What Happens in the Event of a Server Outage? How Often Does a SOLIDWORKS Client Check for Licenses? Aside from the network license, other standalone or online activation based serial numbers can be loaded into the client installation. Can a Client Utilize a Combination of SNL/Network Licensed and Standalone Products? Yes, this is one method to achieve redundancy. Can a Client Point to More Than One SNL Server? This means the SNL is the first thing that should be upgraded during any upgrade process. It cannot serve licenses to newer versions of SOLIDWORKS than itself. However, the SNL must be upgraded with every release of SOLIDWORKS. The current generation SNL should be able to serve licenses to client machines running SOLIDWORKS Versions as far back as 2004. Read on for answers to common questions and additional resources. Email support or use the contact methods below:Ĭanada: 866.587.6803 Frequently Asked Questions On the client side, installations are automatically configured as network licensed based if a network licensed serial number is input and will prompt for the server name and port at time of installation.ĭetailed installation guides are available:Ģ 020 SOLIDWORKS Network Server Installation GuideĢ020 SOLIDWORKS Network Client Installation Guide Technical Supportĭon’t forget, you aren’t in this alone! If you are a customer of Hawk Ridge Systems on active subscription, you can benefit from our technical support. When installing, choose “Server Products” and “SolidNetWork License Manager,” then follow the onscreen prompts. If installation media is needed it can be downloaded from the SOLIDWORKS customer portal using the associated SOLIDWORKS ID. The SNL is installed from the same installation media as SOLIDWORKS. Note: a process exists for “air-gapped” systems that require activating the server without internet access (see the FAQ below for details). Initial activation and license updates (such as adding newly purchased products to the license) typically require internet access. It’s important to add firewall exceptions to the server so that these ports, and/or the SNL process itself are open for communication with clients.Ĭheck out Network License SNL Troubleshooting Techniques for more info on testing connectivity. Default ports used by the SNL are 25734 (inbound) and 25735 (outbound) but can be customized. The checkbox “A Firewall is in use on this Server” should typically be checked when using the SNL server. The connection can be specified by IP address or machine name. Network licensing requires that the client PCs can connect to the machine with the SNL server. Licenses can also be borrowed over VPN connection. If connection latency is high, however, this may lead to delays in opening and saving files, as well as loading SOLIDWORKS add-ins. For outside access, it is possible to establish a VPN connection. Licenses should be accessed within the company’s LAN or equivalent network. It is possible to host the SNL on a supported virtual machine with a persistent instance and IP address so long as it also meets the network requirements. Supported VM hypervisors are listed in a subsection of the SOLIDWORKS system requirements page. SNL installation should consume less than 1 GB of free disk space.

The hardware requirements for the SNL server are insignificant. See the latest SOLIDWORKS System Requirements under “SOLIDWORKS Server Products.” Hardware Requirements Note: SOLIDWORKS 2020 SNL will not install on Windows Server 2012.

Recommended: Windows Server 2016 or Window Server 2019 Let’s discuss these in a little more detail.

Network connection between server and client PCs.

Supported Microsoft Windows Operating System.

The main requirements for running the SNL server are: Requirements for SOLIDWORKS Network Licensing For a broader overview of SOLIDWORKS licensing options, consider our article “ Everything You Need to Know about SOLIDWORKS Licensing Options.” What follows are the major technical/IT considerations for deploying the SNL server. The licenses automatically return after the borrowing period or can be manually returned sooner using the SolidNetworkLicense Manager Client. Borrowing a license checks out the license for the assigned period of time (up to 30 days) and removes it from the available license pool. If a user knows they need to go off-network, they can “borrow” or temporarily check out a license from the license server.

When a user closes SOLIDWORKS or unloads an add-in such as SOLIDWORKS Simulation, the license is automatically returned to the pool. As users load SOLIDWORKS products, the appropriate licenses are checked out from the license pool. SOLIDWORKS Network Licensing (or SNL for short) relies on a lightweight server component to handout licenses to client PCs.

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