Installing the License Server
Once you have the dongle drivers installed, you can plug in the dongle into a free USB port of the machine. The dongle must be plugged into the machine every time you need to run the V-Ray license server. To install the V-Ray license server make sure your Windows account has administrative privileges and double-click the installation file vrlservice_3xxxx_x64.exe that came with the V-Ray 3.0 for Softimage installation archive. Follow the instructions of the installer.Upon the start of the installation, Windows may ask you for permission to run the installer with administrator privileges. Please confirm. 1. You will be presented with the V-Ray licensing agreement. Please take a moment to review the agreement. Click the “I agree” button to proceed: 2. Next you will see the default installation settings. To manually set-up the installation click Customize
3. Here you can specify the installation folder for V-Ray License Server. You are also given the option to Register the V-Ray license service – check this option if you want to register the V-Ray license server as a Windows service and automatically start upon Windows boot. In this case V-Ray license server will run in the background as a service and there will be no need to run it manually. There will be no V-Ray license server icon in the Windows System Tray. You can also add a Firewall exception for the license server so it can run uninterrupted.
4. If there is a previous version of V-Ray License Server installed, the installer will detect it and ask you to uninstall it. Click OK to continue. 5. The installer will detect if there is an instance of V-Ray License Server running and ask you to close it. Do so and click Next to continue. 6. The installer will proceed to complete the installation. Click Finish |