: Any non-empty entry will lock the licence details regardless of whether the content is valid. Users will not

be able to reset the licence configuration details as described in section 3.1 above.

2. Command Line Option

A modified command line option can be used to run the fe-safe application:

fe-safe.exe -licence <host>

where <host> is the IP address or a hostname of the network licence server.

3. User Setting

The following Windows user registry key is used:

SIMULIA FlexNet Licensing

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Dassault Systemes Simulia\fe-safe\FLEXNET_ABAQUS_LICENCE_FILE

DSLS

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Dassault Systemes Simulia\fe-safe\DSLS_LICENCE_FILE

The Linux LICENSE_FILE variable in the fe-safe user configuration file is used:

$HOME/.config/Dassault Systemes Simulia/fe-safe.conf

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4. fe-safe Environment File

This option uses the user directory:

Windows 7: C:\Users\<username>\fe-safe.env

This option uses is the user Home directory:

Linux: /home/<username>/fe-safe.env

The option is Licence in the [licensing] section where LicenceSystem equals DSLS or FLEXnet.

See Appendix C for full details on the fe-safe environemnt file.

5. Environment Variable

The following environment variable with the IP address or a hostname of the network licence server can be

used:

SIMULIA FlexNet Licensing

FLEXNET_ABAQUS_LICENSE_FILE or abaquslm_license_file

DSLS

DSLS_LICENSE_FILE

The following options all use a license file. For the names of these files, please refer to the following table

License type License Filename

SIMULIA FlexNet safe_sim.lic

DSLS safe_dsls.lic

6. User Directory

This option uses the user directory:

Windows 7: C:\Users\<username>\<license_filename>

This option uses is the user Home directory:

Linux: /home/<username>/<license_filename>

7. All Users Directory

This Windows only option uses the path defined by the CSIDL_COMMON_APPDATA setting:

Windows 7: c:\ProgramData\<license_filename>

8. Executable Directory

The directory containing the fe-safe Fatigue Analysis Application executable:

<InstallDir>\exe\<license_filename>

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Note: By default the above options take precedence in descending order. i.e. if 1 and 2 are both defined then

option 1 is used. This order can be cahgned using the fe-safe environemnt file, see See Appendix C for full details.

If the specified server cannot be found, or is not valid, the user will again be prompted for the licence information,

except when the system setting is used, see p.1 above.

3.1.3 Specifying multiple License Servers

It is possible to list multiple servers for the purpose of redundancy, so that if fe-safe is unable to request a license

from a server it will try another one until it has succeeded, or exhausted the list.

The server names or addresses can be separated either with , (although : or ; can also be used it is not

recommended) e.g.

server1,server2,server3

To specify a port number for the server it should be entered as <port>@<server> e.g.

8045@server1:8046@server2:8045@server3

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4 Configuring fe-safe for multi-user environments

This section describes how to configure a single fe-safe installation for use by multiple users. A fe-safe session has

a number of files that are used (e.g. debug.log, current.macro, local.dbase etc.) which normally will prevent the

same user from being able to run multiple sessions of fe-safe simultaneously.

Note that in all cases the user directory (<UserDir>) can be configured at install time or subsequently by editing

the file global.stli in the setup subdirectory of the fe-safe installation and modifying the user_directory element.

The token ${USERNAME} can be used which has special significance to fe-safe and will always resolve to the

current users username. In addition to this there is a selection of environment variables that fe-safe will resolve at

runtime to assist with the configuration of the multi-user environment. These are as follows

Windows Linux Effect

${USERPROFILE} ${HOME} The path to the users directory

${COMPUTERNAME} ${HOSTNAME} The name of the machine

4.1 Running simultaneous sessions of fe-safe from different user accounts

The user directory defaults to <My Documents>\fe-safe.version.x.y on Windows and ~/fe-safe.version.x.y on other

platforms. If this is done no other action is required. To specify a different directory relative to the user’s My

Documents or home directory, use ~ which will be dynamically resolved when fe-safe runs.

To use a directory outside of the user’s directory the token ${USERNAME} can be used to make fe-safe

dynamically resolve to the username of the active user when fe-safe is run, e.g. C:\fe-

safe_user_data\${USERNAME}.

4.2 Running simultaneous sessions of fe-safe from the same user account

So ensure that each users session is unique there must be an environment variable available the uniquely identify

the different users. The environment variable must only contain characters that are valid directory name characters.

The user directory must be configured to include this environment variable – any environment variable can be used

by surrounding it in ${…} e.g. to use SESSION_ID the user directory should be C:\fe-

safe_user_data\${SESSION_ID}

For the situation where there isn’t a user-unique environment variable a script to run fe-safe will be required. On

Linux this already provided, for Windows a simple .bat will suffice. In the script create a user-unique environment

variable, either by removing invalid characters from a user-unique environment variable that contains invalid

directory characters or from prompting the user to enter a string and using that as the custom environment variable.

Alternatively the current time could be used (or some other non-repeating value), however the drawback is a user’s

local material database etc. would be reset on every session.

To get the time on Windows use:

set SESSION_ID=%DATE:/=%.%TIME::=%

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On Linux you could use the date command output that uses the amount of seconds elapsed since 1970-01-01 to

create a unique ID based on the time of execution

SESSION_ID=$(date +”%s”)

export SESSION_ID

4.3 Running fe-safe locally from a remote installation

If the session data is stored locally on each of the different clients there will be no clash and the user directory

needs no special modifications. For where the user directories are also on a common remote machine then

changes will be required. To support different users follow the steps marked out in 4.1.

For a single user account include the environment variable that contains the local machine name. On Windows this

it COMPUTERNAME, on Linux it is HOSTNAME. Alternatively follow section 4.2 noting that the environment

variables are for the local machine, not the remote host and that if the environment variable is not generated

dynamically it must be present on all machines where fe-safe will be run. It is suggested that the environment

variable is checked in the script to ensure that it is correctly set before running fe-safe.

4.4 Running simultaneous sessions of fe-safe on a remote host

When fe-safe is running on a remote machine (i.e. through remote desktop or terminal) it is exactly like running fe-

safe locally on the remote machine and sections 4.1 or 4.2 will apply.

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Appendix A – System requirements

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The amount of available disk space recommended for a typical installation of fe-safe is 2 GB, however, this may

vary depending on the platform and the components selected for installation.

The installation process will create a local directory for each user, where individual database and working files are

stored.

1 Support for Microsoft Windows is on x86-64 architecture only. Itanium versions (IA-64) are not supported. The Microsoft Visual

C++ 2012 64-bit runtime libraries are required to install and run fe-safe.

2 Support for Linux is on x86-64 (AMD64 (Opteron, Athlon) and Intel 64-compliant processors architectures only. To run fe-safe

on Linux platform an updated standard C++ library may be required.

Appendix B - Nomenclature

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Appendix B – Nomenclature

Typographic conventions used in this manual

The following typographic conventions are used in this manual:

Convention Meaning

Bold Text Indicates the name of a dialogue box, control, indicator,

graphics label or menu option.

Note: the use of a double-bracket symbol, i.e. >>, indicates a

sequence of menu options or dialogue box actions, for example:

FEA Fatigue >> Analysis Options >> Read strains from FE models

Italics Indicates the name of an fe-safe product, for example:

fe-safe/Rotate.

Monospace text Indicates a file, directory or path.

Indicates the content of a data file, log file or text displayed in

the message log window.

<bold monospace text in brackets> Indicates a reference to a file or directory.

References to files and directories

The following nomenclature is used throughout the fe-safe documentation when referring to files and directories.

This nomenclature is as a shorthand method of referring to files and directories in the documentation only – the

names have no meaning in the actual software. Where a path description used in the documentation is intended to

be generic, the backwards-slash symbol used in Windows, i.e. \, is used as a directory separator. For Linux

installations, this symbol should be interchanged with the forward-slash symbol, i.e. /.

Each of the shorthand file or folder references below (in angled brackets, < >), is followed by a short description of

what it refers to.

<RootDir> The common Product Root Installation Directory may include installations of fe-safe

Application, fe-safe Analysis Server, fe-safe Node Administration Utility, Abaqus FlexNet

Licence Server as well as common files and documentation.

<InstallDir> The fe-safe Installation Directory is established as part of the installation process.

The directory fe-safe is the fe-safe Installation Directory.




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Linux: On Linux installations, the fe-safe Installation Directory is determined

during the install process. The default location is:

<RootDir>/fe-safe/version.x.yy

Windows: On Windows, the fe-safe Installation Directory is determined during

the install process. The default location is:

<RootRit>\fe-safe\version.x.yy

In both cases, the x and yy refers to fe-safe major and minor version numbers.

<UserName> This is a user login name.

<UserDir> An fe-safe User Directory is created for each user the first time they run fe-safe when

logged on with a particular login name.

The location of the user directory depends on the platform on which fe-safe is installed.

This directory will contain a copy of the local material database from <LocalDir> as

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Appendix C – fe-safe Environment File

Environment file location

The fe-safe environment file is a per user-account file used to configure fe-safe and is found in the user or home

directory:

Windows 7: C:\Users\<username>\fe-safe.env

Linux: /home/<username>/fe-safe.env

Environment file structure

The file is similar to the Windows ini file format. The file is separated into sections, each section starts with the

section name enclosed in square brackets and includes all subsequent lines until the end of file or another section

start, whichever occurs first. The order of lines within a section has no significance.

Within each section there will be a number of name-value pairs in the format <name>=<pair> e.g.

[section1]

aName=aValue

While using semi-colons to indicate a comment line will not cause read errors, whenever fe-safe re-writes the file

comments will be stripped.

Environment file content - licensing

If there is no fe-safe environment file, or the licensing settings have been removed then when fe-safe is next run

the default license settings will be populated, e.g. running the command-line version of fe-safe with no options can

be used to populate any missing settings.

Note that in general, when a licence server is expected, 1 or 3 servers can be specified and should be separated

by commas and an optional per-server port should be separated by an @ (order is not important) e.g.

1234@server1, server 2@5678, server 3@91

In addition, depending on the licensing system other separators can be used, e.g. normally DSLS uses a colon to

separate the port, e.g. server:port

The main licensing settings in the [licensing] section which contains 3 name-value pairs:

1. LicenceSystem=<type>

This can be used to indicate the licensing system to use, valid values for <type> are:

a. AUTO-DETECT (the default): fe-safe will check all ways to specify licensing and choose the

corresponding licensing system

b. DSLS: DSLS will be used

c. FLEXnet: SIMULIA FLEXnet licensing will be used

2. Licence=<licence server>

By default when a licence is set through the UI is will be saved here. The value <licence server> is the licence

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3. SaveLocation=<location>

When saving the licensing through the UI this option determines the default location to save the new licensing

setting to. Valid values are:

a. EnvironmentFile: The licence server details will be saved in the fe-safe environment in this section

under the Licence=<licence server> name-value pair.

b. UserSetting:

c. UserFile:

There are 2 other sections named [DSLS] and [FLEXnet] which specify where fe-safe should look for licence server

details. Within these sections each name-value pair has the extra format:

<precedence>/SpecType=<type>

Or

<precedence>/SpecType=<type>:<value>

Where:

<precedence> : A number indicating the order in which configurations options will be checked, with 0

being highest priority. Note that the system setting will always be first (see 3.1.2 option 1).

<type> : Can be one of the following:

o SystemDefault will cause the licensing system default configuration to be checked. <value> is

not used.

o CommandLine will case the–licence command-line option to be checked. <value> is not used.

o SystemSetting where on Windows the registry entry is used:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Dassault Systemes Simulia\fe-safe\<value>

The Linux <value>variable in the fe-safe system configuration file is used:

/etc/xdg/Dassault Systemes Simulia/fe-safe.conf

o UserSetting where on Windows the registry entry is used:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Dassault Systemes Simulia\fe-safe\DSLS_LICENCE_FILE

The Linux <value> variable in the fe-safe user configuration file is used:

$HOME/.config/Dassault Systemes Simulia/fe-safe.conf

o Environment will cause the environment variable <value> to be checked.

o File will cause the first line in the file <value> to be checked.