Licensing and Installation

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Here are some links to information that will help you better understand Mentor Graphics Licensing.

Types of Licenses

Determining the Hostid for Licensing

System Requirements

General Support Information

The following links contain information, including videos, to guide you through the process of configuring your license environment.

PADS-specific Install and Licensing:

PADS Install and Licensing

Licensing Documentation:

Licensing Mentor Graphics Software

FlexNet License Administration Guide

General Install and Licensing Content:

Installing a Mobile Compute License (video)

Configuring a Mentor Graphics License Server on Windows (video)

Updating Your Licensing Manager (Server) on Windows (Video)

Updating Your License Manager (Server) With a New License File (Video)

Using the Advanced Environment Editor (video)

Generating a Run-time Diagnostic Report with the Mentor License Utility (video)

Best Practices:

Licensing Best Practices White Paper

Troubleshooting:

Common Licensing Problems