Licensing

Licensing

How to manage ANSYS license queuing

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      The License Queuing option allows an ANSYS process to wait (queue) for an available license in the event all licenses are checked out (for example to run an ANSYS Fluent calculation). To activate this option, the ANSWAIT environment variable has to be set to a value of 1. -On Windows: Configuration Panel > System > Advanced System Parameter > Environment Variables, and creating the variable ANSWAIT with the value “1”. -On Linux: using a script file (.cshrc, .bashrc, etc.) to set the environment variable. For example adding the following line in a .cshrc file: setenv ANSWAIT 1 Then processes, which are in queue, can be checked in one of two ways: -Interactively in the License Manager, menu View Status/Diagnostic Options >>> Display Queued Licenses -By the following command: [PATH]/ansys_inc/shared_files/licensing/[arch]/ansysli_util -printqueueusage With [PATH]: the path where ANSYS products are installed [arch]: system architecture (winx64, linx64, etc.)