PRA FLEXlm Stand Alone Installation

This page will guide you through generating a PRA license file on a stand alone PC. Once you have successfully generated the license file, you will be able to run PRA products from that PC.

Installing the Stand Alone Licensing Files

The stand alone licensing utility files are included with the Petroleum Systems Suite. To install them, run the Petroleum Systems Suite setup, and choose "Stand Alone License Generation Utility" from the list of components.

note: If you have not yet installed the new PRA products from this setup, you may install the products and the licensing simultaneously.

Note that these license files are required for dongle license generation; and while they are not essential for other stand alone installations, it is strongly recommended that you install and use them. Even if you do not need a new license file at this time (see below), you may need the utility files later when your license file expires.

Note: You may not need a new license file for this release

If you have an existing PRA license file issued after January 1, 2002, you may not need a new license file for this release. Before continuing with the Stand Alone License File Generation, read License File Eligibility Dates to see if your existing license file is sufficient.

Stand Alone License File Generation

PRA stand alone licensing requires one of two things:

The Disk Volume Serial Number from the PC that will be running the software, or
The Dongle Serial Number of the dongle to be used to run the software.
note: If you are running Windows NT/2000 and are using a dongle, the Rainbow Sentinel System Drivers must be installed in order for your system to recognize the dongle.

The Petroleum Systems Suite Stand Alone License Generation Utility will take you through the license generation process for either of the above scenarios. Alternatively, you may set up your license file manually using a DOS or Command Prompt

Setup using the Stand Alone License Generation Utility

Run the Stand Alone License Generation Utility
The Stand Alone License Generation Utility shortcut is included in the Start | Programs | Platte River Associates, Inc. menu.

Report the 'lmhostid' of your system to Platte River Associates, Inc.

The lmhostid is based on the Disk Volume Serial Number (DISK_SERIAL_NUM) of the host machine, or the serial number of a Rainbow SuperPro dongle (DONGLE_SERIAL_NUM) available from PRA.

note: If you are running Windows NT/2000 and are using a dongle, the Rainbow Sentinel System Drivers must be installed in order for your system to recognize the dongle.

The Stand Alone License Generation Utility will display the following dialog:

This dialog displays the Disk Volume Serial Number and the serial number of the Rainbow SuperPro dongle if you have one.

If you were using the Disk Volume Serial Number, your lmhostid would be 18279f0c in this example.

Contact PRA with the appropriate lmhostid (disk or dongle) via
email: keys@platte.com
or you may phone or fax us:
Phone: (303)-448-0480 USA
Fax: (303)-448-0434 USA

You may Exit from this utility until you have received your license file or password report file from PRA.

Restart the Stand Alone License Generation Utility
in the Start | Programs | Platte River Associates, Inc. menu.

Generation from a license file
(If you are using a password report file, please see the next section.)
- System lmhostids
  Select whether you are using Disk Volume Serial Number or Dongle Serial Number, indicate that you are using a license file, and press "Continue".
- PRA products path
  The license manager must know where the PRA products are installed. If you have chosen the default directory in the installation of the Petroleum Systems Suite, you will need to specify:
  C:\Program Files\PRAif it is not already specified for you.
  Press "continue".
- License file selection
  In the License file selection dialog, specify the location of the license file provided to you by PRA and press "OK".
- License file created
  This dialog will verify that your license file has been created successfully.
  Press "Exit", to finish the license generation process.
  
  You will now be able to run the products for which you have licenses.
Generation from a password report file
- System lmhostids
  Select whether you are using Disk Volume Serial Number or Dongle Serial Number, indicate that you are using a password report file, and press "Continue".
- PRA products path
  The license manager must know where the PRA products are installed. If you have chosen the default directory in the installation of the Petroleum Systems Suite, you will need to specify:
  C:\Program Files\PRA
  if it is not already specified for you.
  Press "Continue".
- License file generation method
  PRA recommends using the password report file as input.
  Make sure "Use password report file" is selected and press "Continue".
- Password report file selection
  In the Password report file selection dialog, specify the location of the password report file provided to you by PRA and press "Next".
- License File Template
  This dialog will display the information in your password report file.
  You should not have to modify any information in this dialog.
  If the information looks correct, press "continue".
- License file created
  This dialog will verify that your license file has been created successfully.
  Press "Exit" to finish the license generation process.
  You will now be able to run the licensed products.

Setup using a DOS or Command Prompt

note: if you are using a password report file, you must setup licensing with the Stand Alone License Generation Utility as listed above.

Find your lmhostid based on your Disk Volume Serial Number or Dongle Serial Number.
- Finding your Disk Volume Serial Number
- Finding your Dongle Serial Number
  The DONGLE_SERIAL_NUM can be obtained by using the sproinfo utility.
  
  If you have chosen the default directory in the installation of the Petroleum Systems Suite, you will find sproinfo in:
  C:\Program Files\PRA\praflex\bin>
  
  To find your Dongle Serial Number, run sproinfo with the -serial command line argument.
```
C:\Program Files\PRA\praflex\bin>sproinfo -serial
68

C:\>
            
```
Report your lmhostid to Platte River Associates, Inc.

Contact PRA with the appropriate lmhostid (disk or dongle) via
email: keys@platte.com
or you may phone or fax us:
Phone: (303)-448-0480 USA
Fax: (303)-448-0434 USA
Copy your license file to the correct directory.

Upon receiving your lmhostid, PRA will provide you with a file called license.dat.

In C:\Program Files\PRA\praflex> create a new directory called licenses.

Copy your license.dat to C:\Program Files\PRA\praflex\licenses.

You will now be able to run the products for which you have licenses.

Setup of Rainbow Sentinel System Drivers

You will need to install the Rainbow Sentinel System Drivers if you are running Windows NT, 2000, or XP and are using a Rainbow SuperPro dongle for licensing.

The Rainbow SuperPro driver setup is located on the CD-ROM or is available via FTP.

To install the Rainbow SuperPro driver, all you need to do is run SentinelProtectionInstaller7.0.0.exe.

To run SentinelProtectionInstaller7.0.0.exe from the CD, assuming E: is your CD ROM drive, run:
E:\SentinelProtectionInstaller7.0.0.exe

You can do this by browsing to the CD ROM drive in Windows Explorer, or by using the Windows Start | Run command and typing E:\SentinelProtectionInstaller7.0.0.exe into the dialog that appears.

During the setup procedure, select the "Custom" setup type.

Click the "Sentinel Protection Server" icon and select "This feature will not be available".

Press "Next" and follow the rest of the installation procedure.

Once this setup is finished, the Rainbow Sentinel System Driver for your system will be installed, and you can continue with licensing setup.