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1. Environment Variables are available for this script SLSDYNA_VERSIO full pathname of selected LS DYNA executabl SLSDYNA_MPP RUE if MPP version selected SLSDYNA_DOUBLE RUE if double precision version selected SLSDYNA_ONLINE RUE if submitted using the ONLINE option SLSDYNA_BACKGROUND TRUE if submitted using the BACKGROUND option SLSDYNA_BATCH RUE if submitted using the BATCH option SLSDYNA_QUEUE RUE if submitted using the QUEUE option SLSDYNA_JOB_DIR full path of LS DYNA job_directory SLSDYNA_JOB_FILE Filename containing LS DYNA job options SLSDYNA_JOB_CPUS number of CPU s selected SLSDYNA_NODE_FILE file contains node list for MPP jobs SLSDYNA_RESTART_FILE filename of LS DYNA restart dump file SLSDYNA_RESTART_INPUT_FILE filename of LS DYNA restart input file cd SLSDYNA_JOB_DIR if SLSDYNA_MPP FALSE then SMP LS DYNA submission if SLSDYNA_ONLINE TRUE then SLSDYNA_VERSIO else SLSDYNA_VERSION lt LSDYNA_JOB_DIR LSDYNA_JOB_FILE endif else MPP LS DYNA submission if e SPBS_NODEFILE then if f SPBS_NODEFILE then echo Nodes used for this job cho m m cat SPBS_NODEFILE set numproc cat PBS_NODEFILE wc 1 endif endif Page 40 Ove Arup amp Partners Ltd May 2006 Oasys LS DYNA Env
2. Contents Queuing Commands Queue commands for NQS SGE LSF and PBS Automatically queuing systems If the job is not submitted to a generated by the queue then this section of the batch file will be shell empty Environment Variables This section of the batch file sets up a number of Automatically Environment variables The first group contain generated by the Page 37 Ove Arup amp Partners Ltd May 2006 Oasys LS DYNA Environment Release 9 2 Installation Guide information relating to license systems while the shell second set contain information relating to the selected version of LS DYNA and the job LS DYNA submission This section of the batch file contains the User configurable commands that are actually used to run LS DYNA The contents of this section are included from a file in the installations directory Rost Piece siie O putne Commands for running T HIS and Presenter eo automatically after the LS DYNA job terminates ee y The following sections include examples taken from the batch file created for a job submitted to a PBS queuing system on a LINUX machine 6 2 1 Queuing Commands The Oasys shell will automatically add queuing commands to the start of the batch file The options supported for the different queuing systems are as follows Option NQS PBS SGE LSF log file o logfile o logfile o logfile o logfile error file
3. Using License File C flexlm myvendor lic 5 Start Myvendor License Manager by clicking the Start Server button Page 16 Ove Arup amp Partners Ltd May 2006 Oasys LS DYNA Environment Release 9 2 Installation Guide Myvendor License Manager license server starts and writes its debug log output to c flexlm lmgrd dl 4 5 2 3 Automatically at System Start Up In order for Imgrd and hence the license server to start up automatically at system start up time you first must configure it as a license manager service see section 4 5 2 1 1 With LMTOOLS started and the desired service name selected click the Config Services tab LATCOLS hr gt crows n Corpre Ern i ttpif nnre File Edit Moda Help Service License File System Settings Llilities Start Stop Meread Server Status Server Diacs Contig Services Borrowing Save Service Service hame Uicanee danager X i TRN ETE FESON LR TT Contigure Service Browse ath to the Imgrd ere file Cahid axe _ Browse B Path ta the license tile Cahayana ic ewe Path to the debug log file Ciahiiepid Browse View Log Cxe Loa M Start Server at Power Up M Use Services Step 3 A Step 2 2 Make this license manager a Windows service check the Use Services check box otherwise it becomes a FLEXIm service 3 Configure it to start at system startup time by checking the Start Server at Power Up check box From now on when the
4. keep_ files logical TRUE or FALSE FALSE d3plot_version string name of D3PLOT d3plot92 exe executable d3plot64_version string name of 64 bit D3PLOT d3plot92_64 exe executable d3plot_default integer default D3PLOT version 32 32 or 64 this_version string name of T HIS this92 exe executable this64_version string name of 64 bit T HIS this92_64 exe executable this_default integer default T HIS version 32 32 or 64 primer_version string name of PRIMER primer92 exe executable primer64_version string name of 64 bit PRIMER primer92_64 exe executable primer_default integer default PRIMER version 32 32 or 64 reporter_version string name of REPORTER reporter92 exe executable shell_release string version displayed 9 2 for shell max_cpus integer Maximum number of 1 CPUS max_mpp_cpus integer Maximum number of 1 CPUs for MPP default_cpus integer Default number of 1 CPUs for SMP default_mpp_cpus integer Default Number of 1 CPUs for MPP max_node_cpus integer Maximum number of 2 CPUs per node for MPP jobs pack_nodes logical Pack MPP jobs on TRUE the minimum number Page 27 Ove Arup amp Partners Ltd May 2006 Oasys LS DYNA Environment Release 9 2 Installation Guide of nodes mpp_nodefile logical Specify file FALSE containing node list for MPP jobs submit shell string CSHELL or BSHELL CSHELL unix_type string SYSTEM5 or BSD SYSTEM5 manual_reader string location of ADOBE
5. Job variables setenv LSDYNA_VERSION data dyna92 1s970_s_5434_p exe setenv LSDYNA_MPP FALSE setenv LSDYNA_DOUBLE FALSE setenv LSDYNA_ONLINE TRUE setenv LSDYNA_BACKGROUND FALSE setenv LSDYNA_BATCH FALSE setenv LSDYNA_QUEUE FALSE setenv LSDYNA_JOB_DIR local test setenv LSDYNA_JOB_FILE shell_test temp setenv LSDYNA_JOB_CPUS 2 Page 39 Ove Arup amp Partners Ltd May 2006 Oasys LS DYNA Environment Release 9 2 Installation Guide 6 2 3 LS DYNA submission The commands to run LS DYNA are included from a user configurable file located in the software installation directory To allow different options to be configured for MPP and SMP jobs and for submitting to a queuing system 4 separate include files can be setup If the default file does not exist then the fullback files are used in the order shown Code Type Queuing Systems Default Include File Fallback file SMP NO Oasys submit N A Error message generated SMP YES Oasys submit_queue Oasys submit MPP NO Oasys submit_mpp Oasys submit MPP YES Oasys submit_queue_mpp Oasys submit_queue gt Oasys submit As the file in included after the Environment Variable section of the batch file all of the variables that are set up can be used within the include file This means that a single include file Oasys submit can be configured if required which contains separate sections for SMP MPP jobs The following
6. Page 30 Ove Arup amp Partners Ltd May 2006 Oasys LS DYNA Environment Release 9 2 Installation Guide 5 3 11 shell queue_cpu_units This variable controls whether the default Queue CPU Limit is specified in seconds minutes or hours It should be set to either SECONDS MINUTES or HOURS respectively 5 3 12 shell queue_space This variable controls the value used for the default File Space limit The required value should be specified in Mbytes A value of 0 means that the job will be submitted with an unlimited File Space Limit 5 3 13 shell queue_machine This variable may be used to specify the name of the queuing machine used by LSF batch queues This option is passed as the m parameter to the LSF bsub command e g bsub m queue_machine 5 3 14 shell request_cpu_limit shell request_memory_limit These variables control whether Queue CPU and Memory limits have to be specified when jobs are submitted to NQS style queues If they do have to be specified then set the relevant variable to TRUE otherwise set them to FALSE 5 3 15 shell request_space_limit This variable controls whether a Per request File Space limit has to be specified when jobs are submitted to NQS style queues If they do have to be specified then set this variable to TRUE otherwise set it to FALSE 5 3 16 shell system_cpu This variable controls the minimum amount of system time in seconds that a job submitted to a NQS style queue will require if the qu
7. jobname err LSF BSUB e job_directory jobname err 5 3 6 shell queue_error_path This option can be used to specify if the queue directives for the output and error files should contain the job path or not By default this option is set to TRUE 5 3 7 shell queue_directive_file This option can be used to specify an optional file containing additional queue directives The file specified should contain the additional directives one per line and it should be located in the directory containg the rest of the Oasys software When a job is submitted to a queue the contents of the specified file will be included in the job submission script after any automatically generated directives 5 3 8 shell queue_memory This variable controls the value used for the default Queue Memory limit The required value should be specified using the units defined by the shell queue_memory_units variable A value of 0 means that the job will be submitted with a unlimited Queue Memory 5 3 9 shell queue_memory_units This variable controls whether the default Queue Memory limit is specified in words or megawords It should be set to either WORDS or MWORDS respectively 5 3 10 shell queue_cpu This variable controls the value used for the default Queue CPU Limit The required value should be specified using the units defined by the shell queue_cpu_units variable Queue Cpu Units A value of 0 means that the job will be submitted with a unlimited Queue CPU
8. C Program Files x86 Ove Arup oasys92 Installation from CD Use Windows Explorer to locate appropriate msi installation file in the directory called PC on the CD2 and then double click on it to start the installation process The typical installation will require about 100MB of disk space Once the installation process has been completed a new menu called Oasys92 will be added to START gt PROGRAMS menu This will also contain shortcuts to the programs PRIMER D3PLOT T HIS REPORTER the OASYS SHELL LMTOOLS and all the user manuals Installation from Web Download In order to install the Oasys pre post software from the web you need to download the following files from the downloads section of our website www arup com dyna oasys92 msi Windows 2000 XP oasys92_64 msi Windows XP 64 After downloading this file double click on the executable in Windows Explorer to run the installation Silent Installation The Oasys pre and post processing software can be installed using the command line instead of the interactive GUI To install the software from te command line the following command can be used oasys92 msi qn INSTALLDIR path where path is the required installation directory Alternatively the default installation path can be selected with the following command oasys92 msi qn Post Installation 3 5 1 Environment Variables After loading the Oasys Software a number of environment variables should be set up Sec
9. Dump File jobname dpf d3dump prefix d3dump Running Restart Dump File jobname adf runrsf prefix runrsf 5 3 19 shell job_memory This variable controls the value used for the default Analysis Memory limit the amount of CORE memory that LS DYNA will use to store data The required value should be specified using the units defined by the shell job_memory_units variable A value of 0 means that the job will be submitted with a the default amount of CORE memory built into that LS DYNA The default value of 9000000 should be enough for models of up to 60000 elements 5 3 20 shell job_memory_units This variable controls whether the default Analysis Memory limit is specified in words or megawords It should be set to either WORDS or MWORDS respectively 5 3 21 shell job_cpu This variable controls the value used for the default Analysis CPU limit The required value should be specified using the units defined by the shell job_cpu_units variable A value of O means that the job will be submitted with no Analysis CPU limit 5 3 22 shell job_cpu_units This variable controls whether the default Analysis CPU limit is specified in seconds minutes or hours It should be set to either SECONDS MINUTES or HOURS respectively 5 3 23 shell allow_mem_change Page 32 Ove Arup amp Partners Ltd May 2006 Oasys LS DYNA Environment Release 9 2 Installation Guide This variable controls whether users can change the amount of CORE memory used
10. FlexLM then this Environment variable may already be set to point to a license file or a license server If this variable is already set then you may add the Oasys license server or file by specifying a colon separated list of values ie LM_LICENSE_FILE port hostnamel1 hostname2 Alternatively OAS YS_LICENSE_FILE can be used instead of using LM_LICENSE_FILE Page 23 Ove Arup amp Partners Ltd May 2006 Oasys LS DYNA Environment Release 9 2 Installation Guide ie OASYS_LICENSE_FILE hostname 5 2 2 LSTC_FILE LSTC_LICENSE_SERVER lt option gt On Windows machines LS DYNA can use either a nodelocked license or a floating license system If you are using a nodelocked license then LSTC_FILE should be set to the full pathname of the license file By default this file should be called LSTC_FILE and it should be located in the executables directory i e setenv LSTC_FILE OASYS LSTC_FILE If you are using the floating license system then the variables LSTC_LICENSE_SERVER LSTC_NOCLIENT and LSTC_LICENSE should be set as follows i e setenv LSTC_LICENSE_SERVER hostname where hostname is the LSTC license server setenv LSTC_NOCLIENT ON setenv LSTC_LICENSE network 5 2 3 setenv OAMONSERVER lt option gt This environment variable is used to specify the server and port for the Oasys Job Monitor The environment variable should be set to hostname port If the port number is changed away from 26000 then the environment variable
11. acroread ACROBAT reader enable_job_monitoring logical TRUE or FALSE TRUE shell online TRUE shell background TRUE shell batch TRUE shell queue TRUE shell default ONLINE shell batch_type NQS shell queue_output_file TRUE shell queue_error_file TRUE shell queue_error_path TRUE shell queue_directive_file shell queue_memory 15000000 shell queue_memory units WORDS shell queue_cpu 0 shell queue_cpu_units SECONDS shell batch_type NQS shell queue_space 1024 shell queue_machine shell request_cpu_limit TRUE shell request_memory_ limit TRUE shell request_space_ limit FALSE shell system_cpu 90 shell job_format KEYWORD shell file_names ARUP shell job_memory 9000000 shell job_memory_ units WORDS shell job_cpu 0 shell job_cpu_units SECONDS shell allow_mem_change TRUE shell file_size 7 shell write_ctf FALSE shell write_ztf TRUE shell batch_display shell keep_files FALSE shell d3plot_version d3plot92 exe shell d3plot64_version d3plot92_64 exe shell d3plot_default 32 shell this_version this92 exe shell this64_ version this92_64 exe shell this_default 32 shell primer_version primer92 exe shell primer64 version primer92_64 exe shell primer_default 32 shell reporter_version reporter92 exe shell shell_release 9 2 shell max_cpus 1 shell max_mpp_cpus 1 shell default_cpus 1 shell default_mpp_cpus 1 shell max_node_cpus 2 shell pack_nodes TRUE shell mpp_node_file FALSE shell submit_shell CSHE
12. by LS DYNA If this variable is set to FALSE then users will not be able to modify the Analysis Memory Limit and will be forced to use the default value built into LS DYNA 5 3 24 shell file_size This variable controls the default binary file size produced by LS DYNA The value specified gives the required file size in Mbytes 5 3 25 shell write_ctf By default the xshell_92 is set up so that the default is for LS DYNA to write out CTF binary files when a jobs is submitted If this variable is set to FALSE then this option will be turned off by default 5 3 26 shell write_ztf By default the xshell_92 is set up so that after an LS DYNA run Oasys PRIMER is automatically run to generate a ZTF file for D3PLOT to read If this variable is set to FALSE then this option will be turned off by default 5 3 27 shell batch_display This variable can be sued to specify a UNIX DISPLAY that can be used for batch processing commands 5 3 28 shell keep_files This variable controls whether temporary files created during the submission process and any CORE files created if a job terminates abnormally are deleted automatically If this variable is set to TRUE the files will not be deleted 5 3 29 shell lt gt _version By default the xshell_92 is set up to access and run software that uses the default Oasys program names This option allows the name of any executable to be modified as required and for the xshell_92 to be notified of
13. e0 e errorfile e errorfile e errorfile queue name q queuename q queuename l g queuename q queuename start time a start time a start time b start time Memory Limit IM limit M limit CPU Limit IT limit l h_cpu limit c limit File Limit IF limit The log and error file output options can be disabled by setting the preference options shell queue_output_file and shell queue_error_file to FALSE Additional queue directives can be specified by setting the preference option shell queue_directive_file 6 2 2 Environment Variables The following environment variables are automatically set up in the batch file by the Oasys SHELL Variable Description OASYS Full pathname of the software installation directory LSTC_FILE Full pathname of the LSTC license file If a LSTC license server is being used then this variable will replaced with the LSTC_LICENSE_SERVER LSTC_NOCLIENT and Page 38 Ove Arup amp Partners Ltd May 2006 Oasys LS DYNA Environment Release 9 2 Installation Guide LSTC_LICENSE variables LSTC_MEMORY Set to auto if the automatic memory option has been selected LM_LICENSE_FILE FLEXIm license information for Oasys software LSDYNA_VERSION Full pathname of the selected LS DYNA version LSDYNA_MPP Set to TRUE if a MPP version of LS DYNA had been selecte
14. in decimal format licenses to generate a readable format license file Iminstall i infile o outfile overfmt 2 3 4 5 5 1 or 6 odecimal Normally users will simply type Iminstall The user is first prompted for the name of the output license file The default name is today s date in yyyyddmm lic format The file should be moved to your application s default license file directory if specified Otherwise the user can use LM_LICENSE_FILE to specify the directory where the lic files are located Decimal format input is verified by checksum of each line To finish entering type Q on a line by itself or enter 2 blank lines If infile is a dash it takes input from stdin When i is used default output is stdout otherwise if o is not specified Iminstall prompts the user for an output file name Iminstall As A Conversion Tool Page 45 Ove Arup amp Partners Ltd May 2006 Oasys LS DYNA Environment Release 9 2 Installation Guide Iminstall can alternatively be used to convert licenses between decimal and readable format and between different versions of FLEXIm license formats To convert from readable to decimal Iminstall i infile o outfile odecimal To convert to FLEXIm Version 2 format Iminstall i infile o outfile verfmt 2 Conversion errors are reported as necessary Iminstall has a limit of 1000 lines of input A 2 6 Imremove Imremove allows the system administrator to re
15. option to configure the oa_pref file to 64 bit Licensing On completion of the download you will be asked whether you wish to set up the Oasys flexm license server This determines how the LM_LICENSE_FILE variable is to be set If you intend to use the server method enter Y followed by the name of your server This will also configure the start_flexlm script If you prefer a node locked license enter N and the oasys_92 script will be configured to find the license file in the oasys92 directory Should you need to edit it examples of how to set the LM_LICENSE_FILE variable are given in the script file itself see below for license details Configuring the Job monitor If you intend to use this feature respond Y and enter the name of the server This will configure the start_oaserver script Change directory back to root and then unmount the CD Step 5 cd umount cdrom You can skip this step if you installed the software on the directly onto the Target Machine If you have had to install the software on a machine that is not the target machine then copy the complete installation across to the target machine After you have copied the software to the Target Machine you will have to edit the oasys_92 file so that the environment the software variables OASYS and LM_LICENSE_FILE point to the new location of Page 8 Ove Arup amp Partners Ltd May 2006 Oasys LS DYNA Environment Release 9 2 Installat
16. servers must be located physically close to each other This form of redundancy requires that the servers exchange heartbeats periodically and poor communications can cause poor performance Avoid configuring redundant servers with slow communications or dial up links Three server redundancy is designed to provide hardware failover protection only and does not provide load balancing Use LM_LICENSE_FILE list instead if load balancing is desired This is because with three server redundancy only one of the three servers is master capable of issuing licenses If the master machine fails one of the remaining machines takes over the master role and continues to serve licenses Since all clients must contact the master all clients must have reliable networking to a single machine Page 18 Ove Arup amp Partners Ltd May 2006 Oasys LS DYNA Environment Release 9 2 Installation Guide 5 1 CUSTOMISING THE OASYS SHELL This section is relevant to those responsible for installing the Oasys software UNIX LINUX Installation On UNIX LINUX systems the Oasys SHELL is accessed via the oasys_92 command If you have installed the software using the install script then the oasys_92 command file in the executables directory will automatically be updated to contain the correct path for the directory the software was installed in and the name of the license server for the OASYS software installa
17. setting in the Job Monitor Server startup script needs to be altered to match this port number e If this port number is changed from 26000 it is up to the installing user to make sure that the port is not used by any other service on the server host machine 5 2 4 HOME The OASYS software uses a preference file to control a number of settings By default the software will look for the preference file in 3 locations OASYS HOME and the current working directory The global preference file located in OASYS is read first and then any user specific options are read from the preference file located in HOME If this variable is not set the user will not be able to set up there own user preferences 5 2 5 MENU AUTO CONFIRM This variable is often used when replaying command files which when recorded paused and asked the user to confirm things For example HELP and Warning messages Possible options for this variable are none overwrite and append If the variable is set true then these will not pause and will behave as if the user had pressed OK meaning that command files can play back without user intervention Page 24 Ove Arup amp Partners Ltd May 2006 Oasys LS DYNA Environment Release 9 2 Installation Guide 5 2 6 FILE _EXIST_ACTION This variable controls the action to be taken when opening a file for output and the file already exists Possible options for this variable are none overwrite and append Normally
18. software on Installation from CD The following instructions assume that your CD ROM is mounted using a directory called cdrom If you use a different directory then replace cdrom with your directory name in all of the following commands Step 1 Login as root and create a directory for the CD ROM if it does not exist mkdir cdrom to create directory Step 2 Select the correct CD see Section 1 and mount the CD ROM as the name cdrom using one of the following commands HP Alpha mount t cdfs o noversion dev X cdrom where X is the device name of your CD ROM drive HP HX mount F cdfs o cdcase dev dsk X cdrom HP Pa risc where X is the device name of your CD ROM drive or use SAM to mount the CD IBM mount rv cdrfs dev cdo cdrom SGI mount rt iso9660 dev scsi scCdUIO cdrom mount rt iso9660 dev rdsk dksCdUvol cdrom 02 where C is the SCSI controller number U is the CD ROM unit number Use hinv to get these numbers Note On some versions of IRIX the CD may be mounted automatically SUN You do not have to mount the CD on SUN Solaris machines as the CD ROM will be mounted automatically by the Solaris vold daemon If the mount point cdrom cdrom0 does not appear then check that the vold daemon is running LINUX The CD should be mounted automatically in mnt cdrom Step 3 Change directory to the CD ROM UNIX or LINUX and then run the C shell install script from the command line prompt cd c
19. 5 Ove Arup amp Partners Ltd May 2006 Oasys LS DYNA Environment Release 9 2 Installation Guide 4 5 2 2 Stating the License daemon Once the license manager service is configured Imgrd is started by starting the service from the LMTOOLS interface 1 Start LMTOOLS LMTOOLS appears with the Service License File tab open LMTOOLS by Macrovision Corporation http www macrovision com File Edit Mode Help Service License File System Settings Utilities Start Stop Reread Server Status Server Diags Config Services Borrowing Services allow FLEXLM Servers to run in the background r Server List Configuration using License File Configuration using Services Myvendor License Manager gt eee 2 Click the Configuration using Services radio button 3 Select the service name from the list presented in the selection box In this example the service name is Myvendor License Manager 4 Click the Start Stop Reread tab LMTOOLS by Macrovision Corporation http www macrovision com File Edit Mode Help Service License File System Settings Utilities Start Stop Reread Server Status Server Diags Config Services Borrowing Flexlm license Services installed on this computer Start Server Stop Server ReRead License File g J Force Server Shutdown _ Advanced settings gt gt NOTE This box must be checked to shut down a license server when licenses are borrowed
20. A jobs through the shell lists LS DYNA versions available from the shell LS DYNA job monitoring database server LS DYNA job monitoring client Utility used by the job monitoring software Utility used for setting shortcuts and file associations PRIMER pre processor 64 bit PRIMER pre processor 64 bit Windows D3PLOT graphical post processor 64 bit D3PLOT graphical post processor 64 bit Windows T HIS time history post processor 64 bit T HIS time history post processor 64 bit Windows REPORTER report generation program FLEXIm license manager daemon FLEXIm utilities graphical FLEXIm utilities command line network licensing daemon FLEXIm dynamic link library License utility used by 64 bit software License utility used by 64 bit software Directory containing PDF and HTML manuals Directory containing example macro files for T HIS Directory containing scripts for REPORTER Other Documentation You will be supplied with Release Notes These describe the major differences between Oasys LS DYNA Environment release 9 1 and 9 2 new features bugs fixed existing known bugs and other notes Installation Guide Normally you will only receive this one copy this document Powerpoint presentations These are contained in the PPT directories and explain in detail many of the new features of the software Page 4 Ove Arup amp Partners Ltd May 2006 Oasys LS DYNA Environment Release 9 2 Installation Guide 2 THE UN
21. FLEXIm Licenses To obtain a set of valid Oasys FLEXIm licenses you have to supply Oasys Ltd with the FLEXIm hostname and host ID of the machine that you wish to use as your license server Although this does not have to be a machine that the Oasys software in installed on it is recommended that it is 4 2 1 UNIX To generate your server machines FLEXIm host ID go into the oasys92 directory and enter the following Imutil Imhostid Please send the output of this command along with the hostname of the machine to Oasys Ltd by either email dyna license arup com or by fax 44 0 121 213 3302 4 2 2 Windows 2000 XP Go into START gt PROGRAMS gt Oasys and run Imtools Please send the output generated by the Hostid button to Oasys Ltd by either email dyna license arup com or by fax 44 0 121 213 3302 Entering your Oasys FLEXIm licenses Your Oasys FLEXIm license codes will be contained in a file called oasys_flexlm dat which should be placed in the oasys92 directory UNIX or the lt INSTALL_DIR gt Windows XP directory Where possible Oasys Ltd will send you your license codes by e mail to save you having to type them in If you do not have e mail then you will receive your license codes by fax 4 3 1 Node locked license On UNIX systems the installation script should automatically have set the environmental variable LM_LICENSE_FILE to path oasys92 oasys_flexlm dat If not set it by editing the oas
22. HIS With the version 9 2 software users can now set a large numbers of options for PRIMER and D3PLOT that control plotting modes visibility element quality checks ASCII file control etc The system settings are recorded in an oa_pref file which resides in the oasys_92 directory Users may adjust their home preferences by modifying the oa_pref file in their home area As the home file is read after the system one these preferences therefore will add to or over rule those of the system for your primer session Editing the preference file Modifying preferences is most easily and reliably done using the preferences editor accessible through the shell via the preferences button or from within D3PLOT PRIMER REPORTER and T HIS The preference editor lists all the possible preference settings with an explanation of each and a popup prompt for the available settings On save amp exit the preferences that have been activated are saved to the users home oa_pref file Page 10 Ove Arup amp Partners Ltd May 2006 Oasys LS DYNA Environment Release 9 2 Installation Guide 3 1 3 2 3 3 3 4 3 5 THE WINDOWS 2000 XP amp XP 64 OASYS 9 2 ENVIRONMENT Pre Installation As part of the installation process you will need to enter the following information Name Company Installation Directory On Windows 2000 XP the default directory is C Program Files Ove Arup oasys92 On Windows XP 64 the default directory is
23. IX OASYS 9 2 ENVIRONMENT This section covers the installation of the UNIX versions of Oasys pre and post processing software from either CD or web download The addition of LS DYNA to the environment is covered in a separate document for LS DYNA installation The Oasys 9 2 Environment CD 1 contains the installation files for all supported UNIX systems CD 2 contains those for supported LINUX systems Installation files comprise the Oasys pre and post processing software the Oasys shell and the files for setting up Oasys licenses CD1 contains the following files UNIX directory This directory contains the installation script install csh It also contains tar files of the UNIX 32 and 64 bit versions of Oasys pre and post processing software and associated files for the following platforms Alpha tar ALPHA HP OS4 0 Hp_par tar HP PA Risc HP UX 11 00 Hp_ia tar HP Itaintum HP UX 11 23 Ibm4 tar IBM AIX 4 3 32 bit only Ibm5 tar IBM AIX 5 1 Sgi tar SGI IRIX 6 5 Sun8 tar SUN Solaris 8 Sun10 tar SUN Solaris 10 manuals tar html and pdf manuals PPT directory This directory contains some Microsoft PowerPoint files that contain details of the new features added to the version 9 2 software CD2 contains the following files LINUX directory This directory contains the installation script install csh It also contains tar files of the LINUX versions of Oasys pre and post processing software and associated files for t
24. LL shell unix_type SYSTEM5 shell manual_reader acroread shell enable_job_monitoring TRUE Page 28 Ove Arup amp Partners Ltd May 2006 Oasys LS DYNA Environment Release 9 2 Installation Guide 5 3 1 shell online shell background shell batch shell queue The XSHELL can submit LS DYNA jobs using four different options Any of these methods can be made inaccessible by setting the relevant variable to FALSE If an option is not available on a machine then the variable should also be set to FALSE shell online Allows jobs to be submitted interactively Delayed start times cannot be specified shell background Allows jobs to be submitted to background If a delayed start times is specified then the job will be submitted using the Unix at command shell batch Allows jobs to be submitted using the Unix batch command Delayed start times cannot be specified shell queue Allows jobs to be submitted to NQE style batch queues using qsub or equivalent commands Delayed start times CPU Memory limits and accounts may be specified If shell queue is set to FALSE then sections 5 3 3 to 5 3 13 can be ignored 5 3 2 shell default This variable controls the default option that will be used to submit LS DYNA jobs It should be set to either ONLINE BACKGROUND BATCH or QUEUE to select the required default 5 3 3 shell batch_type This variable control the type of queue the QUEUE command shell online shell background shel
25. Oasys LS DYNA Environment Software Version 9 2 Installation and Maintenance Instructions Oasvs ARUP o y gt Oasys LS DYNA Environment Release 9 2 Installation Guide CONTENTS WHAT YOU HAVE BEEN SUPPLIED WITH UNIX systems 1 2 Windows 2000 XP XP 64 systems 1 3 Other Documentation 2 THE UNIX OASYS 9 2 ENVIRONMENT 2 1 Oasys introduction 2 2 Pre Installation 2 3 Installation from CD 2 4 Installation from Web Download 2 5 Manuals 2 6 Making the oasys_92 shell accessible to users 2 7 User Preferences the oa_pref file 3 THE WINDOWS 2000 XP amp XP 64 OASYS 9 2 ENVIRONMENT 3 1 Pre Installation 3 2 Installation from CD 3 3 Installation from Web Download 3 4 Silent Installation 3 5 Post Installation 3 6 Network Installation using netsetup92 exe 4 THE FLEXLM LICENSING SYSTEM 41 Installing FLEXIm 4 2 Obtaining Your Oasys FLEXIm Licenses 4 3 Entering your Oasys FLEXIm licenses 4 4 Starting the Oasys FLEXIm license daemon UNIX 4 5 Starting the Oasys FLEXIm license daemon Windows 4 6 Redundant License Servers 5 CUSTOMISING THE OASYS SHELL 5 1 UNIX LINUX Installation 5 2 Windows 2000 XP Installation 5 3 Customising xshell_92 5 4 Creating an Oasys_queue file 5 5 Adding items to the Utilities menu 6 LS DYNA IN OASYS SHELL 6 1 Adding LS DYNA versions to the Oasys SHELL 6 2 Customising the LS DYNA submission script APPENDIX A FLEXLM LICENSE ADMINISTRATION TOOLS A 1 UNIX A 2 W
26. SYS lt option gt The Oasys shell variable must be modified so that it references the directory in which the shell is loaded i e if the software has been loaded in prg oasys92 executables Page 20 Ove Arup amp Partners Ltd May 2006 Oasys LS DYNA Environment Release 9 2 Installation Guide set this line to setenv OASYS prg oasys92 executables This line should be set automatically by the installation script 5 1 2 setenv LM_LICENSE_FILE lt option gt The variable is used to locate a valid license for the Oasys software 5 1 2 1 Floating Network License If you are running the software using a license server then this variable should be set to point to the license server machine using the machine s hostname Le setenv LM_LICENSE_FILE hostname or setenv LM_LICENSE_FILE port hostname if you have specified a non default port for the server 5 1 2 2 Fixed Stand alone Licenses If you are using a node locked license file then this variable should be set to point to the location of the license file i e setenv LM_LICENSE_FILE lt INSTALL_DIR gt Oasys_flexlm dat 5 1 2 3 Multiple FLEXIm license files If you have other software that uses FlexLM then this Environment variable may already be set to point to a license file or a license server If this variable is already set then you may add the Oasys license server or file by specifying a colon separated list of values i e setenv LM_LICENSE_FILE port hostname1 host
27. ader software can be found on the system 5 3 40 shell enable_job_monitoring This option can be used to enable or disable the Oasys Job monitoing option If this option is set to TRUE then additional commands will automatically be added to job submission scripts to start a monoitoring client for each job Setting this option to true will also enable the Monitor option in the shell 5 4 Creating an Oasys queue file This file lists alternative batch queues so you only need to create it if you use a system on which jobs can be submitted to a NQS style queue It has the following format space lt Queue gt lt Default CPU limit gt lt Maximum CPU limit gt Where lt Queue gt Is a batch queue name lt default cpu limit gt Is the cpu time limit in seconds which the shell will use if the user does not supply a limit lt max cpu limit gt Is the maximum cpu time permitted by this batch queue in seconds You should put in all the queues to which you want your users to have access An example file follows below lt space gt fivemin 250 300 lt space gt onehour 3500 3600 Page 35 Ove Arup amp Partners Ltd May 2006 Oasys LS DYNA Environment Release 9 2 Installation Guide lt space gt fivehour 11750 18000 lt space gt infinite none none lt space gt pipequeue pipe pipe Notes 1 The default limit should be set to some value less than the absolute queue maximum limit so that jobs have time to shut themsel
28. cuments and Settings timothy hug TMP C Documents and Settings timothy hug LM_LICENSE_FILE 7788 10 64 27 51 p oasys83 oasys_ LTSC_FILE c program files Isdyna LSTC_FILE NUMBER_OF_P 2 os Windows_NT MENI Edit pelete 5 3 Customising xshell_92 The oa_pref file controls the setup of a number of the programs in the Oasys 9 2 software suite Most of the programs will look for this file in the following 3 locations to allow individual users to customise the programs for their own needs e The current working directory e The user s login directory e The directory containing the Oasys 92 executables To stop users trying to override the system setting the xshell_92 shell will only look for this file in the directory containing the Oasys 92 executables This section only deals with the options for setting up the GUI shell the options for the other programs are covered in the relevant manuals Any line in the oa_pref file that does not start with the string shell is ignored by the XSHELL normally Oasys will prefix any comment lines with a for clarity The relevant sections of this file follows below Preferences file for OASYS software SHELL stuff Definition Type Valid arguments Default online logical TRUE or FALSE TRUE background logical TRUE or FALSE TRUE batch logical TRUE or FALSE TRUE queue logical TRUE or FALSE TRUE default string ONLINE or BACKGROUND ONLINE or BATCH o
29. d LSDYNA_DOUBLE Set to TRUE if a double precision version of LS DYNA had been selected LSDYNA_ONLINE Set to TRUE if the job has been submitted online LSDYNA_BACKGROUND Set to TRUE if the job has been submitted using the Background option LSDYNA_BATCH Set to TRUE if the job has been submitted using the Batch option LSDYNA_QUEUE Set to TRUE if the job has been submitted using the Queue option LSDYNA_JOB_DIR Full pathname of the directory containing the LS DYNA job LSDYNA_JOB_FILE LSDYNA_JOB_CPUS Name of the file containing the LS DYNA job information Number of CPU s selected for parallel jobs LSDYNA_NODE_FILE Full pathname of a file containing a list of nodes and cpus for MPP job submission on a cluster of machines If the MPP_NODEFILE option has been disabled in the oa_pref file then this variable will not be created LSDYNA_RESTART_FILE Filename of LS DYNA restart dump file if the analysis is a restart LSDYNA_RESTART_INPUT_FILE Filename of LS DYNA restart input file if the analysis is a restart and a input file has been selected License file variables setenv OASYS data dyna92 linux_executables setenv LSTC_FILE prg LSTC_FILE setenv LSTC_MEMORY auto setenv LM_LICENSE_FILE atuhp022 atghps03
30. d9 7654 102 start Fri 10 29 18 40 In this example the serverhost is cloud9 the port is 7654 and the license handle is 102 To remove this license issue the following command Imremove h f1 cloud9 7654 102 or Imremove f1 joe cloud7 dev ttyp5 When removing by handle if licenses are grouped as duplicates all duplicate licenses will also be removed A 2 7 Imreread Imreread causes the license daemon to reread the license file and start any new vendor daemons that have been added In addition all currently running daemons will be signalled to re read the license file for changes in feature licensing information If the optional daemon Page 46 Ove Arup amp Partners Ltd May 2006 Oasys LS DYNA Environment Release 9 2 Installation Guide name is specified only the named daemon will re read the license file in this case Imgrd does not re read the license file either The syntax is Imreread vendor name c license list c license list path to the file s to find the Imgrd server If more than one file use colon separator of Unix or semi colon on PC vendor name If vendor name is used only this vendor daemon will reread the license file If the vendor daemon is not running Imgrd will start it To disable Imreread the license administrator can use Imgrd x Imreread To stop and restart a single vendor daemon use Imdown vendor name and then you can for example edit the options file then Imr
31. drom cd UNIX or cd LINUX install csh Page 7 Ove Arup amp Partners Ltd May 2006 Oasys LS DYNA Environment Release 9 2 Installation Guide Note 1 Note 2 Note 3 Note 4 Note 5 Note 6 Step 4 On some machines and Operating Systems all filenames are converted to upper case while on others they may also have a 31 appended to the name If when you try to run install csh you get the message that the command cannot be found try typing INSTALL CSH or install csh 1 or PINSTALL CSH 1 If the script file is found not to be executable we have seen this on IBM machines copy the appropriate tar file and the manuals tar file if you want them to where you want the oasys92 directory to be created Untar the installation tar file using Tar xvf lt install gt tar but do not untar the manuals tar file Then run the script file setup csh which will create the oasys92 directory It is recommended that the script always be run from the command line using the graphical icons that some platforms may offer may not work Manuals During installation you will be asked whether you want to download the manuals If these exist elsewhere it is preferable not to download them again but rather to make a logical link so that the shell can access them This is done creating a soft link in the oasys92 directory In s path old_manuals manuals Configuring 32 or 64 bit If you are a 64 bit user use the
32. eread vendor name which restarts a vendor daemon if it s not already running Note If the c option is used the license file specified will be read by Imreread not by Imgrd Imgrd re reads the file it read originally Also Imreread cannot be used to change server node names or port numbers Vendor daemons will not re read their option files as a result of Imreread A 2 8 Imstat License administration is simplified by the Imstat utility Imstat allows the user of FLEXIm to instantly monitor the status of all network licensing activities Imstat allows a license administrator to monitor license management operations including Daemons that are running Users of individual features Users of features served by a specific VENDOR Except for the i option Imstat prints information that it receives from the license server Therefore if no server is running because all features are uncounted Imstat will not show anything Prior to v5 Imstat only showed information for counted features The syntax is Imstat a S daemon f feature i feature s server t value c license_file_list A a Displays everything A Lists all active licenses only c license_file_list Uses license_file s If more than one file use colon separator of Unix or semi colon on PC S daemon Restricts output to one daemon and the features and users of that daemon f feature_name Lists users of feature s i feature_name Prints informa
33. eue has been set up using a Queue CPU Limit Request Cpu Limit Request Memory Limit When a job is submitted to such a queue a system CPU time will be calculated as either 2 5 of the Analysis CPU time or the value of this variable If the difference between the Queue CPU limit and the Analysis CPU limit is smaller than this value the Queue CPU limit will automatically be increased to allow enough system time for the job to terminate normally when the Analysis CPU limit has been reached 5 3 17 shell job_format This variable controls the default file format that will be expected by LS DYNA It can be set to either KEYWORD or FIXED 5 3 18 shell file_names Page 31 Ove Arup amp Partners Ltd May 2006 Oasys LS DYNA Environment Release 9 2 Installation Guide This variable controls the names of the output files generated by LS DYNA This variable can be set to either ARUP or LSTC With LS DYNA 970 onwards the names of the output files can also be specified using the KEYWORD_ID option where a filename prefix for all of the output files is specified within the input file Output File ARUP LSTC KEYWORD_ID Binary Complete State Database jobname ptf d3plot prefix d3plot Time History Database jobname thf d3thdt prefix d3thdt Extra Time History Database jobname xtf xtfile prefix xtfile Binary Output File binout binout prefix binout Restart
34. he following platforms Linux24 tar LINUX 2 4 Kernel 32 bit only Linux26 tar LINUX 2 6 Kernel PC directory Page 5 Ove Arup amp Partners Ltd May 2006 Oasys LS DYNA Environment Release 9 2 Installation Guide 2 1 2 2 This directory contains the Windows msi installation files for 2000 XP 32 and XP 64 bit versions of the Oasys software PPT directory This directory contains some Microsoft PowerPoint files that contain details of the new features added to the version 9 2 software Oasys introduction The UNIX version of the Oasys Environment 9 2 consists of the following programmes Oasys PRIMER Graphical pre processor for input deck manipulation and dummy positioning Oasys D3PLOT Purpose written graphical 3 D image post processing of complete model results from LS DYNA Oasys T HIS Purpose written graphical X Y plot post processing of time history results from LS DYNA Oasys REPORTER Program for control of post processing and generating reports PRIMER D3PLOT T HIS and REPORTER may be accessed via the oasys_92 command shell oasys_92 is a script file which starts an X windows compatible Graphical User Interface Full descriptions of these programmes may be found in their respective user manuals which are issued in three volumes Oasys LS DYNA Environment Pre Processing Oasys LS DYNA Environment Post Processing Pre Installation In order to install the Oasys 9 2 pre and post processing
35. ide set noglob setenv LICENSE_TYPE flexlm Set EDITOR if not set to the command to invoke an external editor This EDITOR is currently used for editing comment lines in Oasys PRIMER if EDITOR then setenv EDITOR usr bin kedit LINUX setenv EDITOR usr dt bin dtpad UNIX CDE endif Environment variables for post processors If FILE_SKIP has not been set then set it to 5 J4 4 3E 3E t E H t H SE H SE E SE if FILESKIP then setenv FILE_SKIP 5 endif MACHINE SPECIFIC LINES extra line needed for some IBM machines setenv LANG En_US Extra line needed for SUN Solaris Machines setenv LD_LIBRARY_PATH usr openwin lib Ove Arup fix if terminal type is a vt100 then unset the DISPLAY variable so that Teks and PCs are happy E 4 4 3E t SE HEHE HEHE H H SE if TERM vt100 then set cwd pwd setenv PWD cwd SOASYS xshell_92 n OASYS if status 1 goto exit else echo TERM type is vt100 Cannot run shell endif exit exit exit The following parameters will require modifying in accordance with your system layout setenv OASYS lt option gt setenv LM_LICENSE_FILE lt option gt setenv LSTC_FILE LSTC_LICENSE_SERVER lt option gt setenv OAMONSERVER lt option gt setenv NETSTART lt option gt setenv MENU_AUTO_CONFIRM lt option gt optional setenv FILE_EXIST_ACTION lt option gt optional setenv ECHO_PREFERENCE lt option gt optional 5 1 1 setenv OA
36. indows 2000 XP Page RWW Ww SOO ON DO O L 11 11 11 11 11 12 19 22 26 35 36 37 37 37 43 43 43 Oasys LS DYNA Environment Release 9 2 Installation Guide Oasys LS DYNA Environment Release 9 2 Installation Guide Intended audience This document is written for the System Manager responsible for loading and maintaining the Oasys LS DYNA 9 2 Environment software No special engineering knowledge of the software is required The version 9 2 Oasys pre and post software has been compiled using version 9 0 of FLEXIm This software REQUIRES UPDATE of the OASYS LICENSE FILE Oasys_flexlm dat to Oasys 3 000 and UPDATE of FLEXLM LICENSE SERVER files floating licenses Earlier version of software however will continue to run under the new license Further information regarding Oasys and LS DYNA may be obtained from Oasys Limited The Arup Campus Blythe Gate Blythe Valley Park Solihull West Midlands B90 8AE United Kingdom Tel 44 0 121 213 3399 Fax 44 0 121 213 3302 Email dyna support arup com Web www arup com dyna Customers in the USA can obtain information regarding the Oasys software from Oasys Limited Detroit 1625 West Big Beaver Suite C Troy Michigan 48084 USA Tel 1 248 822 5050 Fax 1 248 822 4072 Email us support arup com Web www arup com dyna Page 1 Ove Arup amp Partners Ltd May 2006 Oasys LS DYNA Environment Release 9 2 Ins
37. ion Guide 2 4 2 5 2 6 path oasys92 oasys 92 path oasys92 start_flexlm START_FLEXLM and START_OASERVER files may also need edit Installation from Web Download In order to install the Oasys pre and post processing software from the web you need to download the following files from the downloads section of our website www arup com dyna downloads oasys htm full_install_92_ lt platform gt tar gz manuals tar gz available from the documentation page After downloading these files unzip manuals tar gz but do not untar it Unzip and untar file full_install_92_ lt platform gt tar gz This will make peripheral tar flex tar reporter tar not IBM4 3 macros tar setup csh Run setup csh script to start the installation This script will then prompt you for the installation path and the Oasys FLEXIm license server details Manuals If you choose not to install the manuals because you have already installed them elsewhere you will need to set up a link called manuals for the current installation This is done by the unix command In s For example In s prg alpha oasys92 executables manuals prg hp11 oasys92 executables manuals will ensure that the subsequent hp11 download can access the manuals previously downloaded for the alpha If you have a problem accessing manuals files It may be that permissions have got unset during the download Run the Set_permissions script in the manuals directory Maki
38. ironment Release 9 2 Installation Guide recon v SPBS_NODEFILE lamboot v SPBS_NODEFILE mpirun C LSDYNA_VERSION lt LSDYNA_JOB_DIR LSDYNA_JOB_FILE lamclean wipe PBS_NODEFILE endif 6 2 4 Post Processing options When a LS DYNA job is submitted using the Oasys shell automatic post processing options for Oasys Presenter and Oasys T HIS can be selected This section of the batch file contains any commands required to carry out the selected post processing options PRIMER ztf file creation data dyna92 linux_executables primer92 ex d batch ztf local test shell_test key gt shell_test ztf_log T HIS batch processing setenv MENU_AUTO_CONFIRM true data dyna92 linux_executables this92 ex d x tcf shell_test tcf maximise shell_test thf Page 41 Ove Arup amp Partners Ltd May 2006 Oasys LS DYNA Environment Release 9 2 Installation Guide Page 42 Ove Arup amp Partners Ltd May 2006 Oasys LS DYNA Environment Release 9 2 Installation Guide APPENDIX A FLEXLM LICENSE ADMINISTRATION TOOLS A 1 A 2 UNIX All license administration tools are contained in the single executable Imutil Imutil contains the following utility programs Imcksum Imdiag Imdown Imhostid Iminstall Imremove Imreread Imswitchr Imstat All of these utilities are accessed by the command Imutil lt Im_command gt All utilities take the follo
39. l batch shell queue submits the job to At present this variable may be set to NQS LSF SGE SUN GRID ENGINE and PBS Due to the limitations of some of the queuing systems not all options are available with all queue types see table below Function NQS PBS LSF SGE Analysis Start Time Available Available Available Unavailable Analysis Start Day Available Available Unavailable Unavailable 5 3 4 shell queue_output This variable controls if the shell writes a queue directive to specify a file for output when a job is submitted to a queueing system If this option is set to TRUE then the queue will add the following line to the top of the job submission script Queue Type Command NQS QSUB o job_directory jobname log PBS PBS o job_directory jobname log SGE QSUB o job_directory jobname log LSF BSUB o job_directory jobname log Page 29 Ove Arup amp Partners Ltd May 2006 Oasys LS DYNA Environment Release 9 2 Installation Guide 5 3 5 shell queue_error_file These variable controls if the shell writes a queue directive to specify a file for errors when a job is submitted to a queueing system If this option is set to TRUE then the queue will add the following line to the top of the job submission script Queue Type Command NQS QSUB e0 i e QSUB o job_directory jobname err PBS PBS e job_directory jobname err SGE QSUB e job_directory
40. machine is rebooted this license manager starts automatically as a Windows service 4 6 Redundant License Servers If you wish to use redundant servers select stable systems as server machines in other words do not pick systems that are frequently rebooted or shut down for one reason or another Redundant license server machines are any supported server machines FLEXIm supports two methods of redundancy viaa license file list in the LM_LICENSE_FILE environment variable via a set of three redundant license servers With LM_LICENSE_FILE list redundancy each one of a group of license servers serves a subset of the total licenses The end user sets LM_LICENSE_FILE to a list of license files where each license file refers to one of the license servers The application then tries each server in the list in order until it succeeds or gets to the end of the list Page 17 Ove Arup amp Partners Ltd May 2006 Oasys LS DYNA Environment Release 9 2 Installation Guide With three server redundancy if any two of the three license servers are up and running two out of three license servers is referred to as a quorum the system is functional and serves its total complement of licenses 4 6 1 Three Server Redundancy The machines that comprise a three server redundant configuration should Run the same operating system Have excellent communications Reside on the same subnet The three
41. move a single user s license for a specified feature This is sometimes required in the case where the licensed user was running the software on a node that subsequently crashed in these cases due to a limitation in the way TCP works it can take several hours for the license server to detect that the user is gone This situation will sometimes cause the license to remain unusable Note If the application is active when it is removed with Imremove it will simply checkout the license again assuming the applications FLEXIm timers are enabled or HEARTBEAT is called Imremove therefore cannot be used to steal licenses Imremove will allow the license to return to the pool of available licenses The syntax is Imremove c file_list feature user host display The user host display information must be obtained from the output of Imstat a Imremove removes all instances of user on host on display from usage of feature If the optional c file is specified the indicated file is used as the license file The end user system administrator should protect the execution of Imremove since removing a user s license can be disruptive An alternate usage which makes use of the license handle in the vendor daemon is Imremove c file_list h feature serverhost port handle This variation uses the serverhost port and license handle as reported by Imstat a Consider this example Imstat a output joe cloud7 dev ttyp5 v1 000 clou
42. name2 Alternatively OASYS_LICENSE_FILE can be used instead of using LM_LICENSE_FILE i e setenv OASYS_LICENSE_FILE hostname 5 1 3 setenv LSTC_FILE LSTC_LICENSE_SERVER lt option gt On UNIX LINUX machines LS DYNA can use either a nodelocked license or a floating license system If you are using a nodelocked license then LSTC_FILE should be set to the full pathname of the license file By default this file should be called LSTC_FILE and it should be located in the executables directory i e setenv LSTC_FILE OASYS LSTC_FILE If you are using the floating license system then the variables LSTC_LICENSE_ SERVER LSTC_NOCLIENT and LSTC_LICENSE should be set as follows Le setenv LSTC_LICENSE_SERVER hostname where hostname is the LSTC license server setenv LSTC_NOCLIENT ON Page 21 Ove Arup amp Partners Ltd May 2006 Oasys LS DYNA Environment Release 9 2 Installation Guide setenv LSTC_LICENSE network 5 1 4 setenv OAMONSERVER lt option gt This environment variable is used to specify the server and port for the Oasys Job Monitor The environment variable should be set to hostname port e If the port number is changed away from 26000 then the environment variable setting in the Job Monitor Server startup script needs to be altered to match this port number e If this port number is changed from 26000 it is up to the installing user to make sure that the port is not used by any other service on the server host machi
43. ne 5 1 5 setenv NETSTART lt option gt PRIMER T HIS and D3PLOT 9 2 use an HTML based help system For this to operate correctly this variable should be set to the command that has to be typed at the command line to run NETSCAPE 5 1 6 setenv MENU_AUTO_CONFIRM lt option gt This variable is often used when replaying command files which when recorded paused and asked the user to confirm things For example HELP and Warning messages Possible options for this variable are true and false If the variable is set true then these will not pause and will behave as if the user had pressed OK meaning that command files can play back without user intervention 5 1 7 setenv FILE_EXIST_ACTION lt option gt This variable controls the action to be taken when opening a file for output and the file already exists Possible options for this variable are none overwrite and append Normally you will be prompted for the action to be taken when a file selected for output already exists However if this variable is set to overwrite or append then the relevant action will be taken automatically This is generally used when playing automatic post processing batch scripts 5 1 8 setenv ECHO PREFERENCE lt option gt If this variable is set to 1 then any command line arguments used to start T HIS PRIMER or D3PLOT will be echoed to the screen along with any settings read from preference files 5 2 Windows 2000 XP Installation When the Oasy
44. ng the oasys_92 shell accessible to users The problem is to set up a symbol that allows users to run the OASYS_92 shell with a single command The way you go about this is up to you the following are simply suggestions you may prefer other methods 1 Set up a symbolic link in a directory accessed by all users On most systems each user s path is set up at login time to include directories that contain generally used commands and files For example many systems include the usr local bin directory Putting a symbolic link in such a directory that points to the oasys_92 shell is a straightforward way to provide access to it for all users You do this by going to that directory and typing the command In s path oasys92 oasys_92 oasys 92 Page 9 Ove Arup amp Partners Ltd May 2006 Oasys LS DYNA Environment Release 9 2 Installation Guide 2 7 2 Set up an alias for selected users You may wish to restrict access to the software to a sub set of users in which case a more elegant solution might be to add an alias to their individual cshrc files This assumes that they are running C shell You would do this by adding the line alias oasys_92 path oasys92 oasys_92 to their cshrc files User Preferences the oa_pref file The options in the Oasys preference file have been enhanced in the version 9 2 software to allow individual users to set up their own preferences for D3PLOT PRIMER REPORTER and T
45. nse daemon can be started using either the command line or through a graphical user interface called LMTOOLS 4 5 1 Manually from the Command Line Start Imgrd as an application from a Windows command shell using the following syntax C flexlm gt Imgrd c license_file_list L debug_log_path where license_file_list is one or more of the following the full path to a single license file adirectory where all files named lic in that directory are used debug_log_path is the full path to the debug log file Prepending debug_log_path with the character appends logging entries Spaces in pathnames require double quotes around the path 4 5 2 LMTOOLS for Windows Some of the functions LMTOOLS performs include e starting stopping and configuring FLEX m licenses e getting system information including hostids e getting server status Page 14 Ove Arup amp Partners Ltd May 2006 Oasys LS DYNA Environment Release 9 2 Installation Guide 4 5 2 1 Configuring the license server with LMTOOLS LMTOOLS has two modes in which to configure a license server Configuring using a license file Operations are performed on a particular license file The file can be either local or remote In this mode you cannot start the lmgrd process but you can do everything else To configure this mode perform the following 1 Run LMTOOLS 2 Click the Configuration using License File radio button 3 Enter one or more licen
46. oint lt executable gt Is the full path of the executable If the full path name of the executable includes any spaces then the path must be enclosed in S lt label gt Is the label shown in the list of LS DYNA versions displayed in the submission shell UNIX Example SMP Single dyna92 1s970_s_3535_hp8000_11_p exe Single SMP v3535 SMP Double dyna92 1s970_d_3535_hp8000_11_p exe Double SMP v3535 MPP Single dyna92 mpp970_s_3535a_hppa8k_hpux11 exe Single MPP v3535a MPP Double dyna92 mpp970_d_3535a_hppa8k_hpux11 exe Double MPP v3535a Would display a menu containing 4 versions of LS DYNA PC Example SMP Single C Program Files LS DYNA 1s970_s_3535 exe Single SMP v3535 SMP SERIAL C Program Files LS DYNA 1s970_s_3535 exe Double SERIAL v3535 Would display a menu containing 2 versions of LS DYNA 6 2 Customising the LS DYNA submission script The Oasys shell generates either a UNIX CShell Bourne Shell script jobname ct1 ora DOS batch file jobname bat that contains all of the selected LS DYNA job options On UNIX systems the choice of either CShell or Bourne Shell is controlled by the shell submit_shell option in the oa_pref file In version 9 2 of the shell the contents of these batch files can be modified by editing the Oasys submit file located in the installation directory The batch file created by the submission shell is split into 4 sections
47. onment Release 9 2 Installation Guide vendor name If vendor name is used only this vendor daemon will be shutdown and Imgrd will not be shutdown q Does not prompt Are you sure If you wish to restrict the use of Imdown to license administrators start Imgrd with the 2 p switch It is reasonable to restrict the execution of Imdown since shutting down the servers will cause loss of licenses To disable Imdown the license administrator can use Imgrd x Imdown To stop and restart a single vendor daemon use Imdown vendor name and then you can for example edit the options file then Imreread vendor name which restarts a vendor daemon if it s not already running A 2 4 Imhostid Imhostid is used to print the correct hostid value on any machine supported by FLEX1Im The syntax is Imhostid type type the type of hostid to print Type must be one of flexid dongle vsn volume serial number ether ethernet address long 32 bit integer internet internet address in format These arguments are only useful on Windows NT SCO and HP700 On the SCO and HP700 they exist for backwards compatibility with older hostid types On Windows and NT these are the 4 hostid types provided by FLEXIm the default is ether Example output is Imhostid Copyright C 1989 GLOBEtrotter Software Inc The FLEXIm host ID of this machine is 1200abcd A 2 5 Iminstall Iminstall is designed primarily for typing
48. op none ext ptf thf xtf key orr ort all Create shortcuts for all users desktop Create shortcuts on desktop none Don t create shortcuts ext Set file associations for ptf thf xtf key orr and ort ptt Set file association for ptf to d3plot92 exe thf Set file association for thf to this92 exe xtf Set file association for xtf to this92 exe key Set file association for key to primer92 exe orr Set file association for orr to reporter92 exe lort Set file association for ort to reporter92 exe If shortcuts are created on the desktop then shortcuts will only be created for OASYS D3PLOT T HIS PRIMER and REPORTER If desktop is not specified then additional shortcuts for manuals will also be created This command should be run from the directory containing the Oasys 9 2 executables Page 12 Ove Arup amp Partners Ltd May 2006 Oasys LS DYNA Environment Release 9 2 Installation Guide 4 1 4 2 4 3 THE FLEXLM LICENSING SYSTEM The Oasys software PRIMER D3PLOT T HIS uses the FLEXIm licensing system on all machines Installing FLEXIm All of the files needed to install FLEXIm on your system will have been copied into the oasys92 UNIX or lt INSTALL_DIR gt Windows XP directory when the Oasys 9 2 software was installed The Oasys software is designed to be used with either floating or node locked licenses Obtaining Your Oasys
49. r QUEUE batch_type string NQS LSF SGE or PBS Nos queue_output_file logical Add output file to job TRUE script Page 26 Ove Arup amp Partners Ltd May 2006 Oasys LS DYNA Environment Release 9 2 Installation Guide queue_error_ file logical Add error file to job TRUE script queue_error_path logical Add job path to output TRUE error directive in job script queue_directive_file string Specify optional file Containing queue directives queue_memory real Batch Queue Memory 15000000 Size queue_memory_ units string WORDS or MWORDS WORDS queue_cpu real Batch Queue CPU Limit 0 queue_cpu_units string SECONDS MINUTES or SECONDS HOURS queue_space real Batch Queue File Space 1024 Limit queue_machine string Name of LSF queuing machine request_cpu_limit logical TRUE or FALSE TRUE request_memory_ limit logical TRUE or FALSE TRUE request_space_limit logical TRUE or FALSE FALSE system_cpu real Minimum System Time 90 seconds job_format string KEYWORD or FIXED KEYWORD file_names string ARUP or LSTC ARUP job_memory real Job Memory Size 9000000 job_memory_units string WORDS or MWORDS WORDS job_cpu real Job CPU Limit 0 job_cpu_units string SECONDS MINUTES or SECONDS HOURS allow_mem_change logical TRUE or FALSE TRUE file_size integer Binary File Size 7 write _ctf logical TRUE or FALSE FALSE write_ztf logical TRUE or FALSE TRUE batch_display string TRUE or FALSE FALSE
50. rimer92_64 exe 64 bit PRIMER pre processor d3plot92 exe D3PLOT graphical post processor d3plot92_64 exe 64 bit D3PLOT graphical post processor this92 exe T HIS time history post processor this92_64 exe 64 bit T HIS time history post processor reporter92 exe REPORTER Imgrd exe FLEXIm license manager daemon Imtools exe FLEXIm utilities graphical Imutil exe FLEXIm utilities command line oasys network licensing daemon flcheck92 exe License utility used by 64 bit software manuals Directory containing PDF and HTML manuals macros Directory containing example macro files for T HIS library Directory containing scripts for REPORTER 1 2 Windows 2000 XP XP 64 systems After the software has been installed the following files and directories will have been created inside the directory you selected Page 3 Ove Arup amp Partners Ltd May 2006 Oasys LS DYNA Environment Release 9 2 Installation Guide 1 3 oasys92 exe oa_pref oa_pref xml oasys submit oasys submit_mpp dyna_versions oamonserv92 exe oamonc92 exe sleep exe netsetup92 exe primer92 exe primer92_64 exe d3plot92 exe d3plot92_64 exe this92 exe this92_64 exe reporter92 exe js32 dll Imgrd exe Imtools exe Imutil exe oasys exe Imgr9a dll flcheck92 exe flerror92 exe manuals macros library submission shell Default preference file XML file containing all available preferences file for submitting LS DYNA jobs through the shell file for submitting MPP LS DYN
51. s Software is installed a set of icons will automatically be added to Start gt Programs gt Oasys92 Page 22 Ove Arup amp Partners Ltd May 2006 Oasys LS DYNA Environment Release 9 2 Installation Guide OASYS PRIMER 12 D3PLOT 3 T HIS iL REPORTER By LMTOOLS Manuals gt After loading the Oasys software the following system variables should be set up LM LICENSE FILE LSTC_FILE LSTC_LICENSE_ SERVER lt option gt only required if LS DYNA is OAMONSERVER lt option gt installed HOME MENU AUTO CONFIRM optional FILE_EXIST_ACTION optional ECHO_PREFERENCE optional Oasys recommend that these variables are set up by a user with Administrator privileges so that they then apply to all users on the system 5 2 1 LM_LICENSE_FILE The variable is used to locate a valid license for the Oasys software 5 2 1 1 Floating Network License If you are running the software using a license server then this variable should be set to point to the license server machine using the machine s hostname i e LM_LICENSE_FILE hostname or LM_LICENSE_FILE port hostname if you have specified a non default port for the server 5 2 1 2 Fixed Stand alone Licenses If you are using a node locked license file then this variable should be set to point to the location of the license file ie LM_LICENSE_FILE lt INSTALL_DIR gt Oasys_flexlm dat 5 2 1 3 Multiple FLEXIm license files If you have other software that uses
52. se file names or port host Configuring the License Manager as a Windows Service To configure a license server as a service you must have Administrator privileges 1 Run LMTOOLS 2 Click the Configuration using Services radio button then click the Config Services tab 3 In the Service Name type the name of the service that you want to define for example Myvendor License Manager 4 In the Path to the Imgrd exe file field enter or browse to Imgrd exe for this license server 5 In the Path to the license file field enter or browse to the license file for this license server 6 In the Path to the debug log file enter or browse to the debug log file that this license server writes Prepending the debug log file name with the character appends logging entries LMTOOLS by Macrovision Corporation http www macrovision com File Edit Mode Help Service License File System Settings Utilities Start Stop Reread Server Status Server Diags Config Services Borrowing Save Service Service Name Myvendor License Manager Remove Service Configure Service Browse Path to the Imgrd exe file JE ilexm mgrd exe __Browse Path to the license file C Mlexim mpvendor lic Bowe Path to the debug log file C Mleslm lmgrd di View Log Close Log F Start Server at Power Up I Use Services 7 To save the new Myvendor License Manager service click the Save Service button Page 1
53. select a particular line for Imdiag to report on For example Imdiag f1 HOSTID 12345678 will attempt a checkout on the line with the hostid limited to 12345678 specification can be one of the following VERSION HOSTID EXPDATE KEY VENDOR_STRING ISSUER If no feature is specified Imdiag will operate on all features in the license file s in your path Imdiag will first print information about the license then attempt to check out each license If the checkout succeeds Imdiag will indicate this If the checkout fails Imdiag explains the reason for the failure If the checkout fails because Imdiag cannot connect to the license server then you have the option of running extended connection diagnostics Extended connection diagnostics attempt to connect to each port on the license server node and can detect if the port number in the license file is incorrect Imdiag will indicate each port number that is listening and if it is an Imgrd process Imdiag will indicate this as well If Imdiag finds the vendor daemon for the feature being tested then it will indicate the correct port number for the license file to correct the problem A 2 3 Imdown Imdown allows a graceful shutdown of all license daemons both Imgrd and all vendor daemons on all nodes The syntax is Imdown c license list vendor name q c license list path to the file s to shutdown Page 44 Ove Arup amp Partners Ltd May 2006 Oasys LS DYNA Envir
54. shell pack_nodes This variable is used along with shell max_node_cpus to calculate the number of nodes required when submitting a MPP job to a PBS queuing system If this is set to TRUE then the minimum number of nodes will be requested Job CPU s max_node_cpus pack_nodes PBS node request 2 2 TRUE nodes 1 ppn 2 1x2 2 2 FALSE nodes 2 ppn 1 2x1 8 2 TRUE nodes 4 ppn 2 4x2 8 2 FALSE nodes 8 ppn 1 8x1 7 4 TRUE nodes 1 ppn 4 1 ppn 3 1x4 1x3 7 4 FALSE nodes 7 ppn 1 7x1 Page 34 Ove Arup amp Partners Ltd May 2006 Oasys LS DYNA Environment Release 9 2 Installation Guide 5 3 36 shell mpp_nodefile These variable controls the whether or not the user has to select a file containing a list of nodes when submitting an MPP job If a file is selected then the full pathname of the selected file will be written to the script file as the variable LSDYNA_NODE_FILE 5 3 37 shell submit_shell UNIX LINUX only LS DYNA jobs are submitted on UNIX LINUX systems using script files This variable can be set to either CSHELL or BSHELL to create either CSHELL or BORNE shell scripts 5 3 38 shell unix_type This variable controls the default binary file size produced by LS DYNA The value specified gives the required file size in Mbytes 5 3 39 shell manual_reader UNIX LINUX only This option should be set to point to where a copy of the Adobe Acrobat re
55. software you will need the following information e Target machine processor type e Target machine Operating System e Hostname of the machine that you want to use as your Oasys FLEXIm license server If you are already running the version 9 0 software then you should use the same name for the license server that you are currently using e The full pathname of the directory in which you want to install the software Notes The Target Machine is the machine that you want to run the software on If you do not have a CD on the machine that you want to install the software on and cannot mount the CD drive remotely then install it on another machine and copy the complete installation across to the Target Machine after the installation process is completed Please do not rename any of of the files as the format of the names is used to determine how the CD has been unpacked When you load the software ensure that you answer all the questions as though you are installing the software on the target machine Page 6 Ove Arup amp Partners Ltd May 2006 Oasys LS DYNA Environment Release 9 2 Installation Guide 2 3 On all platforms the Oasys 9 2 software uses floating licenses based on the FLEXIm licensing software This software requires a license daemon to be running on one of the machines on the network Oasys recommend that the machine you select to be your Oasys FLEXIm license server is one of the machines that you want to run the Oasys
56. sum will treat non case sensitive fields correctly in general Imcksum is not case sensitive Imcksum takes the k switch to force the license key checksum to be case sensitive Imcksum takes an optional daemon name if specified only license file lines for the selected daemon are used to compute the checksums Page 43 Ove Arup amp Partners Ltd May 2006 Oasys LS DYNA Environment Release 9 2 Installation Guide By default Imcksum operates on license dat in the current directory Specify c license_file if you want to checksum another license file Example output is Imcksum Copyright C 1989 1994 GLOBEtrotter Software Inc Imcksum using license file usr local flexlm licenses license dat 189 SERVER speedy 08002b32b161 2837 166 VENDOR demo u gsi lmgr src testsuite demo 8 FEATURE f1 demo 1 000 01 jan 99 0 3B2BC33CE4E1 08002b32b161 109 overall file checksum A 2 2 Imdiag Imdiag allows you to diagnose problems when you cannot check out a license Imdiag c license_list n feature specification value c license_list path to the file s to diagnose If more than one file use colon separator of Unix or semi colon on PC n run in non interactive mode Imdiag will not prompt for any input in this mode In this mode extended connection diagnostics are not available feature diagnose this feature only specification value If a license file contains multiple lines for a particular feature you can
57. tallation Guide Page 2 Ove Arup amp Partners Ltd May 2006 Oasys LS DYNA Environment Release 9 2 Installation Guide 1 WHAT YOU HAVE BEEN SUPPLIED WITH This section describes the items with which you should have been supplied If you think anything is missing please contact Oasys Ltd The Oasys 9 2 LS DYNA Environment files will normally be supplied on 2 CD s unless agreed otherwise with Oasys Ltd Alternatively installation files can be downloaded from our website at www arup com dyna CD 1 Contains UNIX installations CD 2 Contains LINUX and Windows installations including Windows XP 64 1 1 UNIX systems After the software has been installed the following files and directories will have been created inside the directory you selected oasys_92 command script xshell_92 graphical submission shell oa_pref Default preference file oa_pref xml XML file containing all available preferences oasys submit file for submitting LS DYNA jobs through the shell dyna_versions lists LS DYNA versions to enable the shell s LS DYNA button make_dyna_versions exe utility program to write dyna_versions file oasys_utilities lists extra functions available through utilities button make_oasys_utilities exe utility program to write 64 bit programs to utilities oamonserv92 exe LS DYNA job monitoring database server oamonc92 exe LS DYNA job monitoring client start_oaserver Script to start the job monitor server primer92 exe PRIMER pre processor p
58. this name change e g Shell d3plot_version d3plot90 exe would force the version 92 shell to run the version 9 0 copy of D3PLOT d3plot90 exe would have to be in the directory containing the version 92 executables On machines where both 32 and 64 bit versions of D3PLOT T HIS and PRIMER are available the names for the 64 bit versions can be modified using shell this64_version shell d3plot64_version shell primer64_version Page 33 Ove Arup amp Partners Ltd May 2006 Oasys LS DYNA Environment Release 9 2 Installation Guide 5 3 30 shell lt gt _ default These options can be used to set the default versions of T HIS D3PLOT and PRIMER to either the 32 or 64 bit version 5 3 31 shell shell_ release By default the xshell_92 is set up to display 9 2 as the version This option allows the version number displayed to be changed if a customised installation is set up 5 3 32 shell max_cpus shell max_mpp_cpus These variable controls the maximum number of CPU s that can be selected for SMP and MPP parallel jobs 5 3 33 shell default_cpus shell default_mpp_cpus These variable controls the default number of CPU s for SMP and MPP parallel jobs 5 3 34 shell max_node_cpus This variable should be set to the number of CPUS each node has in a cluster When a MPP job is submitted to a PBS queue this variable will be used to calculate the required number of nodes that will be requested from the PBS queuing system 5 3 35
59. tion In addition to specifying the installation directory and the license server the oasys_92 command file can also be set a number of other options on UNIX LINUX systems After installing the software the oasys_92 command file should contain the following This assumes the software was loaded in a directory called prg and that the license server in a machine called atghps50 bin csh f onintr start_flush Set OASYS to point to the directory containing the software setenv OASYS prg oasys92 executables Set LM LICENSE_file to either the Oasys flexlm license file or the license server e g setenv LM LICENSE_FILE OASYS oasys_flexlm dat or setenv LM LICENSE_FILE hostname etenv LM _LICENSE_FILE atghps50 To setup the monitor server the following is needed setenv OAMONSERVER hostname 26000 etenv OAMONSERVER atghps50 26000 Set LSTC_FILE to either the lstc license file or the server e g setenv LSTC_FILE SOASYS LSTC_FILE or setenv LSTC_LICENSE_SERVER hostname setenv LSTC_NOCLIENT ON setenv LSTC_LICENSE network etenv LSTC_FILE SOASYS LSTC_FILE Set NETSTART to the command used to start NETSCAPE on the system etenv NETSTART usr bin netscape Other environment variables EOE HE OM OSH OE SHE HE HEHEHE HEHE H 3E 3E 3E SE M N E H HH H H HH setenv LSTC_LICENSE_SERVER atghps50 setenv USERID whoami Page 19 Ove Arup amp Partners Ltd May 2006 Oasys LS DYNA Environment Release 9 2 Installation Gu
60. tion 5 2 contains a description of each of these variables and instructions on how on how to set them up Page 11 Ove Arup amp Partners Ltd May 2006 Oasys LS DYNA Environment Release 9 2 Installation Guide 3 6 3 5 2 File Associations Under windows on PC it is possible to set up file associations so that double clicking on files with the ptf file extension opens then automatically in D3PLOT similarly files with the thf xtf key and bdf extension will be opened automatically in T HIS a file with key will be opened by PRIMER The PC installation will automatically set up these file associations If however you need to set them up manually the procedure is detailed in the User Manual for the SHELL 3 5 3 Temporary working directory The Oasys 9 2 shell uses a temporary directory to create batch files when LS DYNA jobs are submitted For the submission process to work either of the following 2 directories should exist with full user access C TMP C TEMP Network Installation using netsetup92 exe If you choose to install the Oasys 9 2 Environment software on a central Windows server the utility netsetup92 exe can be used to create shortcuts and file associations on workstations without having to carry out a complete installation on each machine netsetup92 exe is a command line program that by default creates an oasys92 entry in Start gt Programs for the current user netsetup exe all deskt
61. tion about the named feature or all features if no feature name is given Note that Imstat i does not communicate with the server and therefore reports raw data from the license file which may differ from what the server actually supports s server_name Displays status of server node s t value Sets Imstat timeout to value Page 47 Ove Arup amp Partners Ltd May 2006 Oasys LS DYNA Environment Release 9 2 Installation Guide Imstat a is a potentially expensive command With many active users this can generate a lot of network activity and therefore should not be used too often Imremove requires the output of Imstat a A 2 9 Imswitchr Imswitchr switches the FLEXadmin REPORTLOG log file for the specified feature The syntax is Imswitchr c license_file_list feature daemon new file A 2 10 Imver Imver reports the FLEXIm version of a library or binary The syntax is Imver filename If a filename is specified the FLEXIm version incorporated into this file is displayed otherwise Imver looks for the library file liblmgr a to detect its version Page 48 Ove Arup amp Partners Ltd May 2006
62. ves down gracefully 2 Queues with no limit as in the infinite case above should have the word none put in as limits 5 5 Adding items to the Utilities menu The Utilities menu within the Xshell may be customised to contain upto 20 items The contents of this menu is controlled by a file called Oasys_utilities that is located in the directory containing the version 92 executables The format of this file is lt Menu Name gt lt Program gt lt Xterm gt Where Menu Name Name to be given to the program in the menu Action The name of the program to execute Xterm Does the program require an xterm window define as YES or NO Eg Fast tef program YES Would create a menu containing 1 item named program1 When selected this item will execute the utility in an xterm window Page 36 Ove Arup amp Partners Ltd May 2006 Oasys LS DYNA Environment Release 9 2 Installation Guide 6 LS DYNA IN OASYS SHELL 6 1 Adding LS DYNA versions to the Oasys SHELL The list of LS DYNA versions that can be accessed through the Oasys 9 2 shell is controlled through an ASCII file called dyna_versions This file has the following format lt Code Type gt lt precision gt lt executable gt lt label gt Where lt Code Type gt Is either SMP shared memory parallel SERIAL single threaded non parallel or MPP distributed memory parallel lt precision gt Is either Single 32 bit floating point or Double 64 bit floating p
63. wing arguments v print version and exit c license_file operate on license file Windows 2000 XP As part of the Oasys software installation a command line program LMUTIL EXE similar to the UNIX version previously described is installed It is accessed by LMUTIL EXE Function where Function is Imstat Imdiag etc A second Windows Graphics Interface program called LMTOOLS EXE is also installed LMTOOLS has the same functionality as LMUTIL but is graphically oriented Simply run the program and choose a button for the functionality required Note The Imdown Imremove and Imreread commands are privileged If you have started Imgrd with the p 2 switch you must be a license administrator to run any of these three utilities A license administrator is a member of the Unix Imadmin group or if the Imadmin group does not exist a member of group 0 In addition Imgrd x can disable Imdown and or Imremove A 2 1 Imcksum Imcksum performs a checksum of a license file This is useful to verify data entry errors Imcksum will print a line by line checksum for the file as well as an overall file checksum If the license file contains cksum nn attributes the bad lines will be automatically indicated Imcksum will ignore all fields that do not enter into the license key computation thus the server node name and port number as well as the daemon pathname and options file names are not checksummed In addition Imck
64. you will be prompted for the action to be taken when a file selected for output already exists However if this variable is set to overwrite or append then the relevant action will be taken automatically This is generally used when playing automatic post processing batch scripts 5 2 7 ECHO_PREFERENCE If this variable is set to 1 then any command line arguments used to start T HIS PRIMER or D3PLOT will be echoed to the screen along with any settings read from preference files 5 2 8 Setting Environment Variables To set these system variables activate the control panel using Windows 2000 and XP Start gt Settings gt Control Panel Windows xp Start gt Control Panel and then select the System Icon Windows NT Followed by the Environment tab Windows 2000 and XP Followed by the Advanced tab and then the Environment button This will bring up the window displayed left To set up a new Environment Variable enter the variable s name in the Variable box followed by the variable s Value in the Value Box After setting up each new Environment Variable press Set before entering the next new Environment Variable Finally after setting up all the new variables select Apply followed by OK to dismiss the System Properties menu Page 25 Ove Arup amp Partners Ltd May 2006 Oasys LS DYNA Environment Release 9 2 Installation Guide Environment ariables U thughes P 0asys90 SMS_LOCAL_DI C A WINDOWS TEMP C Do
65. ys_92 script On Windows 2000 XP set the environmental variable as described in sec 5 2 8 4 3 2 Floating license If you are using a server license you will need to start the Oasys FLEXIm license daemon Page 13 Ove Arup amp Partners Ltd May 2006 Oasys LS DYNA Environment Release 9 2 Installation Guide 4 4 4 5 Starting the Oasys FLEXIm license daemon UNIX When the Oasys software was installed a script called start_flexlm was automatically added to the oasys92 directory As part of the installation process this file should have been automatically modified so that the environment variable LM_LICENSE_FILE has been set to point to the full pathname of the oasys_flexlm dat license file Further the oasys_92 script should have setenv LM_LICENSE_FILE hostname where hostname is the license server To start the Oasys FLEXIm license daemon go into the oasys92 directory and enter the following start_flexlm If the command fails with the following error message License manager can t initialize Cannot find license file check that the LM_LICENSE_FILE environment variable has been set correctly in start_flexlm If the license manager starts successfully Oasys recommend that you modify your system boot sequence so that the start_flexlm script file is automatically run whenever the system is rebooted Starting the Oasys FLEXIm license daemon Windows On Windows the FLEXIm lice

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