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Ansys license manger vs Ansys Enterprise License Manager

- April 14, 2025 at 6:37 pm
  
  dcooper
  Subscriber
  
  I've got a problem where I need to restrict an Ansys license to a specific unix group. I am currently running ANSYS License Manager, but as far as I can tell, I don't have the option to restrict usage on that license manager. I could swap to Ansys Enterpirse License Manager, which I think is FlexLM based, which would give me options to limit license usage to specific users or groups, is that right? Am I barking up the wrong tree? Is there a was to make Ansys License Manager do what I want?
  This license server is attached to a large HPC cluster, and serves a lot of academic users.
- April 15, 2025 at 7:55 am
  
  Rajeshwari Jadhav
  Forum Moderator
  
  Hi Cooper,
  You can have a option file on Ansys License Manager server end to restrict the usage, refer
  Controlling access to the license using the options file – Ansys Optics
  ProductToFeatureMap-2025-03-10.pdf
- April 15, 2025 at 5:31 pm
  
  dcooper
  Subscriber
  
  Okay, so I can make an options file for the Lumerical license I need to restrict, and it won't affect any of the other CFD, Mecanical, HPC licenses, etc? The instructions seem to be concerned with Lumerical, and not the other applications.
  The link worked, but I get access denied whenever I try to access that PDF. Is there another way I can access the PDF?
- June 13, 2025 at 5:36 pm
  
  Rajeshwari Jadhav
  Forum Moderator
  
  Goto Ansys Download Center and follow below steps:

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