Well this is not directed at you Kim, reason being I dunno it seems
some of you wanted kim to loose his temper !! I acctully found his
responces pretty good points, when I went though and re-read to
understand, something small that make it worked dawned on me. Well I
got it to work so that is the good thing. Bashing someone down
doesn't solve anything.
Good day
Christopher
> Tuesday, May 16, 2006, 5:48:19 AM, you wrote:
>> Licensing when you're dealing with server and application running on a
>> single machine isn't so much of a problem if you take the trouble to
>> understand how it works and work through the process logically. Christopher,
>> though, complicates the issue by not explaining himself very well, not
>> listening to what people say to him and having a poor understanding of the
>> tools he uses to earn a living.
>> He never did really explain how he fixed the problem but I think it's
>> pretty obvious he did something with the spm_host variable while he was
>> randomly stabbing things in the hope that they'd eventually work.
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: owner-xsi(at)Softimage.COM
>>> [mailto:owner-xsi(at)Softimage.COM] On Behalf Of Tim Leydecker
>>> Sent: 16-May-2006 10:16
>>> To: XSI(at)Softimage.COM
>>> Subject: Re: Re[14]: 1 licence for two different versions
>>>
>>> Don?t want to start a flamewar or get insulting to anyone.
>>>
>>> Actually, I learned quite a bit from that thread.
>>>
>>> Licensing (the SPM host, running concurring versions all
>>> that) can be a bitchy thing and it?s shown that people here a
>>> willing to help out - even if it?s distracting from their work.
>>>
>>> To sum it up - it probably cost a quarter million bucks in
>>> manhours (reading the posts, answering, maybe deleting them).
>>>
>>> In the longrun it *could* save money and longhours thought.
>>>
>>> Would be a shame if you?d unscubscribe but you?re free to do so...
>>>
>>> Cheers
>>>
>>> tim
>>>
>>>
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> From: "Thomas Helzle" <xsi(at)screendream.de>
>>> To: <XSI(at)Softimage.COM>
>>> Sent: Tuesday, May 16, 2006 10:56 AM
>>> Subject: Re: Re[14]: 1 licence for two different versions
>>>
>>>
>>> > ....or maybe create a separate mailinglist for chris.
>>> > Otherwise I think I will unsubscribe for a while.
>>> >
>>> > OMG
>>> >
>>> > Thomas Helzle
>>> >
>>> > On Sun, 14 May 2006 21:28:55 +0200, Will Mendez
>>> <xsiwill(at)gmail.com> wrote:
>>> >
>>> >> Chris,
>>> >>
>>> >> Call support on Monday, Have them do a remote support
>>> session on your
>>> >> machine so that we can finally get to the bottom of this.
>>> >>
>>> >> Regards,
>>> >> Will
>>> >>
>>> >> -----Original Message-----
>>> >> From: owner-xsi(at)Softimage.COM
>>> [mailto:owner-xsi(at)Softimage.COM] On Behalf Of
>>> >> kim aldis
>>> >> Sent: Sunday, May 14, 2006 12:43 PM
>>> >> To: XSI(at)Softimage.COM
>>> >> Subject: RE: Re[14]: 1 licence for two different versions
>>> >>
>>> >> Then if the value of that variable is supposed to be the
>>> name of the machine
>>> >> which is serving licenses, I'd say that's your problem.
>>> >>
>>> >>> -----Original Message-----
>>> >>> From: owner-xsi(at)Softimage.COM
>>> >>> [mailto:owner-xsi(at)Softimage.COM] On Behalf Of Chris
>>> >>> Sent: 14-May-2006 15:22
>>> >>> To: kim aldis
>>> >>> Subject: Re[14]: 1 licence for two different versions
>>> >>>
>>> >>> Hello kim, no it's not the name of the computer !
>>> >>>
>>> >>> Christopher
>>> >>>
>>> >>>
>>> >>> Sunday, May 14, 2006, 2:45:34 AM, you wrote:
>>> >>>
>>> >>> > And is SPM_x the name of your machine?
>>> >>>
>>> >>>
>>> >>> >> -----Original Message-----
>>> >>> >> From: owner-xsi(at)Softimage.COM
>>> >>> >> [mailto:owner-xsi(at)Softimage.COM] On Behalf Of Chris
>>> >>> >> Sent: 13-May-2006 23:14
>>> >>> >> To: kim aldis
>>> >>> >> Subject: Re[12]: 1 licence for two different versions
>>> >>> >>
>>> >>> >> Hello kim, yes I'm running both from the same machine.
>>> >>> Did the echo
>>> >>> >> %SPM_HOST% and for the:
>>> >>> >>
>>> >>> >> 4.2 command prompt I just get this returned to me:
>>> %SPM_HOST% 5.o
>>> >>> >> command prompt I get this returned to me: SPM_x
>>> >>> >>
>>> >>> >> Christopher
>>> >>> >>
>>> >>> >>
>>> >>> >> Saturday, May 13, 2006, 4:22:53 PM, you wrote:
>>> >>> >>
>>> >>> >> >
>>> >>> >>
>>> >>> >> >> -----Original Message-----
>>> >>> >> >> From: owner-xsi(at)Softimage.COM
>>> >>> >> >> [mailto:owner-xsi(at)Softimage.COM] On Behalf Of Chris
>>> >>> >> >> Sent: 13-May-2006 21:13
>>> >>> >> >> To: kim aldis
>>> >>> >> >> Subject: Re[10]: 1 licence for two different versions
>>> >>> >> >>
>>> >>> >> >> Saturday, May 13, 2006, 3:38:27 PM, you wrote:
>>> >>> >> >>
>>> >>> >> >> > No, I'm saying that if you're running xsi from the same
>>> >>> >> machine as
>>> >>> >> >> > the license server then you don't *have* to set the
>>> >>> >> >> spm_host variable.
>>> >>> >> >> > However, if you do then it should be correct. You haven't
>>> >>> >> >> said whether
>>> >>> >> >> > you are running from the same machine or not. I don't
>>> >>> >> know what you
>>> >>> >> >> > may have already done to those files so I don't
>>> know if you
>>> >>> >> >> should do nothing or not.
>>> >>> >> >>
>>> >>> >> >> I have done nothing to the serv.bat files at all I have
>>> >>> not edited
>>> >>> >> >> them nothing there at there default settings.
>>> >>> >>
>>> >>> >> > I asked if you were running xsi from the same machine as
>>> >>> >> the license server.
>>> >>> >> > Are you?
>>> >>> >>
>>> >>> >> > Just because you've done nothing to them doesn't mean
>>> >>> >> they're correct.
>>> >>> >>
>>> >>> >>
>>> >>> >> >>
>>> >>> >> >> I have a 5.0 licence running so your right the server
>>> >>> is running.
>>> >>> >> >> And to recap 4.2 will run from 5.0 *BUT* 5.0 doesn't run
>>> >>> >> from a 5.0
>>> >>> >> >> licence.
>>> >>> >>
>>> >>> >> > I was misunderstanding you. I thought you could run 5.0 but
>>> >>> >> not 4.2. Sorry.
>>> >>> >>
>>> >>> >> >>
>>> >>> >> >> Running "echo SPM_HOST" (without the quotes) at both 5.0 and
>>> >>> >> >> 4.2 command prompt just gives me the following
>>> >>> >> >>
>>> >>> >> >> SPM
>>> >>> >> >>
>>> >>> >>
>>> >>> >> > You need to typ echo %SPM_HOST%, not echo SPM_HOST.
>>> >>> >>
>>> >>> >> > Once again, can you confirm that you're running spm
>>> on the same
>>> >>> >> > machine as you're running xsi. It has a bearing.
>>> >>> >>
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>>> >>> >> Chris mailto:walksfar(at)netscape.ca
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