The ExtendSim installer is not an MSI installer but rather an InstallScript installer. Consequently, we don't directly support silent installs. One option is to do the following:
- Take an image of a Client device that does not yet have ExtendSim installed.
- Follow Client Devices - Installation & Activation in the Installing & Activating ExtendSim Floating Licenses document to install, but do not launch, ExtendSim on that Client device. Make sure the installation destination for user-modifiable files (MyDocuments/ExtendSim) is to a location for which the end user has read-write access so that they can open, change, and save models.
- Copy the extendsim.lic file that was generated by the License Manager into that device's MyDocuments/ExtendSim folder.
- Do not launch ExtendSim!
- Take a second image of the machine.
- Create your own silent installer by using these two images to see how our installer altered the clean machine.
Note: Each Client will need to have its own ExtendsimDocPath.txt file located at Program Files/ExtendSim. This text file contains the path to the Documents folder that contains ExtendSim user-modifiable files (MyDocuments/ExtendSim)
- The license file, extendsim.lic, on the License Server needs to be updated and reactivated whenever there is this type of change to the license.
- To change the number of concurrent users on your Floating license, first contact the ExtendSim Team or your ExtendSim Distributor.
- After we notify you that the change has been made and the license has been updated, you will need to reactivate the License Manager on your server updating the license file, extendsim.lic.
- Existing Client devices will automatically be updated once the License Manager on the Server has been updated.
- For complete details, see the document titled Reactivating • Floating Licenses.
You probably will need both ExtendSim 10 and 2024 during the transition period while you convert your files from 10 to 2024. The transition period should not exceed six (6) months. Deployment of the software after that period shall not exceed the licensed quantity of concurrent users of ExtendSim.
As long as each product has its own License Manager installed on different Servers, it is not a problem to install two or more ExtendSim Floating license products on the same Client device and/or use those products on the same network. The license file on a Client device product will point to the correct Server's License Manager assigned to manage that product.
It's a little more challenging, but certainly doable, to have the same License Manager on one Server manage both your ExtendSim 10 Floating license and its upgrade, ExtendSim 2024. For details on setting this up, see Using one ExtendSim License Manager to manage two Floating licenses.
- The license file, extendsim.lic, on the License Server needs to be updated and reactivated whenever your MSP is renewed.
- To update your Floating license with the new renewal date, first contact the ExtendSim Team or your ExtendSim Distributor.
- After we notify you that the change has been made and the license has been updated, you will need to reactivate the License Manager on your server updating the license file, extendsim.lic.
- Existing Client devices will automatically be updated once the License Manager on the Server has been updated.
- For complete details, see the document titled Reactivating • Floating Licenses.
Yes, the Floating License is hosted and managed on your premises.
- If you do a manual activation, no connection to the internet is requested for either the Server or ExtendSim on Client devices.
- Even if you do an automatic activation, it is only a one-time web-based exchange of Server and license information to activate the Server’s license.
- Subsequent to installation and activation, the Client only connects to the License Manager on your Server, and the Server internally validates the License File and receives license requests from Client devices.