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[nsm5081]

Hello,

I recently installed Ansys Additive 2022 R1 into my teaching environment but the software fails to load when launched from a user profile that is redirected to a networked storage location. When launched from a userprofile locally stored on the machine the software loads fine. Below is the error I receive when launching the program:

We require redirected profiles on these machines so students can safely save documents and access this data when logging into different computers. Mechanical, Chemkin, and other Ansys products seem to launch fine with this configuration. Any assistance is greatly appreciated. 

[Aniket]

There are a few things that can be checked here:

 

A Port Issue 

To determine if the user has a port conflict they can run the following commands.

  netstat -aon | findstr 9711

Repeat this command replacing 9711 with 5000, 7000, 7933, 7934, 7935, 8125, 9002, 9042 and 8181

If any of the netstat commands return something like

TCP 9711 0.0.0.0 LISTENING XXXX

There is a port conflict where XXXX is the process id (pid) of the process blocking port 9711. Use tasklist /fi “pid eq XXXX” to get the name of the process creating the conflict. If possible, reassign the port number in the settings for the process. This may only be possible by running the installer for the program. If it’s not possible to alter the port number of the conflicting process, the user will have to run Additive inside a virtual machine.

 

A Firewall Issue

The user may have to work with their IT department to determine if any of the ports listed above are blocked for UDP or TCP traffic from localhost. If the user can disable their firewall and successfully start Additive it indicates a firewall issue that needs to be fixed by changing the firewall rules.

 

A Corrupt Database

“%APPDATA%” can be used in Windows Explorer but it usually equates to C:\Users\\AppData\Roaming. Rename %APPDATA%\ansys-additive to %APPDATA%\ansys-additive.bak and try starting Additive. If it starts, the database is likely corrupt. This can occur if the user successfully ran the current version of Additive then ran an older version of Additive. We warn against this in the documentation but it can easily be overlooked. We can repair a corrupt database but it’s a manual process. You can send me %APPDATA%\ansys-additive.bak\database\simulation.db (note this is the backup folder). Once the user receives the repaired database, they will need to replace the corrupt database file with it and rename to backup folder to %APPDATA%\ansys-additive.

 

Other Issues

If none of the above applies, please attach log files from %APPDATA%\ansys-additive\logs as a text message reply.

-Aniket

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[nsm5081]

Aniket,

Thanks for the reply. Answers below:

No conflicts with the netstat commands. 

No issue with the firewall. Ansys additive works fine with a local profile which has the same firewall policies applied.

I do not have an Ansys folder in my %appdata% directory (which is local for what it's worth.) I'm assuming this is due to the software failing to load. Sorry, can't provide you logs as they aren't being generated. 

I'm happy to jump on a remote session if you'd like to take a closer look.

 

Thanks,

Nick

[nsm5081]

Still need assistance with this.

[George Karnos]

Hello Nick

Is there a difference in permissions between profiles as far as writing to network storage/local storage?

With no %APPDATA%\Ansys directory written, this may seem to be some permission issue

[nsm5081]

An Ansys folder is created in %appdata% when I launch Mechanical, but no folder is created when launching Additive. This issue is specific with Additive. 

 

[MangeshANSYS]

 

 

Check if there is a local temporary folder where user has read and write access (say c:\temp\ansystemp)

 

use notepad to create a batch file (sat c:\temp\ansystemp\Ansys_additive.bat) with the lines below (update the Ansys 2022 R2 installation path in the last line as needed). double click on the batch file to see if Additive launches

It is Ok if the temporary files saved in this folder get deleted after the user logs off. User should be able to save projects and model files to other location.

# – # – # – # – # – # – # – # – #

set APPDATA=C:\temp\ansystemp

set HOMEDRIVE=C:

set HOMEDRIVE=\temp\ansystemp

set TEMP=C:\temp\ansystemp

set TMP=C:\temp\ansystemp

”C:\Program Files\ANSYS Inc\v222\AddPrint\Additive 22.2.exe”

# – # – # – # – # – # – # – # – #

 

 

[nsm5081]

 

 

Thanks for the reply. Unfortunately no change when attempting to launch Additive from that batch file. Below is the output of that .bat file if you can review:

C:\Users\nsm5081\Desktop>set APPDATA=C:\temp\ansystemp

 

C:\Users\nsm5081\Desktop>set HOMEDRIVE=C:

 

C:\Users\nsm5081\Desktop>set HOMEDRIVE=\temp\ansystemp

 

C:\Users\nsm5081\Desktop>set TEMP=C:\temp\ansystemp

 

C:\Users\nsm5081\Desktop>set TMP=C:\temp\ansystemp

 

C:\Users\nsm5081\Desktop>”C:\Program Files\ANSYS Inc\v221\AddPrint\Additive 22.1.exe”

 

 info: Started util server on port: 9002 source=util

info: Help-Server path path=C:\Program Files\ANSYS Inc\v221\commonfiles\help\HelpViewer\ANSYSHelpViewer.exe, exists=true, source=help-server

info: Starting process cmd=C:\Program Files\ANSYS Inc\v221\commonfiles\help\HelpViewer\ANSYSHelpViewer.exe, args=[–language, en-us, –sessionID, 12345], startCount=0, startTime=1660830534960, source=pm

info: Starting process cmd=C:\Program Files\ANSYS Inc\v221\AddPrint\resources\app.asar.unpacked\binaries\simulation-api\Simulation.Api.exe, args=[DataPath=\\pass.ad.psu.edu\pass\users\n\s\nsm5081\COEPROFILE\AMD\Appdata\Roaming\ansys-additive\database, WorkingDirectory=C:\temp\ansystemp, apiPort=5000], startCount=0, startTime=1660830535074, source=pm

info: Help-Server stdout data=50000

Found port and closing

, source=help-server

info: Help-Server Connected source=help-server

info: API stdout data=Using standard SWF.

, source=simulation-api

info: API stdout data=Sqlite version: 3.35.5

, source=simulation-api

info: API stdout data=[08-18-2022 09:49:03 GMT-04:00 INFO] User profile is available. Using ‘”C:\\Users\\nsm5081\\AppData\\Local\\ASP.NET\\DataProtection-Keys”‘ as key repository and Windows DPAPI to encrypt keys at rest.

, source=simulation-api

info: API stdout data=[08-18-2022 09:49:03 GMT-04:00 INFO] Creating key {19c8216a-745e-4532-a53e-1f48b42a961d} with creation date 2022-08-18 13:49:03Z, activation date 2022-08-18 13:49:03Z, and expiration date 2022-11-16 13:49:03Z.

, source=simulation-api

info: API stdout data=[08-18-2022 09:49:03 GMT-04:00 INFO] Writing data to file ‘”C:\\Users\\nsm5081\\AppData\\Local\\ASP.NET\\DataProtection-Keys\\key-19c8216a-745e-4532-a53e-1f48b42a961d.xml”‘.

, source=simulation-api

info: API stdout data=[08-18-2022 09:49:05 GMT-04:00 WARN] The ‘bool’ property ‘”PyroVirtualSensorOutputAllLayers”‘ on entity type ‘”ThermalSimulation”‘ is configured with a database-generated default. This default will always be used for inserts when the property has the value ‘false’, since this is the CLR default for the ‘bool’ type. Consider using the nullable ‘bool?’ type instead so that the default will only be used for inserts when the property value is ‘null’.

, source=simulation-api

info: API stdout data=[08-18-2022 09:49:06 GMT-04:00 INFO] Entity Framework Core “2.2.0-rtm-35687” initialized ‘”SimulationDbContext”‘ using provider ‘”Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Sqlite”‘ with options: “None”

, source=simulation-api

info: API stdout data=SQLite database exists. Running migrations.

, source=simulation-api

info: API stdout data=[08-18-2022 09:49:06 GMT-04:00 INFO] No migrations were applied. The database is already up to date.

, source=simulation-api

info: API stdout data=[08-18-2022 09:49:06 GMT-04:00 WARN] The Include operation for navigation ‘”[m].Configuration”‘ is unnecessary and was ignored because the navigation is not reachable in the final query results. See https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=850303 for more information.

, source=simulation-api

info: API stdout data=Not enforcing tyk header!

, source=simulation-api

info: API stdout data=Hosting environment: desktop

Content root path: C:\Program Files\ANSYS Inc\v221\AddPrint\resources\app.asar.unpacked\binaries\simulation-api

, source=simulation-api

info: API stdout data=Now listening on: http://localhost:5000

Application started. Press Ctrl+C to shut down.

, source=simulation-api

getting running simulations

getting uploaded/processing parts

getting uploaded/processing supports

getting uploaded/processing build files

info: API stdout data=[08-18-2022 09:49:08 GMT-04:00 INFO] Request starting HTTP/1.1 GET http://localhost:5000/supports?organizationId=2&offset=0&limit=1000&archived=false&availability=Uploaded,Processing

[08-18-2022 09:49:08 GMT-04:00 INFO] Request starting HTTP/1.1 GET http://localhost:5000/parts?organizationId=2&offset=0&limit=1000&archived=false&availability=Uploaded,Processing

, source=simulation-api

info: API stdout data=[08-18-2022 09:49:08 GMT-04:00 INFO] Request starting HTTP/1.1 GET http://localhost:5000/simulations?organizationId=2&offset=0&limit=10000&status=Requested,InProgress&archived=false

[08-18-2022 09:49:08 GMT-04:00 INFO] Request starting HTTP/1.1 GET http://localhost:5000/buildfiles?organizationId=2&offset=0&limit=1000&archived=false&availability=Uploaded,Processing

, source=simulation-api

info: API stdout data=[08-18-2022 09:49:08 GMT-04:00 DBUG] AuthenticationScheme: “Bearer” was successfully authenticated.

[08-18-2022 09:49:08 GMT-04:00 DBUG] AuthenticationScheme: “Bearer” was successfully authenticated.

[08-18-2022 09:49:08 GMT-04:00 DBUG] AuthenticationScheme: “Bearer” was successfully authenticated.

[08-18-2022 09:49:08 GMT-04:00 DBUG] AuthenticationScheme: “Bearer” was successfully authenticated.

, source=simulation-api

info: API stdout data=[08-18-2022 09:49:09 GMT-04:00 INFO] Route matched with “{action = \”Get\”, controller = \”Parts\”}”. Executing action “Simulation.Api.Controllers.PartsController.Get (Simulation.Api)”

[08-18-2022 09:49:09 GMT-04:00 INFO] Route matched with “{action = \”Get\”, controller = \”BuildFiles\”}”. Executing action “Simulation.Api.Controllers.BuildFilesController.Get (Simulation.Api)”

[08-18-2022 09:49:09 GMT-04:00 INFO] Route matched with “{action = \”Get\”, controller = \”Simulations\”}”. Executing action “Simulation.Api.Controllers.SimulationsController.Get (Simulation.Api)”

[08-18-2022 09:49:09 GMT-04:00 INFO] Route matched with “{action = \”Get\”, controller = \”Supports\”}”. Executing action “Simulation.Api.Controllers.SupportsController.Get (Simulation.Api)”

, source=simulation-api

info: API stdout data=[08-18-2022 09:49:09 GMT-04:00 INFO] Authorization was successful.

[08-18-2022 09:49:09 GMT-04:00 INFO] Authorization was successful.

[08-18-2022 09:49:09 GMT-04:00 INFO] Authorization was successful.

[08-18-2022 09:49:09 GMT-04:00 INFO] Authorization was successful.

, source=simulation-api

info: API stdout data=[08-18-2022 09:49:10 GMT-04:00 INFO] Executing action method “Simulation.Api.Controllers.BuildFilesController.Get (Simulation.Api)” with arguments ([“2”, “Uploaded,Processing”, “False”, “”, “”, “0”, “1000”]) – Validation state: Valid

[08-18-2022 09:49:10 GMT-04:00 INFO] Executing action method “Simulation.Api.Controllers.PartsController.Get (Simulation.Api)” with arguments ([“2”, “Uploaded,Processing”, “False”, “”, “”, “0”, “1000”]) – Validation state: Valid

[08-18-2022 09:49:10 GMT-04:00 INFO] Executing action method “Simulation.Api.Controllers.SimulationsController.Get (Simulation.Api)” with arguments ([“2”, “Requested,InProgress”, “”, “”, “”, “”, “False”, “”, “”, “”, “0”, “10000”]) – Validation state: Valid

[08-18-2022 09:49:10 GMT-04:00 INFO] Executing action method “Simulation.Api.Controllers.SupportsController.Get (Simulation.Api)” with arguments ([“2”, “Uploaded,Processing”, “False”, “”, “0”, “1000”]) – Validation state: Valid

, source=simulation-api

info: API stdout data=[08-18-2022 09:49:10 GMT-04:00 INFO] Authorization failed.

[08-18-2022 09:49:10 GMT-04:00 INFO] Authorization failed.

[08-18-2022 09:49:10 GMT-04:00 INFO] Authorization failed.

[08-18-2022 09:49:10 GMT-04:00 INFO] Authorization failed.

, source=simulation-api

info: API stdout data=[08-18-2022 09:49:10 GMT-04:00 INFO] Authorization was successful.

[08-18-2022 09:49:10 GMT-04:00 INFO] Authorization was successful.

[08-18-2022 09:49:10 GMT-04:00 INFO] Authorization was successful.

, source=simulation-api

info: API stdout data=[08-18-2022 09:49:10 GMT-04:00 INFO] Authorization was successful.

, source=simulation-api

info: API stdout data=[08-18-2022 09:49:10 GMT-04:00 INFO] Entity Framework Core “2.2.0-rtm-35687” initialized ‘”SimulationDbContext”‘ using provider ‘”Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Sqlite”‘ with options: “None”

[08-18-2022 09:49:10 GMT-04:00 INFO] Entity Framework Core “2.2.0-rtm-35687” initialized ‘”SimulationDbContext”‘ using provider ‘”Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Sqlite”‘ with options: “None”

[08-18-2022 09:49:10 GMT-04:00 INFO] Entity Framework Core “2.2.0-rtm-35687” initialized ‘”SimulationDbContext”‘ using provider ‘”Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Sqlite”‘ with options: “None”

[08-18-2022 09:49:10 GMT-04:00 INFO] Entity Framework Core “2.2.0-rtm-35687” initialized ‘”SimulationDbContext”‘ using provider ‘”Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Sqlite”‘ with options: “None”

, source=simulation-api

info: API stdout data=[08-18-2022 09:49:10 GMT-04:00 INFO] Executed action method “Simulation.Api.Controllers.PartsController.Get (Simulation.Api)”, returned result “Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.JsonResult” in 269.7411ms.

[08-18-2022 09:49:10 GMT-04:00 INFO] Executed action method “Simulation.Api.Controllers.BuildFilesController.Get (Simulation.Api)”, returned result “Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.JsonResult” in 269.7507ms.

[08-18-2022 09:49:10 GMT-04:00 INFO] Executed action method “Simulation.Api.Controllers.SupportsController.Get (Simulation.Api)”, returned result “Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.JsonResult” in 269.6743ms.

, source=simulation-api

info: API stdout data=[08-18-2022 09:49:10 GMT-04:00 INFO] Executing JsonResult, writing value of type ‘”System.Collections.Generic.List1[[Simulation.Domain.Models.Part, Simulation.Domain, Version=1.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=null]]"'.

[08-18-2022 09:49:10 GMT-04:00 INFO] Executing JsonResult, writing value of type '"System.Collections.Generic.List1[[Simulation.Domain.Models.BuildFile, Simulation.Domain, Version=1.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=null]]”‘.

[08-18-2022 09:49:10 GMT-04:00 INFO] Executing JsonResult, writing value of type ‘”System.Collections.Generic.List1[[Simulation.Domain.Models.PartSupport, Simulation.Domain, Version=1.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=null]]"'.

, source=simulation-api

info: API stdout data=[08-18-2022 09:49:10 GMT-04:00 INFO] Executed action method "Simulation.Api.Controllers.SimulationsController.Get (Simulation.Api)", returned result "Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.JsonResult" in 378.9037ms.

[08-18-2022 09:49:10 GMT-04:00 INFO] Executing JsonResult, writing value of type '"System.Collections.Generic.List1[[Simulation.Domain.Models.SimulationCore, Simulation.Domain, Version=1.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=null]]”‘.

, source=simulation-api

info: API stdout data=[08-18-2022 09:49:10 GMT-04:00 INFO] Executed action “Simulation.Api.Controllers.PartsController.Get (Simulation.Api)” in 650.8668ms

[08-18-2022 09:49:10 GMT-04:00 INFO] Executed action “Simulation.Api.Controllers.SimulationsController.Get (Simulation.Api)” in 650.8868ms

[08-18-2022 09:49:10 GMT-04:00 INFO] Executed action “Simulation.Api.Controllers.BuildFilesController.Get (Simulation.Api)” in 650.8926ms

[08-18-2022 09:49:10 GMT-04:00 INFO] Executed action “Simulation.Api.Controllers.SupportsController.Get (Simulation.Api)” in 650.8833ms

, source=simulation-api

info: API stdout data=[08-18-2022 09:49:10 GMT-04:00 INFO]

    Client IP: “127.0.0.1”

    Request method: “GET”

    Request path: “/parts?organizationId=2&offset=0&limit=1000&archived=false&availability=Uploaded,Processing”

    Request content type: null

    Request content length: null

    Start time: 08/18/2022 13:49:08

    Duration: 2117

[08-18-2022 09:49:10 GMT-04:00 INFO]

    Client IP: “127.0.0.1”

    Request method: “GET”

    Request path: “/supports?organizationId=2&offset=0&limit=1000&archived=false&availability=Uploaded,Processing”

    Request content type: null

    Request content length: null

    Start time: 08/18/2022 13:49:08

    Duration: 2117

[08-18-2022 09:49:10 GMT-04:00 INFO]

    Client IP: “127.0.0.1”

    Request method: “GET”

    Request path: “/buildfiles?organizationId=2&offset=0&limit=1000&archived=false&availability=Uploaded,Processing”

    Request content type: null

    Request content length: null

    Start time: 08/18/2022 13:49:08

    Duration: 2117

[08-18-2022 09:49:10 GMT-04:00 INFO]

    Client IP: “127.0.0.1”

    Request method: “GET”

    Request path: “/simulations?organizationId=2&offset=0&limit=10000&status=Requested,InProgress&archived=false”

    Request content type: null

    Request content length: null

    Start time: 08/18/2022 13:49:08

    Duration: 2117

, source=simulation-api

info: Cassandra files already exist in $APPDATA or running on a Mac, continuing. source=cassandra

info: Successfully wrote cassandra.yaml to \\pass.ad.psu.edu\pass\users\n\s\nsm5081\COEPROFILE\AMD\Appdata\Roaming\ansys-additive\cassandraBinaries\conf\cassandra.yaml.  Data file location is now set to: \\pass.ad.psu.edu\pass\users\n\s\nsm5081\COEPROFILE\AMD\Appdata\Roaming\ansys-additive\cassandraData source=undefined

info: Starting casssandra here: \\pass.ad.psu.edu\pass\users\n\s\nsm5081\COEPROFILE\AMD\Appdata\Roaming\ansys-additive\cassandraBinaries\bin\cassandra.bat source=cassandra

info: Starting process cmd=\\pass.ad.psu.edu\pass\users\n\s\nsm5081\COEPROFILE\AMD\Appdata\Roaming\ansys-additive\cassandraBinaries\bin\cassandra.bat, args=[LEGACY], startCount=0, startTime=1660830550787, source=pm

info: API stdout data=[08-18-2022 09:49:10 GMT-04:00 INFO] Request finished in 2250.8494ms 200 application/json; charset=utf-8

[08-18-2022 09:49:10 GMT-04:00 INFO] Request finished in 2252.7441ms 200 application/json; charset=utf-8

[08-18-2022 09:49:10 GMT-04:00 INFO] Request finished in 2252.7787ms 200 application/json; charset=utf-8

[08-18-2022 09:49:10 GMT-04:00 INFO] Request finished in 2252.735ms 200 application/json; charset=utf-8

, source=simulation-api

 

 

 

[MangeshANSYS]

correcting the second variable name from repeated HOMEDRIVE to HOMEPATH

 

# – # – # – # – # – # – # – # – #

set APPDATA=C:\temp\ansystemp

set HOMEDRIVE=C:

set HOMEPATH=\temp\ansystemp

set USERPROFILE=C:\temp\ansystemp

set TEMP=C:\temp\ansystemp

set TMP=C:\temp\ansystemp

”C:\Program Files\ANSYS Inc\v222\AddPrint\Additive 22.2.exe”

# – # – # – # – # – # – # – # – #

[umuterds]

I have the same problem can you help me please?