license issue on synplify pro AE

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hy everyone,

we have a floating license for Libero IDE which has an
ACTEL_SUMMIT feature that to my understanding should support the
whole project flow, including license for ModelSim AE and
Synplify Pro AE (Actel Edition).

I've correctly set up my LM_LICENSE_FILE env. variable and I'm
able to get the license to run the Libero IDE (that I do not
need much...). But when I try to run the synthesis tool I get an
error message:

License for feature synplifypro is not available.

Unable to obtain license host ID.

Now I'm stuck! I've followed the troubleshooting guidelines from
Microsemi and I've searched the net for the entire afternoon...

My lmutil provides the following information:

debian@debian:libero_v9.1$ lmutil lmstat -c $LM_LICENSE_FILE
lmutil - Copyright (c) 1989-2010 Flexera Software, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
Flexible License Manager status on Wed 3/19/2014 17:12

License server status: 1702@servicesserver
License file(s) on servicesserver: D:\FlexLM\licenses\License_designer_floating_v9.dat:

servicesserver: license server UP (MASTER) v11.9

Vendor daemon status (on servicesserver):

actlmgrd: UP v11.4

At a certain point I tried to change the -licensetype variable
for synplify_pro (from command line), but no success with the
following: synplifypro_actel, synplifypro_acteloem

There's still an item I haven't checked that just came to my
mind, a firewall issue. AFAIK the flexlm handles the various
vendor daemons and provide the client with a dynamic port on
which to talk. If for some reason my pc cannot talk/listen (I'm
not sure which) on that port then it would not work.

I may ask my sysadmin what is the flexlm configuration on the
server side, even though I'm not sure she's going to be happy to
provide that info! :-/

Any additional ideas?

Al

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On 19/03/2014 16:29, alb wrote:
hy everyone,

we have a floating license for Libero IDE which has an
ACTEL_SUMMIT feature that to my understanding should support the
whole project flow, including license for ModelSim AE and
Synplify Pro AE (Actel Edition).
Click to expand...

I don't think so, Mentor and Synplify have their own features and daemons.

I have these increments in my Microsemi license:

INCREMENT synplifydsp_actel snpslmd
INCREMENT synplifydspsl snpslmd
INCREMENT synplifypro_actel snpslmd
INCREMENT actelmsimvlog mgcld
INCREMENT actelmsimvhdl mgcld

Regards,
Hans.
www.ht-lab.com


I've correctly set up my LM_LICENSE_FILE env. variable and I'm
able to get the license to run the Libero IDE (that I do not
need much...). But when I try to run the synthesis tool I get an
error message:

License for feature synplifypro is not available.

Unable to obtain license host ID.

Now I'm stuck! I've followed the troubleshooting guidelines from
Microsemi and I've searched the net for the entire afternoon...

My lmutil provides the following information:

debian@debian:libero_v9.1$ lmutil lmstat -c $LM_LICENSE_FILE
lmutil - Copyright (c) 1989-2010 Flexera Software, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
Flexible License Manager status on Wed 3/19/2014 17:12

License server status: 1702@servicesserver
License file(s) on servicesserver: D:\FlexLM\licenses\License_designer_floating_v9.dat:

servicesserver: license server UP (MASTER) v11.9

Vendor daemon status (on servicesserver):

actlmgrd: UP v11.4

At a certain point I tried to change the -licensetype variable
for synplify_pro (from command line), but no success with the
following: synplifypro_actel, synplifypro_acteloem

There's still an item I haven't checked that just came to my
mind, a firewall issue. AFAIK the flexlm handles the various
vendor daemons and provide the client with a dynamic port on
which to talk. If for some reason my pc cannot talk/listen (I'm
not sure which) on that port then it would not work.

I may ask my sysadmin what is the flexlm configuration on the
server side, even though I'm not sure she's going to be happy to
provide that info! :-/

Any additional ideas?

Al
Click to expand...
 
On Wed, 19 Mar 2014 16:29:01 +0000, alb wrote:

hy everyone,

we have a floating license for Libero IDE which has an ACTEL_SUMMIT
feature that to my understanding should support the whole project flow,
including license for ModelSim AE and Synplify Pro AE (Actel Edition).

I've correctly set up my LM_LICENSE_FILE env. variable and I'm able to
get the license to run the Libero IDE (that I do not need much...). But
when I try to run the synthesis tool I get an error message:

License for feature synplifypro is not available.

Unable to obtain license host ID.

Now I'm stuck! I've followed the troubleshooting guidelines from
Microsemi and I've searched the net for the entire afternoon...
Click to expand...

My own startup script for Libero on Debian includes the following:

-----------------------------------------------------------------
HOSTNAME=myhostname
LICENSE_PATH=/home/brian/Projects/SteepestAscent/Actel/Licensing
LICENSE_NAME=License2013.dat

lmgrd -c $LICENSE_PATH/$LICENSE_NAME &

# Setup licensefile path so that Modelsim can find the correct licenses
export LM_LICENSE_FILE=$LICENSE_PATH/$LICENSE_NAME

# Synplify needs port@hostname to find its license
export SNPSLMD_LICENSE_FILE=1702@$HOSTNAME
-----------------------------------------------------------------

a SNPSLMD_LICENSE_FILE env variable may help?

- Brian
 
Hi Hans,
HT-Lab <hans64@htminuslab.com> wrote:
we have a floating license for Libero IDE which has an
ACTEL_SUMMIT feature that to my understanding should support the
whole project flow, including license for ModelSim AE and
Synplify Pro AE (Actel Edition).

I don't think so, Mentor and Synplify have their own features
and daemons.

I have these increments in my Microsemi license:

INCREMENT synplifydsp_actel snpslmd
INCREMENT synplifydspsl snpslmd
INCREMENT synplifypro_actel snpslmd
INCREMENT actelmsimvlog mgcld
INCREMENT actelmsimvhdl mgcld
Click to expand...

If I lmstat the license server I get only actlmgrd. As you say I
should have the other daemons running as well to provide the
related features, while that's not the case.

I think at this point my only conclusion is that we have Libero
SA (stand-alone) license which *do not include* neither
synplify_pro nor modelsim. Those third-party tools are indeed
available through the gold license though.

It is not yet clear to me if the gold/platinum difference w.r.t.
third-party tools makes some difference in terms of available
features.

Al
 
Hi Brian,
Brian Drummond <brian3@shapes.demon.co.uk> wrote:
[]
we have a floating license for Libero IDE which has an ACTEL_SUMMIT
feature that to my understanding should support the whole project flow,
including license for ModelSim AE and Synplify Pro AE (Actel Edition).
[]
My own startup script for Libero on Debian includes the following:
Click to expand...

that's nice to see somebody else there sailing on unchartered
waters with success! Same setup here, I'm only unhappy that
openmotif is still in non-free archives which is a bit unfair
being a full fledged LGPL package.

-----------------------------------------------------------------
HOSTNAME=myhostname
LICENSE_PATH=/home/brian/Projects/SteepestAscent/Actel/Licensing
LICENSE_NAME=License2013.dat

lmgrd -c $LICENSE_PATH/$LICENSE_NAME &

# Setup licensefile path so that Modelsim can find the correct licenses
export LM_LICENSE_FILE=$LICENSE_PATH/$LICENSE_NAME

# Synplify needs port@hostname to find its license
export SNPSLMD_LICENSE_FILE=1702@$HOSTNAME
-----------------------------------------------------------------

a SNPSLMD_LICENSE_FILE env variable may help?
Click to expand...

Thanks for the hint, I keep the env. variables in my .bashrc but
it is pretty similar to what you write. I think the main problem
lies on our floating license being a Libero SA only (see my
previous reply in this thread). By the way, SNPLSMD_LICENSE_FILE
is optional, you should be able to live without it.

Al
 
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