ページの先頭です。
ここから本文です。

FAQ

[SX-Aurora TSUBASA]HPC License Software FAQ

Question

About License Manage Software(License Server)

  1. The license server fails to start with following messages.
    aur_license_server[16057]: Warning: Invalid license! (line=3)
    aur_license_server[16057]: No valid license.
    systemd[1]: aurlic-server.service: control process exited, code=exited status=1

  2. The license server fails to start with following messages.
    # systemctl start aurlic-server
    Job for aurlic-server.service failed because a timeout was exceeded.
    See "systemctl status aurlic-server.service" and "journalctl -xe" for details.

  3. After modifying the license.dat file, the license server fails to start with following messages.
    aur_license_server: Broken license file.
    aurlic-server.service: control process exited, code=exited status=1

About License Manage Software(License Access Library)

  1. Licensing software(e.g. nfort) fails to start with the following error.
    $ nfort sample.f90
    nfort: Fatal: License: get server address[sv_host:7300]: Name or service not known

  2. Connection error occurs when using the licensing software.
    $ mpincc sample-mpi.c
    ncc: Fatal: License: Failed to connect to xx.xx.xx.xx (port=7300): Connection refused

  3. Compiler outputs the following error message.
    $ mpincc sample-mpi.c
    ncc: Fatal: License: Unknown host.

  4. Can I use the licensing software while the license server is down?

About License Issuing Web System

  1. I forget my user ID to log in to the License Issuing Web System. What should I do?

  2. [Agree] button on the pop-up window of "LICENSE TERMS OF ISSUING" is grayed down, and I can not download the license file.

  3. What should I specify to the "Host name" and "Host ID" in the SDK license host information page ?

  4. Can I change the host on which the compiler is used(the SDK execution host)?

  5. Can I change the host of license server?

  6. [OK] button on the "license host information(Change)" page is still grayed out even after input both MAC address of before and after changing.

  7. Can I reuse an already registered license issue key for another license server?

  8. My account has been locked because I typed wrong password. What should I do?

Others

  1. Where is the latest document about the HPC software license?

  2. When does trial license expire?

  3. How many times can I issue trial license?

  4. Can I use both production and trial licenses on a same license server?

  5. After exchanging the mother board, I have encountered the license error/s.

  6. In the case of bonding NICs MAC address of the NICs are overwritten, it causes license error.

Answer

About License Manage Software(License Server)

  1. It seems that some license issue keys are not registered.
    Check the status of registered license issue keys, and register all your license issue keys included in the software products.

    Check the status.
    # /opt/nec/aur_license/bin/reg_serialkey --check
    License-Issue-Key is not registered for the license (line=3)

    When you get the above message, register the license issue key for the product and activate it.
    # /opt/nec/aur_license/bin/reg_serialkey License-Key
    # /opt/nec/aur_license/bin/reg_serialkey --check
    OK

    OK means that all of the license issue keys are registered and you can restart the license server.
    See also the section 5.3 of HPC Software License Management Guide.

  2. When SELinux is enabled on RHEL/Rocky Linux/CentOS 8.*, settings for SELinux are needed for the license server process to access the directory writing its logs.
    The settings can be performed by semanage and restorecon commands as follows.
    # semanage fcontext -a -t var_log_t "/var/opt/nec/aur_license(/.*)?"
    # restorecon -R -F -v -r /var/opt/nec/aur_license

    If semanage is not installed, you can install it by the following command line.
    # dnf install policycoreutils-python-utils

  3. The license server checks a tamper of license file.
    Use license files downloaded from the License Issuing Web System as is.

About License Manage Software(License Access Library)

  1. It seems that the IP address can not be resolved from sv_host which is specified by License_server_host=sv_host in /opt/nec/aur_license/aur_license.conf.
    Check that sv_host is registered in /etc/hosts.
    Or you can specified the IP address for the entry of License_server_host=.

  2. Check the following list
    1. License server process is started.
    2. On the compiler execution host, the license server host is set correctly in /opt/nec/aur_license/aur_license.conf.
      License_server_host=<hostname or IP address>
    3. The port for License_sever_port(default:7300/tcp) is not blocked by the firewall

  3. Log in to the License Issuing Web System, and check that Host name and Host ID are set correctly in the SDK license host information page.
    See also About License Issuing Web System/#3 about the SDK execution host.

  4. By using License access library R1.6 or later, you can use the license under restricted condition within 8 days after detecting license server down.

About License Issuing Web System

  1. Press "Forgot your user ID or password?" in the Login page.
    Input your registered mail address and license key in the form of "Forgot your user ID?" and submit them.
    The following E-mail will be sent to you.
    Subject: User ID notification NEC HPC Software license system

    Your user ID: your-account
    My page
    URL: https://www.hpc-license.nec.com/aurora/login

  2. Read "LICENSE TERMS OF ISSUING" and scroll down to the bottom of the page, and the button of "agree" is activated.

  3. The hostname is the name of a host that you compile to make VE programs.
    The hostname should be the output of /usr/bin/hostname command.
    Host ID is a MAC address of the host, which is of one of physical ethernet cards.

  4. Yes, you can.
    Press "Host information" in the table of "Registered license key information" in MyPage.
    In the SDK license host information page, change the Host name and Host ID of the SDK execution host.
    After you change the host information, re-download new license file and locate/reload it on the license server host.

  5. Yes, you can.
    Press "Reissue license key" in MyPage, and you can change the Host ID(MAC address) in the page of "license host information(Change)".

  6. Press "Notes on license reissue" in the "license host information(Change)" page, and the notes pops up. By pressing the "agree" button on the pop up window, [OK] button can be activated.

  7. In order to prevent an illegal use of the license, an already registered license issue key can not be used for another license server on the License Issuing Web System.

  8. An account will be locked if password authentication fails for 5 times.
    In order to activate the locked account again, enter the "Forgot your user ID or password?" page, and input your registered E-mail address, User ID and the registered license issue key in the form of "Forgot your password?".
    Then, by pressing the "submit" button, the following E-mail will be sent to you. Follow the instructions in the e-mail.
    Subject: Password reset NEC HPC Software license system

    We received a request that you forgot your password.
    Please access the URL and set the password.
    URL: https://www.hpc-license.nec.com/one_time_url

Others

  1. The latest "HPC Software License Management Guide" is available from the following site.
    https://sxauroratsubasa.sakura.ne.jp/documents/guide/pdfs/HPC-LicenseManagementGuide_E.pdf

  2. The trial license is available for 180 days from the day of issued.
    For example, a trial license issued on April 1st, 2021 expires on September 29th, 2021.

  3. Trial license can be issued only one time for one product.

  4. Production license and trial license for different products can be used on a same license server.
    But for a same product, only production license can be used.

  5. It causes because MAC address of on-board NIC has been changed.
    Confirm the MAC address of the new on-board NIC and log in to License Issuing Web System and change the Host ID(MAC address)(SEE ALSO).
    And, in case that you use SDK on the host, change the Host ID of the SDK execution host(SEE ALSO).

    After that, re-download the license file(license.dat) and copy to /opt/nec/aur_license/license.dat and restart the license server.
    # systemctl restart aurlic-server

  6. Make bonding mode active-backup, fail_over_mac to 1(active) prevents overwriting the MAC address of the NIC.

Product Name

SX-Aurora TSUBASA Software

Note

Revision History

  • 2021/04/28 Creation
  • 2021/08/31 Feed back from customer's question
    • Settings after exchanging the mother board
  • 2022/05/31 Feed back from customer's question
    • Note for usage with NIC bonding
  • 2022/06/30 Added a notice about Rocky Linux 8 that is enabled SELinux
  • 2022/09/06 Modified the URL of HPC Software License Management Guide

Related Information

  • Content ID: 4150101094
  • Release date: 2021/04/28
  • Last updated:2022/09/06

Top

ここからページ共通メニューです。 ページ共通メニューを読み飛ばす。
ページ共通メニューここまで。