Installing ABAQUS Version 6.4

A complete ABAQUS installation consists of three installation procedures and requires two CD-ROMs: one CD-ROM for documentation and one platform-specific CD-ROM for licensing and products. You should perform the installation procedures in the following order:

1. ABAQUS documentation
2. ABAQUS licensing
3. ABAQUS products

ABAQUS licensing needs to be installed on only one computer on your network.  ABAQUS documentation generally should be installed on only one computer as well. The computers that you choose for documentation and licensing should be accessible by all computers where you run ABAQUS.

Installing ABAQUS documentation

You must have write permission in the directory where documentation is installed. Administrator privileges are required on Windows platforms.

To install ABAQUS documentation:

1. From the disk labeled ABAQUS Documentation, execute the following command:
   UNIX      /cdrom_dir/setup
Windows      cdrom_drive:\setup.exe
2. Follow the instructions in the dialog boxes that appear to complete the documentation installation.
3. When the documentation installation is complete, you will be provided with a URL that points to your ABAQUS documentation. You must provide this URL during ABAQUS product installation.

Installing ABAQUS licensing

You must have an ABAQUS Version 6.4 license file to install licensing. Administrator privileges are required on Windows platforms to install and start the license server. If you have a current ABAQUS Version 6.4 license server running, you can skip this procedure.

Note: For redundant license server configurations, you can use the installation procedure to install only the licensing utilities on each of the three license server hosts. For more information, see "Redundant license server configurations," Section 3.3 of the Version 6.4 ABAQUS Installation and Licensing Guide or the ABAQUS Answer ID 201 in the ABAQUS Online Support System that is accessible through the MY ABAQUS section of the ABAQUS Home Page (www.abaqus.com).

If you have an ABAQUS Version 6.3 license server, you must terminate it before you install ABAQUS Version 6.4 licensing (see below).

To install ABAQUS licensing:

1. From the disk labeled ABAQUS Licensing and Products, execute the following command:
   UNIX      /cdrom_dir/setup
   Windows      cdrom_drive:\setup.exe
2. Follow the instructions in the dialog boxes that appear to complete the licensing installation.

To terminate an ABAQUS Version 6.3 license server:

1. If you installed the ABAQUS Version 6.3 licensing manually, you must terminate the server and uninstall the server manually.
2. If you used the ABAQUS Version 6.3 license installation procedure, you should use one of the following procedures to terminate it:
   
   UNIX platforms
   1. Enter the following command:
      abaqus_dir/License/lmdown –c @license_server_host –vendor ABAQUSLM
   2. Verify that the server has been stopped by running the following command:
      abaqus_dir/License/lmstat –c @ license_server_host
      Verify that no ABAQUSLM vendor daemons are reported. If no vendor daemons are reported, an error status message may appear.
   
   Windows platforms
   1. From the Start menu, select Programs–>ABAQUS 6.3-n–>Licensing, where n refers to the ABAQUS version.
      The LMTOOLS dialog box appears.
   2. Verify Configuration using Services is enabled on the Service/License File tabbed page.
   3. Select the Start/Stop/Reread tab, select the ABAQUS 6.3 license server, and click Stop Server.
   4. Select the Config Services tab, select the ABAQUS 6.3 license server, and click Remove  Service.
   5. Select File–>Exit to close the LMTOOLS dialog box.

Installing ABAQUS products

You must have an ABAQUS Version 6.4 network license server installed and running on your network to install ABAQUS products. You will be asked to provide the following information relating to the documentation and licensing installations:

• The hostname or IP address of your license server(s) (REQUIRED).
• The URL for ABAQUS documentation (optional, but recommended).

To install ABAQUS products:

1. From the disk labeled ABAQUS Licensing and Products, execute the following command:
   UNIX     /cdrom_drive/setup
   Windows      cdrom_drive:\setup.exe
2. Follow the instructions in the dialog boxes that appear to complete the product installation.

If you install ABAQUS products before installing ABAQUS documentation, you must add the URL for the location of the documentation to the following files:

1. abaqus_v6.env file. The URL is required in the abaqus_v6.env file to provide access to the documentation using ABAQUS commands.  The required parameter definition is as follows:
   
        doc_root ="http://doc_server:port/v6.4"
   
   where doc_server is the fully qualified domain name for the documentation server and port is the port number used by the documentation server (if required). For example, a valid parameter definition is
   
        doc_root ="http://willow.xyz.com:2080/v6.4"
   
   
2. url.js file located in the abaqus_dir/6.4-n/cae/Help/redirects directory.  The URL is required in this file to enable links from help windows in ABAQUS/CAE to associated topics in the ABAQUS documentation.  The line in the url.js file should have the following form:
   
        var baseURL="http://doc_server:port/v6.4/books/";
   
   where doc_server is the fully qualified domain name for the documentation server and port is the port number used by the documentation server (if required).  For example, a valid definition is
   
        var baseURL ="http://willow.xyz.com:2080/v6.4/books/";