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1. sesesssesss 27 4 installing MICRESS onthe Clients u pr eren ns hora bnt rrt Hh 28 Ar Introductory remarks een ne ee 28 4 2 Installing MICRESS under Windows cccscsscssesssssssssssssseseeseesessesesessesssnseeseeseeaeseesersesaneeeaess 29 4 3 Installing MICRESS under Linux ccccccsssssssesessesscssssssesseseeseesesseseeseesessanseeseneeaeseesersnsanseeaess 31 4 4 Hooking up the client to the License server or standalone licenses essssssse 32 4 5 License management diagnostics nnns 34 5 The MICISESS directories Louie iieri ee ee ee 35 pd Modu REMIK ee ee en ee ee 35 52 TheMICRESS binaries BIN AlECION n ne 36 9 3 INOMIORESS examples CINCOM sirais tae ee ee ea 37 5 4 The License systems FLEXIM and Safenet essere 40 941 ed LER ICE SE ee ee re M bui uat 41 5 4 2 The Safenet Sentinel license sss 42 2 9 DIAGNOSIE TOIS m ee ee ee een 43 5 6 The MICRESS Manuals directory essent nnn nnns 43 6 CHECKING the installation nu 44 i O EMEN 44 6 2 Viewing an existing result file with DP MICRESS sse 45 6 3 Getting an existing simulation started under Windows sse 4T 6 4 Getting an existing simulation started under Linux eseenenees 51 MICRESS Use
2. This procedure should only be performed if there is no Thermo Calc installation available The installation files for the network license manager are found in the folder Safenet in your MICRESS installation directory see section 5 4 2 Copy these to the computer where the license manager will be installed and double click the file Sentinel RMS License Manager 8 3 0 msi Follow the instructions during the installation see Figure 3 11 and choose the default installation folder The license manager will be installed to C Program Files Common Files SafeNet Sentinel Sentinel RMS License Manager WinNT or similar Welcome to the InstallShield Wizard for Sentinel RMS License Manager 8 1 1 The InstallShield R Wizard will install Sentinel RMS License Manager 8 1 1 on your computer To continue click Next WARNING This program is protected by copyright law and international treaties Ce oem Figure 3 11 The Thermo Calc Software makes use of another license manager which is called Safenet Sentinel This change applies to MICRESS version 6 0 and later Open the folder Licenses Floating on the CD and copy the license file LSERVRC to the folder where the license manager was installed WinNT Try to start MICRESS with a TQ coupled example e g Delta Gamma on the server If it doesn t work restart the computer If the license server is running on the same subnet as the client it will normally be detected aut
3. Utilities Start Stop Reread Server Status Server Diags Config Services Borrowing Borrowing Allows the diagnosis of problems when Feature Name MICRESS TQ unable to obtain a license Perform Diagnostics m Diagnostics License file 270030571 MICRESS TQ v6 099 vendor ACMICRES uncounted moral A inanan Tanbal ean Tas sarmar mdidienn INTERNET 134 Service License File System Settings Utilities Start Stop Reread Server Status Server Diags Config Services or In sr es Allows the diagnosis of problems when Feature Name MICRESS_T0 Ed preg ot eee lagnostics or et or et or et INIZRNEIM134 130 121 or In er internet address INTEZRNEIS134 130 126 or hc or ethernet address 0004760f1alc or ethernet address 000475731307 or ethernet address 00304874c6d5 or ethernet address 00130231968b 00 mE cr ethernet address 00164153b3f7 or Internet address INTERNEIsS137 226 or hostid 201e835347 starts 1 jan 1990 no expiration date This is the correct node for this node locked license Figure 3 9 Perform diagnostics to find the correct server license for a specific feature e Config Services Configuration Services asks for inserting the paths to the listed files The Service name stands for the vendor demon The function View log is quite important for administrators managing the server because it lists all enquiries to the server see Figure 3 10 This log
4. 2 KB 31 KB 35 KB 25 KB 17 KB Dapur Virtua E E View EDO cup Data miara Hacekanea E Lj Figure 6 9 The upper window either represents the initial state The lower picture displays the last time step Fai Brest MICRESS User Guide Volume I Installing MICRESS ad Chapter 6 Checking the installation 6 4 Getting an existing simulation started under Linux Although using MICRESS per drag and drop on the graphical desktop or a file manager is possible like in Windows it is recommended to work directly on the command line The different MICRESS versions are located in the bin sub directory of the installation directory For the default version of MICRESS and MICRESS without Thermo Calc coupling e g MICRESS 64 bit using TQS on a 64 bit Linux system scripts are provided to start simulation software MICRESS sh and MICRESS noTQ sh On the command line you can start a simulation by passing the according driving file to one of these scripts path to binary MICRESS sh path to driving file driving file gt A convenient way to start MICRESS in the driving file directory directly is to use a symbolic link The red highlighted MICRESS in the MICRESS example directory is a symbolic link to the default MICRESS version or script antoinegmicress3 MICRESS 5 501 cd Examples antoine micress3 MICRESS 5 501 Examples 15 AlCu dri Grain_Growth dG Mobility Data AlCu Equiaxed dri Gra
5. 20 39 28 11 2010 DE a e Coal Figure 6 4 Running a simulation with a driving file by drag amp drop it on MICRESS MICRESS User Guide Volume I Installing MICRESS 47 94 a Chapter 6 Checking the installation E gg MICRESS 5 408 MICRESS binary Li version number 5 408 Windows compiled 84 83 2089 C single precision binary license expires in days Parsing input file D MICRESS_5_468 Examples Grain_Growth_dri txt gt Done Language settings Please select a language English Deutsch or Francais English Flags and E IL Mr I Hf End of routine init Tine t 4 8888 GPU A is t phase Field solver time step 1 13E 44 3 Fraction of Ag Fraction of phase 2 H BRRMA Intermediate output For t 1 BHBHBHHE BH2 GPU time Bos Current phase field solver time step Une dinensional approximation From c of comp 1 EE rc of comp 2 at the bottom ATI SE 258 008 Kerem Simulation area shifted by A layers Grain 1 reaches Full size at t q S45 7E B2 g Figure 6 5 The MICRESS simulation is running and MICRESS has created its first outputs indicating a successful installation It is helpful to take a look at the clicking time to check whether MICRESS has started creating output also during an ongoing simulation It enables finding the most recent files in the Results directory Organisieren v Offnen Brennen Neuer Ordner Name f nderungsdatum Typ
6. DVD RW Laufwerk E MICRESS 8 Immer f r Software und Spiele durchf hren Programm installieren oder ausf hren Install_MICRESS exe ausf hren Kein Herausgeber angegeben Allgemeine Optionen Ordner ffnen um Dateien anzuzeigen P d 24 an mit VVIDnGO W Ss TXpiorer ms rung festlegen Figure 4 1 The window pops up asking to carry the installation into execution If autoplay for media is activated on your system MICRESS installation should start automatically else it is possible to run the INSTALL MICRESS exe manually MICRESS User Guide Volume I Installing MICRESS 29 54 ad Chapter 4 Installing MICRESS on the clients read and accept license conditions scroll down to read at di H 1 Verso C a Offentch 4 jS Computer select an installation directory amp i LL nna je Programme 3 Serutzer select an installation type e g with or without examples Click the Install MICRESS button n Duk space 1962 MB Demo rene iratai MICRE SS Figure 4 2 Entering the data in order to perform the installation During the installation process please make the following decisions e Installation directory defines the directory where MICRESS will be installed on your computer Your favoured directory may be selected by clicking on the file symbol e Select an installation type The demo results can be copied uncompressed skipped or copied compres
7. Growth triple dri _ TQ Ripening dri m 4 mj ReX 4 dri ReX 5 dri Stress dri Temperature dri Figure 5 5 The MICRESS examples driving and input files MICRESS User Guide Volume I Installing MICRESS 38 54 ed Chapter 5 The MICRESS directories The examples directory contains different driving and or result files allowing to run and to visualize several available simulations To check the installation run one of these examples and subsequently have a look at the result files by using DP MICRESS A detailed instruction of handling this procedure is explained in chapter 6 Checking the installation MICRESS examples directory Results Results for li jw b Results Delta Gamma v CE DI di Results Delta Gamma 9 field rgeniseren 7 H Ansichten v E Brennen variables being calculated woi Name Anderungsdatum Typ Gr e E Delta Gamma 1DExt conci 3 Delta Gamma 1DExt conc2 z Delta Gamma 1DExt geoF E Delta Gamma conci zi Delta Gamma conc2 fen Delta Gamma driv 3 Delta_Gamma_geoF 3 Delta Gamma intf Delta Gamma phas fj Delta Gamma rest rest mcr Restart file allows to in extended 1D fields Results forthe individual field variables 2D 3D for all output time steps Delta Gamma in restart continue a simulation Delta Gamma log Delta Gamma TabD jDelta Gamma TabF Delta Gamma Tab
8. MICRESS examples the FLEXIm and Safenet directories include MICRESS licensing tools and license files the Manuals directory provides the different MICRESS manuals These components are explained in detail in the following MICRESS User Guide Volume I Installing MICRESS 30 94 ad Chapter 5 The MICRESS directories 5 2 The MICRESS binaries BIN directory Here the MICRESS binaries and their related files are located KL JR MICRES Bin Datel Bearbeiten Ansicht Ex i irj O I lib64 di lib32 Start parallel MICRESS noTQ bat Start parallel MICRESS bat Start MICRESS noTQ bat Start MICRESS bat E DP MICRESS Settings txt amp tq dil 8 libiomp5md dll Post Install exe MICRESS TQ5 x54 exe Ed MICRESS TQS x32 exe Ed MICRESS par TQS x64 exe Ed MICRESS par TQS x32 exe Ed MICRESS par noTQ x64 exe MICRESS par noTQ x32 exe MICRESS par noTQ exe Ed MICRESS par exe Ed MICRESS noTQ x54 exe Ed MICRESS noTQ x32 exe Ed MICRESS noTQ exe Bd DP MICRESS exe Figure 5 2 The Bin directory contains starter scripts executable files and some program libraries backup library directories for switching between MICRESS binaries e g from 32 to 64 bit Windows starter batch scripts for MICRESS variants e g serial or parallel Configuration file for DP MICRESS Libraries according to chosen operating system during installation Post Install for uninstalling MICRESS variants seria
9. a CD comprising MICRESS MICRESS User Guide Volume Installing MICRESS 7154 a Chapter 2 What you should have got MICRESS can also be downloaded from an ftp site as an ISO image of the CD Both CD and ISO image have identical content The downloaded iso file should be opened using a CD DVD burning software and then be burned to CD Downloading the ISO image a Use your usual browser and enter the following ftp address ftp micress ftp access rwth aachen de not preceded by any www b A prompt window will appear asking for the password This password will be provided by e mail by Access or by one of its authorized agents Password Required 4 Enter password for micress on ftp ftp access rwth aachen de c Open the folder MICRESS RELEASES In this folder you will find subfolders for a couple of the latest releases In the folder with the highest version number you will find the iso images of the latest MICRESSS version The subfolders starting with Binaries contain not archived files available on the latest iso image presently version 6 100 It is not necessary to install the Thermo Calc software TQ interface separately when having procured MICRESSS with TQ interface This procedure is executed by default MICRESS User Guide Volume I Installing MICRESS 9 94 d Chapter 2 What you should have got 2 2 The license files MICRESSS typically is installed in a network consisting
10. a diagnostics tool which writes a MIC Info txt file when running it The following information will be collected e Registry setting Windows for Thermo Calc FlexLM and Safenet Sentinel license managers e Host ID e P configuration e FlexLM diagnostic information tool Imdiag e The license files lic in the MICRESS FlexLM directory e Directory list of the MICRESS binary example and FlexLM directory Just send the file to your MICRESS contact and we can find solutions The file MIC info txt will be saved in the directory where you start the script 9 6 The MICRESS Manuals directory The FLEXNet licensing end user guide and the Safenet user manual comprise any detailed information relating to the license systems The five MICRESS manuals refer to the different applications of the software MICRESS phenomenology MICRESS Installation Running MICRESS MICRESS Post processing and MICRESS Examples For questions not being answered in one of these manuals please do not hesitate to contact Access or one of its agents Another option of finding answers is to consult the MICRESS users forum under www micress de MICRESS User Guide Volume I Installing MICRESS 43 94 d Chapter 6 Checking the installation 6 Checking the installation 6 1 Introduction The chapter Checking the installation contains step by step instructions for running two simple examples ocope of this exercise is to verify the successful insta
11. an IP within domains being specified for the clients 2 3 System requirements version variants For the MICRESS Release Version 6 1 the following platforms are supported e Windows XP Windows 7 e SUSE Linux Enterprise resp OpenSUSE Version 10 up to 11 x e RedHat 4 based distributions The Release 6 100 includes MICRESS 32 and 64 bit serial and parallel versions AGNU Compiler Suite 4 4 as a standard is necessary on all Linux systems As suitable hardware configuration for MICRESS simulations we recommend either a PC for starters preferably with a quad core CPU of the current series and min 4 GB RAM For multiple instances of MICRESS running on the same system a workstation or server with more CPUs and higher memory bandwidth is recommended After setting the parameters real MICRESS simulations may take a few days and even more Be aware that this computer is busy during that time and that the hardware is sufficiently reliable to operate continuously for days In particular it should be noted that MICRESS runs only on x86 compatible processors i e standard Intel or AMD processors and not on other processor architectures such as PowerPC Itanium or others Generally speaking the faster the CPU the better Plenty of memory 4 GB minimum preferably more is strongly recommended MICRESS especially for 3D simulations needs much memory Therefore the provided 64 bit versions of MICRESS are the best choice for large simulation
12. file lists all the activities of a vendor demon here acmicres like giving a lease for a certain feature to a client or user or reacquiring the respective feature Leasing a feature to a client can be identified by the term OUT and the return of the lease to the vendor demon is indicated by IN always followed by the name of the user at the respective client This information is collected over a long period of time thus just a generic extract is presented here MICRESS User Guide Volume I Installing MICRESS 22 94 Chapter 3 Setting up the license server eq B 16 15 48 Imgrd please Note This log is intended for debug purposes only In order to capture accurate license usage data into an organized repository please enable report logging Use Macrovision s software license administration solution FLEXnet Manager to readily gain visibility into license usage data and to create insightful reports on critical information like license availability and usage FLEXnet Manager can be fully automated to run these reports on schedule and can be used to track license servers and usage across a heterogeneous network of servers including Windows NT Linux and UNIX Contact Macrovision at www macrovision com for more details on how to obtain an evaluation copy of FLEXnet Manager for your enterprise FLEXnet Licensing v10 8 0 1 build 19446 started on SF1 linux 5 7 2010 Copyright c 1988 2005 Macrovision Europe Ltd and o
13. it is possible to check the output by taking a look at the result file DP_MICRESS is used for this operation You can compare the results to those in section 6 2 or follow the on going simulation by pressing the Next button Each time the ongoing MICRESS simulation has generated a new output pressing the Next button will show the further evolution of the microstructure Figure 6 7 reveals the last time step of the example simulation Virtual EDX Virtual EDX output Figure 6 7 The last step of the simulation example indicating a successful operation of your MICRESS installation without TQ This process works until you reach the last time step of this specific simulation You can also simplify this procedure by clicking on Last if the simulation was already finished The window appearing should look like Figure 6 7 In this case the installation was successful and you successfully installed MICRESS started a simple example simulation and had a first look at the results If you procured a license including Thermo Calc TQ coupling it is meaningful to perform the same procedure for a further example For checking a TQ coupled simulation please use Thermo Calc coupled example Delta Gamma Figure 6 8 shows the Delta Gamma results For checking the TQ coupled installation the Delta Gamma phas mcr result is used After dragging this result file onto the DP MICRESS the window should look like the Figure 6 9 MI
14. micress3 MICRESS 5 S501 Examples gt Bin AICRESS TQ TQ Eutectic dri AICRESS binary version number 5 581 Linux compiled 09 03 2010 double precision binary permanent license Parsing input file TQ_Eutectic_dri amp Done Language settings Please select a language English Deutsch or Francais English Flags and settings ett tt En en IE en en nn en en en en Figure 6 12 A successful start of a MICRESS simulation MICRESS User Guide Volume I Installing MICRESS 93 94 d Chapter 7 FAQ s and trouble shooting 7 FAQ sand trouble shooting Most of the known FAQs have been implemented into the respective sections of the manual and this section thus will evolve dynamically along with future releases of this manual MICRESS User Guide Volume Installing MICRESS 54 54
15. settings The versions of MICRESS which made use of thread level based parallelization benefit from multicore architectures with relatively low CPU counts i e 8 or 12 CPUs in a system The MICRESS capabilities are the same for both operating systems and the respective executables are all in double precision In the following the variants for version 6 1 are presented including their disadvantages and advantages when deciding in favor of one of them MICRESS User Guide Volume I Installing MICRESS 11 54 RG Chapter 2 What you should have got MICRESS TQS x64 standard version This will be the standard version and the basis for all future developments In a 64 bit installation a copy of this binary will be made to MICRESS Pros e larger address space i e more addressable main memory enables more complex simulations Cons e requires a 64 bit operating system e requires GES5 files being created with Thermo Calc version TCC S 64 bit only TCC R or Thermo Calc 3 0 GES5 files are incompatible Recommendation If you have a 64 Bit operating system and the version of TCC S you should use this version MICRESS par TQS x64 Parallelized diffusion stress and temperature solvers thread level based shared memory systems See also MICRESS TQS x64 Pros e Simulations with high loads in the parallelized solvers are accelerated Cons e requires multicore systems e Generated overhead for parallelization
16. slows down the simulation when there is only few load in the parallel solvers MICRESS TQS x32 In a 32 bit installation a copy of this binary will be made to MICRESS Pros e allows use of TQS features in a 32 bit environment Cons e smaller address space e CC S 32 bit made GES5 files have to be used MICRESS par TQS x32 In a 32 bit installation a copy of this binary will be made to MICRESS see also MICRESS TQS x32 and MICRESS par TQS x64 MICRESS User Guide Volume I Installing MICRESS 12 54 ad Chapter 2 What you should have got MICRESS noTQ x32 MICRESS par noTQ x32 MICRESS noTQ x64 MICRESS par noTQ x64 All these variants are without Thermo Calc coupling MICRESS User Guide Volume I Installing MICRESS 13 94 d Chapter 3 Setting up the license server 3 Setting up the license server Setting up the license server provides hints to the configuration of the license server allowing to install and to run MICRESS on the client computers in the network being specified in the license file This operation in general is performed by the system administrators and not by the MICRESS users If you plan to use a standalone license you can skip this chapter and continue with chapter Client installation To set up the license server it is recommended to install MICRESS also on the license server This procedure is similar to the installation on the individual clients Please refer to chapter 4 Inst
17. variable Please specify a license File or a machine where a license server is running Type verh ose or press return to enable diagnostics Input file dialogue or press return twice for a file selection tool gt SSeS SSS SS Figure 4 5 The software cannot find the appropriate license file This is the default situation during the first ramp up Please specify the license server see text ze ERA EE eae B Select your MICRESS license file o lt E gt MICRESS60 L FR 14 ZW MICRESS 54 cu icense system Organisieren v Neuer Ordner er a Musik version compiled Videos C single H MICRESS License Nb client lic MICRESS wense License 2 Heimnetzgruppe No valic MICRESS file s ME Computer IM ETE or a mi amp L Lokaler Datentrac Type lt Input cx DATA D for af E22 2 2 2 2 gt 2 2 2 gt Zn gt 2 2 2 2 ew Wechseldatentr Uerbose Press ti Netzwerk ter Dateiname MICRESS License Nb client lic License File Offnen Figure 4 6 Specifying the location of the license file for a node locked installation MICRESS User Guide Volume I Installing MICRESS 33 54 Chapter 4 Installing MICRESS on the clients 45 License management diagnostics In case the automatic hooking described in section 4 4 or the specification of the environment variables should not allow to connect with the license server for whateve
18. 006a3761e5b SQ AG 111 222 333 45 Client X Host ID IP domain e The license server with name Servername run the vendor demon acmicres and monitors the active number of MICRESS job leases e Client B runs four jobs which can be performed because its IP number fits to the IP range specified in the license file e Client D does not get a lease because the license server monitors it as an invalid client with an IP address outside the IP range specified in the license file e Incase the maximal number of leases is exceeded the server does not dispense any further lease even if a client has a valid IP address This client has to wait until a lease is returned from another client Client F thus does not get a lease e Special case If the actual Host ID of a client is explicitly included in the license file its IP number may be outside the IP range specified in the license file MICRESS User Guide Volume I Installing MICRESS 15 54 ed Chapter 3 Setting up the license server 3 1 1 Setting up the FLEXIm license server under Windows The first step of setting up the license server is to locate the license system directory and the graphics front end Imtools exe Figure 3 1 eC MICRES FLEXIm FLEXIm durchsuchen Organisieren In Bibliothek aufnehmen gt e ACMICRES zo Get Host ID DEMO daemon A Windows Batchdatei Demo Corporation 3E 24 Bytes Imhastid e Imtools Im
19. 009 11 21 AM Datei woGe 426 Bytes telldatum 10 30 2009 11 21 AM Figure 3 6 The created text file for the HOST ID MICRESS User Guide Volume Installing MICRESS 19 54 d Chapter 3 Setting up the license server e Utilities the utilities menu see Figure 3 7 provides a valuable tool for both the license server and also for hooking the clients to the license server Service License File System Settings Utilities Start Stop Reread Server Status Server Diags Config Services Borrowing Find aut the version of FLE net Licensing linked with a file Useful for diagnosing errors Set the specified vendor name or all Vendor Mame Jacmicres Path servemame 5 vendors to a new oath location NOTE Impath cannot change environment settings ist All Vendor Paths Add Vendor Path Override Path only Windows registry Listing All Vendor Paths Known Vendors thermo c C flexim license new dat C tlexim license dat acmicres i sServername C XProgrammeXMICRESS 5 501 FLEXIm MICRESS License lic C MProgrammeXMICBE Figure 3 7 The vendor path operations Utilities First list all vendor paths to see if the vendor acmicres is already known to the computer In case of yes and the listed vendor path being correct MICRESS should perform normally on this computer In case the vendor path is not specified correctly you may add a vendor path by entering the vendor name acmicres
20. CRESS User Guide Volume I Installing MICRESS 49 54 eq Chapter 6 Checking the installation Ier js DATA D MICRESS 5 408 Examples Results Delta Gamma By Organisieren v Name E Delta Gamma 1DExt conci E Delta Gamma 1DExt conc2 esi Delta Gamma 1DExt geoF al Delta Gamma conci E Delta Gamma conc2 E Delta_Gamma_driv E Delta Gamma geoF E Delta Gamma intf e Delta Gamma phas is Delta Gamma rest __ Delta Gamma in Delta Gamma log Delta Gamma TabD __ Delta Gamma TabF Delta Gamma TabL __ Delta Gamma TabP Delta Gamma TabT Ordner Delta Gamma TabTQ 18 Elemente Ansichten v g Brennen Anderungsdatum 3 9 2009 11 00 AM 3 9 2009 11 00 AM 3 9 2009 11 00 AM 3 9 2009 11 00 AM 3 9 2009 11 00 AM 3 9 2009 11 00 AM 3 9 2009 11 00 AM 3 9 2009 11 00 AM 3 9 2009 11 00 AM 3 9 2009 11 00 AM 3 9 2009 11 00 AM 3 9 2009 11 00 AM 3 9 2009 11 00 AM 3 9 2009 11 00 AM 3 9 2009 11 00 AM 3 9 2009 11 00 AM 3 9 2009 11 00 AM 3 9 2009 11 00 AM Typ MICRESS Result File MICRESS Result File MICRESS Result File MICRESS Result File MICRESS Result File MICRESS Result File MICRESS Result File MICRESS Result File MICRESS Result File MICRESS Result File Textdokument Textdokument Textdokument Textdokument Textdokument Textdokument Textdokument Textdokument Gr e 44 KB 44 KB 1KB 31 583 KB 31 583 KB 31 583 KB 1KB 31 583 KB 31 583 KB 10 439 KB 21 KB 35 KB 24 KB
21. Gr e 3 Grain Growth geoF 28 11 2010 20 MICRESS Result File 1 KB L Grain Growth in 28 11 2010 20 39 Textdokument 9 KB E Grain Growth intf 28 11 2010 20 MICRESS Result File 673 KB ke Grain_Growth_korn 28 11 2010 20 4 MICRESS Result File 471 KB E Grain_Growth_krum 28 11 2010 20 4 MICRESS Result File 2 838 KB Grain Growth log 28 11 2010 20 Textdokument 14 KB sii Grain Growth mueS 28 11 2010 20 4 MICRESS Result File 515 KB ke Grain_Growth_Particle_Pinning_geoF 09 03 2009 10 00 MICRESS Result File 1 KB Grain Growth Particle Pinning in 09 03 2009 10 00 Textdokument 9 KB e Grain Growth Particle Pinning intf 09 03 2009 10 00 MICRESS Result File 21 501 KB E Grain_Growth_Particle_Pinning_korn 09 03 2009 10 00 MICRESS Result File 21 501 KB ke Grain_Growth_Particle_Pinning_krum 09 03 2009 10 00 MICRESS Result File 21 501 KB Grain Growth Particle Pinnina lon 09 03 2009 10 00 Textdokument 13 KR 7 Elemente ausgew hlt Anderungsdatum 28 11 2010 20 41 Erstelldatum 10 11 2010 19 04 Gr e 4 46 MB 28 11 2010 Figure 6 6 New result files are created after starting a MICRESS simulation Have a look at date and time of the last modification of the files which should roughly correspond to the actual time lower right corner for an ongoing simulation MICRESS User Guide Volume Installing MICRESS 48 54 RG Chapter 6 Checking the installation Now
22. L Delta Gamma TabP Delta Gamma TabT Delta Gamma TabTQ Ic mer Geometry File necessary ASCII data for evaluation with plot programs or excel for runtime data and statistics ee for any post processing Input file in txt corresponds to driving file as supported by MICRESS Figure 5 6 The Delta Gamma results also explain the generic meaning of the examples result files being found in the result directories of other examples MICRESS User Guide Volume I Installing MICRESS 39 54 d Chapter 5 The MICRESS directories 5 4 The License systems FLEXIm and Safenet The License system contains several files related to the license and the license server The directories FLEXIm and Safenet refer to the different license services used by MICRESS and by the TQ interface MICRESS uses the FLEXIm license system while the TQ part of the license depends on the actual version see table There are also some diagnostic tools available which simplify searching for errors or assist in trouble shooting License Windows Linux versions Nerone TQ license FLEXIm FLEXIm MICRESS with TQ from MICRESS license Version eu TQ license Safenet Safenet MICRESS User Guide Volume Installing MICRESS 40 54 ad Chapter 5 The MICRESS directories 5 4 1 The FLEXIm license Datei Bearbeiten Ansicht Extras Organisieren In Bibliothek aufnehmen Freigeben f r ACMICRE
23. N User Guide Version 6 1 Volume I Installing MICRESS Resolution of partial differential equations is more about art than science Apocryphal quotation from Numerical Recipes in Fortran 2 2 4 except for large values of 2 Anonymous 42 Douglas Adams This volume has been edited 2013 by the MICRESS group MICRESS User Guide Volume II Running MICRESS q Contents Contents MEME Gelli T 5 2 nal VOU should Have OR 7 21 PONO MORES ce nase EE ae m 7 22 ANNE CCM AD NET mmm 9 2 3 System requirements version VALIANTS cccccccccsscssessescsecsecsecsessecsecessessesseseeseesaesessassesseseeseesaesaesaesaees 11 3 Setting up the license server euet renta oeka tnt eri exci sse erit repair fane ain imet n iet enam acr cet 14 3 1 Schematic Overview of the FLEXIM system ccccscsccsssssssssssessssssssssssesessesseseesesesseseeseesaesaneaees 15 3 1 1 Setting up the FLEXIm license server under Windows eene 16 3 1 2 Starting the FLEXIm license service under LINUX c ccccesccscecessssssssesssesssessessessrsansaneaees 24 3 2 The Safenet Sentinel license server sss 26 3 2 1 Starting the Safenet Sentinel license service under Windows essssss 26 3 2 2 Starting the Safenet Sentinel license service under Linux
24. S for the non TQ coupled version MICRESS EDU for the restricted educational version MICRESS TQ for the TQ coupled versions and MICRESS Stress in case the elastic module is included e The licensed version describes the actual version the client may use All versions with version IDs smaller than the indicated version may be run using this license file The given example allows to run any MICRESS version elder than version 5 4 e The license expiry date indicates the duration of the license In general even permanent licenses are automatically renewed annually and thus have an expiry date unless the customer explicitly requests a never for this expiry date e The number of leases shows how many MICRESS jobs can be run simultaneously in the given network Each job being started in the network receives a lease or token from the license server unless the number of leases is not exceeded e The IP domain s The IP number of the client plays a role when getting a license token from the license server The IP number of the client has to be in the range being specified in the license file e The licensed operating system options are Linux or Windows In newer MICRESS releases Windows and LINUX are both licensed automatically This option is thus omitted in more recent license files e The Host ID of a specific client Each client has a certain ethernet address In special cases the license file may allow for a lease to a specific cli
25. S exe Get Host ID bat MICRESS daemon AX oU Windows Batchdatei Access eV t 24 Bytes Imdiag exe Imgrd exe Imutil exe Flexera Software Inc Flexera Software Inc Flexera Software Inc Imhostid exe a E Imtools exe Imutil exe gt an LMTOOLS Utility Flexera Software Inc 3 y Flexera Software Inc Figure 5 7 The FLEXIm directory In detail these files are e ACMICRES is the vendor daemon for the license file The vendor daemon plus the license server manager Imgrd result in the complete license server system e Imgrdis the license server manager The license server manager and the vendor demon add up to the whole license server system that provides the license files e Imtools is a graphical user interface to the license server manager It performs functions like starting stopping and configuring FLEXnet license server systems or getting information like the Host ID e Get Host ID is the tool needed to retrieve the Host ID e Host ID name In this txt document the Host ID is saved by the Get Host ID e Imdiag the diagnostic tool lists each license lease and serves for debug purposes It may display problems or identify successful license checks MICRESS User Guide Volume I Installing MICRESS 41 54 ad Chapter 5 The MICRESS directories 5 4 2 The Safenet Sentinel license The Safenet Sentinel license and its tools are quite similar to the FLEXIm license For more please take a look at the website ww
26. User Guide Volume 2 Running MICRESS provides a targeted and user oriented description of the data pre processing for the simulations and a detailed review of specific MICRESS features MICRESS User Guide Volume 3 Post processing explains several possibilities for analyzing converting and documenting MICRESS results MICRESS User Guide Volume 4 Examples contains a collection of examples for simulations performed on various topics MICRESS User Guide Volume I Installing MICRESS 6 54 d Chapter 2 What you should have got 2 What you should have got 2 1 Procuring MICRESS After having placed an order for MICRESS and signing the MICRESS End User License agreement following items should have been sent to you by Access or one of its agents e the software package either as a CD or by download e one or two license files two in case of the TQ coupled versions MICRESS research TQ and MICRESS professional The present chapter What you should have got details the two delivery options for MICRESSS Furthermore general information about the license file including an exemplary picture of the license file explaining the meaning of its several elements like Host IDs licensed feature and the licensed version or the license expiry date will be given The first option of receiving MICRESSS is getting a CD of the software by mail Figure 2 1 microstructure evolu Figure 2 1 Physical shipment of
27. alling MICRESS on the clients The MICRESS license is based on the FlexNetPublisher FLEXIm and all details about this licensing system can be found in the FLEXNet licensing end user guide see chapter5 The MICRESS directories Starting with MICRESS version 6 1 Thermo Calc software makes use of another license server system Safenet Sentinel The installation of this license service is also explained in this chapter The present chapter thus is meant as a quick start reference describing the basic steps to be taken to set up the license servers After a schematic overview of the FLEXIm license system chapter 3 1 a short description of the graphical front end of the FLEXIm system the Imtools exe is given followed by details of the individual steps to be taken for installing the license server under Windows The installation of the FLEXIm system with Linux Unix will be introduced as well Furthermore the installation procedure of the Safenet Sentinel license system for both Windows and Linux Unix will be detailed ouccessful installation on server and or clients can be verified using some examples as detailed in chapter 6 MICRESS User Guide Volume I Installing MICRESS 14 54 ed Chapter 3 Setting up the license server 3 1 Schematic Overview of the FLEXIm system Client A Client B Client C 729h364a6354 MU 111 222 333 57 Client D 0004760f1a1c 111 222 444 36 817648761e8d MU RE 111 222 333 23 0
28. and by specifying the path to the license server servername and the clicking on Add Vendor Path In case of numerous paths being indicated it is recommended using Override Path as old paths may point to elder licenses not specifying all the features of a new license which may lead to problems for the newer features This is also the way to create the link between the clients and the license server e Start Stop Reread activates or deactivates the license manager on the license server It is possible to re read the license file e Server status counts the number of licensing activities and shows if the vendor demon is running The server name in this example is sf1 Figure 3 8 reflects the current server status for the individual demon Similar diagnostics can be performed for the different features see e g in your license file like MICRESS MICRESS Edu educational version MICRESS TQ TQ coupled versions and MICRESS Stress in case the elastic module is included MICRESS User Guide Volume I Installing MICRESS 20 54 RG Chapter 3 Setting up the license server LMTOOLS by Acresso Software Inc f 215 x File Edit Mode Help Service License File System Settings Utiities Start Stop Reread Server Status Server Diags Config Services Borrowing Helps to monitor the status of network licensing activities r Options Individual Daemon acmicres Perform Status Enquiry Individual Feature S
29. dows helps in this regard Most OS updates also include security features that take advantage of both hardware and software based protection mechanisms against malicious code execution The FlexLM utility Imutil is a general purpose tool to stop and run diagnostics on the license manager e Imutil Imdown end the license manager demon process Alternatively the entire Imgrd process may be finished by kill process id gt e mutil Imdiag perform diagnostics see the FLEXNet licensing end user guide for more information MICRESS User Guide Volume I Installing MICRESS 25 54 d Chapter 3 Setting up the license server 3 2 The Safenet Sentinel license server From MICRESS version 6 0 and later the TQ interface of Thermo Calc is licensed via a new license system the Safenet Sentinel The basic concept of the Safenet Sentinel license server is quite similar to the FLEXIm system The installation of this license management system is part of the usual Thermo Calc installation For the MICRESS 6 1 Thermo Calc coupling the license feature TC TQ 5 000 Thermo Calc version S is necessary This additional license feature is part of the Thermo Calc license file or will be provided by your MICRESS agent separately See section 3 2 1 for Windows resp section 3 2 2 for Linux to install the license manager if there is no Thermo Calc installation available 3 2 1 Starting the Safenet Sentinel license service under Windows
30. e Volume I Installing MICRESS 46 54 ed Chapter 6 Checking the installation 6 3 Getting an existing simulation started under Windows MICRESS simulations in general are run by a so called driving file Examples for driving files are found in the examples directory A MICRESS simulation is started by dragging and dropping the file Grain Growth dri onto the MICRESS shortcut After first results are written into the results file check date time of file up date it is possible to have a direct look at them by using DP MICRESS even while MICRESS is still continuing the simulation The example of Grain Growth dri without TQ coupling is presented again cu Organisieren a ffnen Drucken Name Anderungsdatum Lj Alcu Equiaxed dri 09 05 4009 10 00 Lj AlCu Templd dri 09 03 2009 10 00 AlCu Templd latHeatData 09 03 2009 09 14 AlCu Templd mueVonT O 1 09 03 2009 09 15 AlCu Templd mueVonT 2 09 03 2009 09 14 Lj Delta Gamma dri 09 03 2009 10 00 Gamma Alpha dri 09 03 2009 10 00 H Gamma Alpha Stress dri 09 03 2009 10 00 Gamma Alpha TC dri 09 03 2009 10 00 Grain_Growth_dri 09 03 2009 10 00 Grain Growth Microstructure 09 03 2009 09 14 Lj Grain Growth Particle Pinning dri 09 03 2009 10 00 ah m ESO EI m BE amp mm Ml T a ee l Dr O E EIER M21 am ng Tamm nnm Il KA r SH SUC o sm na Grain Growth dri Anderungsdatum 09 03 2009 10 00 Textdokument Grobe 8 92 KB
31. egistry for future use power user privileges necessary For MICRESS TQ installations either drawing on Safenet or FLEXIm license services a similar question for a further license file will appear the first time a TQ relevant routine is called by MICRESSS Proceed as above and re enter the servers name also for the second license Alternatively it is possible to set following user profile environment variables to provide the license location information for the client e ACMICRES_LICENSE_FILE servername for the MICRESS license e LSHOST servername in case of using a Thermo Calc library version S default in MICRESS TQ version 6 0 This is possible without power user privileges and no changes of the registry are necessary The same variable names are also used for licensing with a Linux operating system In a standalone installation without any license management processes the locations of the license files have to be given directly e g e ACMICRES LICENSE FILEZ DMMICRESS Bin FlexLM MICRESS license lic e LSHOST no net e LSERVRC D MICRESS Bin Safenet lservrc MICRESS User Guide Volume I Installing MICRESS 32154 K 4 Chapter 4 Installing MICRESS on the clients HICHESS binary HE version number 5 408 Windows gt H compiled 44 83 2009 single precision binary License No valid license could be found at the default locations MICHESS directory and file specified by the HICRESS_LICENSE environment
32. ent characterized by its Host ID even if it has no IP in the specified range of IP addresses Starting with MICRESS version 6 0 and TQ interface version S Thermo Calc Software uses the Safenet Sentinel license system see license file example in Figure 2 3 feature version jobs expiry date ow FE tena IT rer p m m en Tl ewe Ld u WIE E L P oon at EE r5 INFINITE REYS 1 JAN 204 NEVER HC SHR SLM CODE NO OVERDRAFI FLOAT HON REDUNDANT 22 3534 APP ALD Wil 1 MINS pPILEQqzRB amp yknIGgaOlSpvimsUSVmekVgIlfEK g4CctDucG7V JIlcswOoLIHNsEsVlwyOhj kKLlXuVEFPS3LEsUMSZEERIUSZUGgILJTQqQYIMLdzJ6OQEsCkGIpSozGIyF dur server host ID IP domains of clients Figure 2 3 Safenet Sentinel license file MICRESS User Guide Volume I Installing MICRESS 10 54 RG Chapter 2 What you should have got To enable Access to issue a license file some information about the license server and the network of the clients is required In detail this information comprises e name of the license server e operating system of the license server e P Address of the license server e Host ID of the license server e P domains of the clients up to six domains of type 111 222 333 In general this information has been requested by Access or one of its agents well before and if you already have the license file you can start to set up the license servers as described in the following chapters Please note check that the license server must have
33. erver Name Flexible License Manager status on Fri 6 25 2010 10 07 Detecting lmgrd processes License server status 27000 s 1 License file s on sf1 network programs irix commpackages ThermoCalc licenze licenze dat Figure 3 8 Checking the server status for the vendor demon acmicres e Server Diags Diagnostics allows to check whether a certain feature is licensed or the server works Typical features of MICRESS are MICRESS MICRESS EDU educational version MICRESS TQ in combination with TC TQ for TQ coupled versions and MICRESS Stress in case the elastic module is included The different paths to various license files see also utilities menu in Figure 3 7 are scanned for valid licenses for this particular feature Availability of a valid license for the feature may thus be checked All input is case sensitive A typical output is shown in Figure 3 9Error Reference source not found MICRESS User Guide Volume I Installing MICRESS 21 54 ad Chapter 3 Setting up the license server Service License Fie System Setting Utiities Start Stop Reread Server Status Server Diags Config Services Borrowing Allows the diagnosis of problems when Feature Name MiCRESS TQ iagnostics unable to obtain a license m No licenses for micress tq in this license file License file C Programme MICRESS 5 SO1 FLEXim MICRESS License lic Service License File System Settings
34. he FLEXNet licensing end user guide MICRESS User Guide Volume I Installing MICRESS 18 54 ad Chapter 3 Setting up the license server e Service License File Service License File System Settings Utilities Start Stop Reread Server Status Server Diags Config Services Borrowing Services allow FLEXnet Servers to run in the background M Server List C Configuration using License File Configuration using Services LMTOOLS ignores license file path environment variables Figure 3 5 The Service License File button of the Imtools menu Configuration using License File is meant for node locked installations only MICRESS in general is installed in a network and a Configuration using Services thus is to be used e System Settings displays HOST ID and a number of other settings of the computer settings which can t be changed By clicking on the Save Host ID into a file button a new document by default in the in the FLEXIm directory will be created It contains the Host ID information which then is available e g for issuing the license file ge IE Computer DATA MORES AIM 4 u E ar OE fren 3 Wrenner gt Anderungsdatum Name Gr e Bl acmucrss F T Imdiag Diagnostic Typ Diagnostic er i as By J Imard 1 M host ID name 1 Get Host ID Y M la A a MICRESS License Nb Imtools Host ID host ID name Anderungsdatum 10 30 2
35. icense files Please make sure that the firewall will not block these ports For security reasons the use of the default port 27000 is not recommended Usually all vendor licenses are set up to use port 27009 The port number may be edited by the end user in the server line in the license file SERVER servername host id port number A valid port number is any unused port number between 0 and 64000 On UNIX choose a port gt 1024 since those 1024 are privileged port numbers The port number is optional if Imgrd the vendor demon and the application are higher than version 6 The following steps are recommended by Flexera Software as License Administrator best practices to help protect against potential security vulnerabilities see also respective file in the FlexLM directory of your MICRESS installation for further information e Limit access to administrative users only by running the license server manager in a restrictive mode The 2 p command line option on Imgrd is the recommended setting Refer to the product documentation for limitations related to usage of these command line options e Do not use the default 2 000 TCP port MICRESS User Guide Volume I Installing MICRESS 24 54 RG Chapter 3 Setting up the license server e Utilize the recommended security settings offered by the Operating System OS vendors that resist the buffer stack overflow attacks For example the Data Execution Prevention DEP feature on Win
36. in Growth dri AlCu_Templd_dri Grain_Growth_Microstructure txt Grain Growth Particle Pinning dri Grain Growth Profile Muell txt Grain Growth Profiles dri Rex 1l dri Delta_Gamma_dri Grain Growth Solute Drag dG dri ReX 2 dri GammaAlphaCementite LinlQ dri Grain Growth Solute Drag dri Rex 3 dri GammaAlphalementite_TQ_dri MICRESS Rex 4 dri Gamma Alpha dri P Peak 1D dri Rex 5 dri Gamma_Alpha_NPLE_dri P_Peak_20_dri Stress dri Gamma_Alpha_Stress_dri Temperature_dri Gamma Alpha TQ dri Temperature Profiles txt N TQ_Eutectic_dri TQ Ripening dri antoine micress3 MICRESS_5_501 Examples gt j Figure 6 10 Starting a simulation in the MICRESS examples directory MICRESS uses a couple of dynamically loaded shared libraries Except the external ThermoCalc and the OpenMP library libiomp for the parallel variants they are all part of a standard Linux installation including the GNU compiler suite 4 4 or above Check the startup script for MICRESS to see how to set the environment variable LD LIBRARY PATH to the path where the library is located Figure 6 11 shows the error message in case of a missing library MICRESS User Guide Volume I Installing MICRESS 51 54 ad Chapter 6 Checking the installation antoine micress3 MICRESS 5 501 Examples gt ls AlCu_dri Grain Growth dG Mobility Data AlCu Equiaxed dri Grain_Growth_dri AlCu_Templd dri Grain_Growth Microstructure txt Grain Growth Particle Pinning dri Grain Growth Profile Muell
37. ing license servers e restart Iserv template for a script for restarting the license service The license server setup consists of two parts serv which is the license server manager or demon and servrc which is the license file The correct license file for your system is either included on the distribution CD in the licenses folder or has been sent to you by e mail If you do not have a license file contact Access or your local agent It is recommended to copy the server license file to the MICRESS bin Safenet directory MICRESS User Guide Volume I Installing MICRESS 27 54 G Chapter 4 Installing MICRESS on the clients 4 Installing MICRESS on the clients This chapter will detail the procedure for installing MICRESS under both Windows and Linux on your client computer 4 1 Introductory remarks Installing MICRESS should be done with its installer In case of using Windows it is necessary to have power user privileges in view of necessary rights to modify the registry to set file associations during installation Make sure your client works within one of the domains specified in the license file and can communicate with the license server MICRESS User Guide Volume I Installing MICRESS 28 54 ed Chapter 4 Installing MICRESS on the clients 4 2 Installing MICRESS under Windows In order to install MICRESS on your computer please insert CD into CD ROM Drive The installation will start automatically
38. l or parallel with or without TQ coupling 32 or 64 bit Copies of the binaries for the operating system chosen during installation for use in the starter batch scripts above Display and postprocessing software for MICRESS results MICRESS User Guide Volume Installing MICRESS Chapter 5 The MICRESS directories Shortcuts to the batch files Start MICRESS Start MICRESS noTQ and the binary DP MICRESS will be created on all users desktop during installation TQ coupled versions can also run simulations not using the TQ interface but not the other way round 5 3 The MICRESS examples directory The MICRESS examples directory comprises subdirectories for the GES5 files thermodynamic data needed to run the TQ coupled examples and subdirectories containing the results of the different examples Figure 5 3 a number of special text files for specific examples Figure 5 4 and the driving files needed to run the examples Figure 5 5 ce A Mic Bam Datei Bearbeiten Ansicht Extras ds is Lii Copy of the GES5 file directory Mame according to chosen operating system during installation Jb GES Files db GES Files TCS 82 GES5 files directories for coupling to Jo GES Files TCS x64 Thermo Calc version S for 32 and 64 bit Results AlCu I Results AlSi di Results Delta Gamma M Results Gamma Alpha di Results Grain Growth MICRESS examples results J Results P Peak files are
39. llation of MICRESS on the client The two examples being described in detail are Grain Growth as a typical example for a simulation without Thermo Calc coupling and Delta Gamma which comprises coupling to thermodynamic data The example with Thermo Calc coupling is also important because it makes use of another license vendor thermo c and even another license server Safenet Sentinel from version 6 0 First step is the visualization of an already existing example being provided with the distribution using DP MICRESS This will show how the results should look like after having started an own simulation later The respective result will be overwritten by your own simulation The first result to be visualized is the distribution of the individual grains in the grain growth example This example is located in the MICRESS examples directory in the subdirectory Results Grain Growth There are a number of different result file types for this particular grain growth simulation Please refer to the MICRESS manuals Volume 2 and Volume 3 for a detailed explanation For checking the installation it is sufficient to use the following result file Grain Growth korn mcr the extension mcr may not always be displayed There are several different options for visualizing this result file e g e the drag and drop option e left click the result file and hold the button pressed then drag and drop the file onto the DP MICRESS shortcut icon e right click
40. max number of simultaneous P give servername and arver HOST ID perhaps Ipe adress F jobs here 10 SERVER 5 ar Vername D016435353T7 on AMMICRES y E MICRESS features rL 7 FEATURE MICRES D ACMICRE 5 499 31 12 Jg 10 F amp 0 Il FT d ISTID INTERNET HUE E i paneme T AT 2 E IP domains er PLAT m pj u M windows ISSuED L 2009 STGN ONOA CE45 1093 9512 1435 here 111 222 333 and 540 F s FETE 78F7 4543 99 3 36AF SASF 0786 2276 8117 Cl A CEFO LECE 111 222 334 Jan E iini 5 E CAE i 3 T pe EX f rm E 0004768 ialc 000475731307 Pi ATFORMS Linux Host IDs of individual clients ISSUED 1 2009 SIGN BoA z T 1093 Sale 1435 i j 750 8174 Te T 59 BEEF ss BDOC TE B Orb 0494 here 0004760flalc FETE Tar 1543 0963 igar SASF 0746 2276 8117 Clo FO 1ECE Jan and 000475731307 licensed operating systems licensed feature e g MICRESS elastic module c uM e Figure 2 2 Illustration of a license file with the vendor ACMICRES i e Access e V Aachen Germany The arrows indicate the specific meaning of a term or a value MICRESS User Guide Volume I Installing MICRESS 9 54 d Chapter 2 What you should have got The license files contain information about e Name and Host ID of the license server see chapter 3 e Information about the vendor see chapter 3 e The licensed feature details the different options being licensed Typical features are MICRES
41. n 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 FLEXnet Servers to run in the background Server List Configuration using License File Configuration using Services Figure 3 2 The basic task bar of Imtools Service License File System Settings Utilities Start 5top Reread Server Status Server Diags Config Services Borrowing Save Service Service Mame acmicres Remove Service Configure Service Path to the Imgrd exe file L Pragramme sMILRESS 5 B T SFLEIm sImard Browse Path to the license file C PrograrmmeMICRESS_5_501 FLEXIm MIC SIDE Path ta the debug log file L Pragramme sMICRESS 5 B5 T FLExIm test Browse Wiel Los Close Log Start Server at Power Up vw Use Services Figure 3 3 After specifying the service name acmicres enter correct paths to Imgrd exe to the license file and to the log file MICRESS User Guide Volume I Installing MICRESS 17 94 Chapter 3 Setting up the license server In the Config Services menu several paths have to be set e Service Name specify the name of the service here e g acmicres e Path to the Imgrd exe file enter the correct path to the Imgrd exe being located in the FLEXIm directory see Figure 3 1 e Path to the license file enter the path to the lice
42. nse file e Path to the debug log file enter the path to the debug log file The respective file will be created during runtime To specify different file locations make sure that a fully qualified path is specified Once the paths are set please click on use services and optional Start Server at power up and then Save Service Switch to the Start Stop Reread tab pick the service you have just saved and start it For verification it is useful to click on the Server Diags and to check if the server works correctly see Figure 3 4 Error Reference source not found and Error Reference source not found LMTOOLS by Macrovision Corporation http www macrovision com File X File Edit Mode Help Service License File System Settings Utilities Start Stop Reread Server Status Server Diags Config Services Borrowing FLEXnet license services installed on this computer l Stop Server ReRead License File Force Server Shutdown _ Advanced settings gt gt NOTE This box must be checked to shut down a license server when licenses are borrowed Server Start Successful Figure 3 4 The Installation of the license server has been successful The other Imtools task bar functionalities are helpful when installing and operating the license server and in the following a short description of their use is given For a more detailed explanation of these functionalities please refer to t
43. of a license server and clients in a number of IP domains The license server provides the link between the client and its license file Chapter 3 Setting up the license server will provide detailed instructions about setting up and running the license server For a standalone installation of MICRESS the installation of a license manager is not necessary see Client installation There are two different license files Depending on the actual installation either one or both are required d A license type requiring only one FlexNetPublisher FlexLM license file This holds for MICRESS versions without coupling to thermodynamic data via the TQ interface i e MICRESS Research and MICRESS Education e A license type requiring two license files resp one FlexLM license file for MICRESSQ and one Safenet Sentinel license file for the TQ interface This holds for MICRESS versions with coupling to thermodynamic data via the TQ interface i e MICRESS Research TQ and MICRESS Professional Both types of license files will be provided by Access or by one of its authorized agents A typical FLEXIm license file is shown in Figure 2 2 licensed feature e g MICRESS with TQ interface LicenseServer Name and Host ID 7 ol i licensed version e g Version 5 4 up to 5 499 I MERESS erame cense Editor IP ZU CHEE license expiry date nalen here 31 12 2009 LT allatfon H PETEERE seeeeeaerees AH IT F ii a
44. omatically However if the server is on a different subnet there is a need to explicitly define on the client where the server resides This is done by accessing the Advanced tab of the System Properties in the Control panel There by MICRESS User Guide Volume I Installing MICRESS 26 54 RG Chapter 3 Setting up the license server clicking the Environment Variables button a variable named LSHOST may be entered containing the name address of the license server 3 22 Starting the Safenet Sentinel license service under Linux The Safenet license service must be run with root privileges Use the script file restart_lserv to start the license service demon on your designated server Before running the script edit the script file in the following way BINDIR should be the correct path to the license manager Iserv and LICENSE FILE the path to Iservrc the license file LOGDIR is the path to where the log files are stored The MICRESS bin safenet directory in a standard linux installation contains the following files e echoid program file used by gethostid e gethostid script that writes the computers IP address which will be used by the license management in a text file This IP is necessary for providing a license file e serv program file that runs a license service e Ismon program file for monitoring the license service e lsrvdown program file for stopping the license service e swhere program file for locat
45. on a result file and select open with e selecting DP MICRESS from the list will then autostart the program e double clicking on the result file The process of checking the installation consists of two separate steps 1 First run DP MICRESS with an existing results file In detail Using the visualization tool to find out how your example should look like before running it yourself Use e g the result file Grain Growth korn mcr The mere visualization of result files does not need any license 2 Running an existing simulation setting a license is mandatory by using a so called dri file a Grain Growth dri without TQ coupling b Delta Gamma dri comprising TQ coupling MICRESS User Guide Volume I Installing MICRESS 44 94 Chapter 6 Checking the installation 6 2 Viewing an existing result file with DP MICRESS It is possible to check the output by taking a look at a result file DP MICRESS is used for this operation An existing example file can be dragged and dropped on the display tool Here the example of Grain Growth korn mcr without TQ coupling is used Organisieren v ffnen Brennen Neuer Ordner 5 Grain_Growth_geoF mer Grain_Growth_in j Grain Growth intf mcr f Grain Growth korn mcr a Grain Growth krum mcr Grain Growth log fj Grain Growth mueS mcer tj Grain Growth Particle Pinning geo Grain Growth Particle Pinning in a Grain Growth Particle Pinning intf i G
46. only installed when copy or Jo Results ReX compressed are chosen during Results Stress installation di Results_Temperature Results TQ Lj AlCu dritxt 1 AlCu Equiaxed dri txt AlCu Temnld dri tt 4 IM Driving files for the different examples Figure 5 3 Complete results of the examples MICRESS User Guide Volume I Installing MICRESS 37154 ed Chapter 5 The MICRESS directories eis d Computer DATA D MICRESS 5 406 Examples T t i e o Name Anderungsdatum Typ Geamn_Growth_Mecrostnacture 3 9 2009 10 14 AM Textdokument Geain_Growth_SO_KTH_Mobiity Data 3 9 2009 10 14 AM Datei Special data for the grain growth solute drag example Input Microstructure for the grain growth examples Figure 5 4 Some examples need additional input files e g grain growth Name AlCu dri AlCu Equiaxed dri _ AlCu LinTQ dri AlCu Templd dri AISi antitrap dri Antitroppoy __ Delta Gamma dri GammaAlpha dri 1 GammaAlpha NPLE dri GammaAlpha Para dri P Peak 1D dri GammaAlpha ParaTQ dri P Peak 2D dri _ GammaAlpha Pearlite dri ReX 1 dri Name GammaAlpha Stress dri ReX 2 dri L GammaAlpha TQ dri ReX 3 dri L Grain Growth dri Grain Growth Microstructure Grain Growth Particle Pinning dri Grain Growth SD KTH Mobility Dat L Grain Growth Solute Drag dri Grain Growth Solute Drag KTH dri L TQ Eutectic dri Grain
47. ost probably related to the firewall settings on the server FLEXIm by default needs the following ports to be open 2080 and 27000 through 270010 However there is a security recommendation to specify another port see section 3 1 1 Please configure your firewall accordingly to have the specified port open and retry the server diagnostics on the client MICRESS User Guide Volume I Installing MICRESS 34 54 ad Chapter 5 The MICRESS directories 5 The MICRESS directories 9 1 Introductory Remarks This chapter highlights the structure of the program and the functional use of the different menu items After installation of MICRESSS which is located in the directory you specified during the installation procedure the MICRESS subdirectories should be present Figure 5 1 In the following sections these four MICRESS hdire orie Ni De SIO AUUE cU I Ic ale Oe ANON MaVOAatOn arc TO WONTON He ei x j ea Computer Daten D MICRESS 6 100 MICRESS amp P Datei Bearbeiten Ansicht Extras rganisieren In Bibliothek aufnehmen Freigeben f r Brennen Neuer Ordner Bin Examples FLEXIm kh a un Dateiordner Dateiordner Dateiordner an T MIC Info bat N ome er l En ner 1 i M e Fe elordne 4 3 64 KB Figure 5 1 In the installation directory you should be able to identify these five subdirectories The Bin directory contains the MICRESS executables the Examples directory comprises
48. r Guide Volume I Installing MICRESS t EAQ sand THOM ripe m TETTE LL TMM MICRESS User Guide Volume Installing MICRESS d Chapter 1 Introduction 1 Introduction The software MICRESS MICRostructure Evolution Simulation Software is developed for time and space resolved numerical simulations of solidification grain growth recrystallization or solid state transformations in metallic alloys MICRESS covers phase evolution solutal and thermal diffusion and transformation strain in the solid state It enables the calculation of microstructure formation in time and space by solving the free boundary problem of moving phase boundaries The microstructure evolution is governed essentially by thermodynamic equilibria diffusion and curvature In case of multicomponent alloys the required thermodynamic data can either be provided to MICRESS in the form of locally linearized phase diagrams or by direct coupling to thermodynamic data sets via a special TQ interface developed in collaboration with Thermo Calc AB Stockholm MICRESS is based on the multi phase field method which defines a phase field parameter for each of the phases involved The phase field parameter describes the fraction of each phase as a continuous function of space and time Each single grain is mapped to a distinct phase field parameter as well and is treated as an individual object in the microstructure A set of coupled partial differential equations
49. r Macrovision Corporation All Rights Reserved US Patents 5 390 297 and 5 671 412 World Wide Web www macrovision com License file s network programs linux MICRESS license MICRESS License lic Imgrd tcp port 27003 16 15 48 Imgrd Starting vendor daemons 16 15 48 Imgrd Using vendor daemon port 27010 specified in license file 16 15 48 Imgrd Started ACMICRES internet tcp port 27010 pid 30107 16 15 48 ACMICRES FLEXnet Licensing version v11 7 0 0 build 73797 i86 Isb 16 15 48 ACMICRES Imgrd version 10 8 ACMICRES version 11 7 16 15 48 ACMICRES Server started on SF1 for MICRESS TQ 16 15 48 ACMICRES MICRESS Stress MICRESS Flow 16 15 48 ACMICRES EXTERNAL FILTERS are OFF 16 15 48 Imgrd ACMICRES using TCP port 27010 16 32 35 ACMICRES TCP NODELAY NOT enabled 17 25 11 ACMICRES OUT MICRESS Stress user client 1 17 25 11 ACMICRES OUT MICRESS TQ user client 2 17 25 21 ACMICRES IN MICRESS Stress user client 1 17 25 21 ACMICRES IN MICRESS TQ user client 2 Figure 3 10 Example of a section of a log file MICRESS User Guide Volume I Installing MICRESS 23 94 RG Chapter 3 Setting up the license server e Borrowing refers to the maximum duration of a lease and some other options to manage the distribution of licenses in a network via a defined lease time For detailed information on this option please refer to the FLEXNet licensing end user guide At the end of this section on Setting up
50. r reason following procedure is recommended see section 3 1 1 Run the Imtools exe see FlexLM directory on the client Select Utilities and enter acmicres as a vendor name and servername where servername is the name of your license server in the respective boxes Then click Add Vendor Path Service License File System Settings Utilities Start Stop Reread Server Status Server Diags Config Services Borrowing Find out the version of FLEXnet Licensing linked with a file Useful for diagnosing errors HeMae ne Set the specified vendor name or alll Vendor Name acmicres Path Gservemame Z vendors to a new path location NOTE Impath cannot change environment settings List All Vendor Paths Add Vendor Path Override Path only Windows registry Using License File Figure 4 7 Checking the FlexLM license system with Imtools Eventually check list all vendor paths and make sure that a path to your license server is set As a final verification you may check the server status on the client by entering servername and perform a status enquiry If words like Vendor daemon status on servername ACMICRES UP v11 10 and Vendor daemon status on servername thermo c UP v9 2 appear in the diagnostics report the client is successfully hooked to the server In case a connection to the license server can still not be established the problem is m
51. rain Growth Particle Pinning korn Grain Growth Particle Pinning kru Figure 6 1 Dropping a result file onto DP MICRESS The opening window should look like the following Nest Previous Last First Jump Dissociated Scale Colour scale Animation View Display Vector field Isolines 3D Dutput Virtual EDX MICRESS version 5 408 Data informations LIE ELO EE T ETE THESE RE ERST RE Miscellanea Exit Virtual EDX output Figure 6 2 The window represents the result for the first time step i e the initial conditions Because DP_ MICRESS displays a completed simulation each individual time step may be viewed even just in the first place Figure 6 2 shows the last step of this simulation You can directly switch from the first to the MICRESS User Guide Volume I Installing MICRESS 45 94 Chapter 6 Checking the installation last time step or step through the time steps by next or previous A detailed description of DP MICRESS is found in the MICRESS manual Vol 3 on MICRESS post processing Nest Previous Last First 450 0000 s Jump Dissociated Scale MICRESS Colour scale Animation View Display Vector field Isolines 3D Dutput Virtual ED Virtual ED output Data informations LIDEILERIELEIS ILI D DER ERE BETA MICRESS verston 4 408 Miscellanea Figure 6 3 The last time step of the Grain_Growth_korn example MICRESS User Guid
52. results which describes the evolution of the phase field parameter along with concentration temperature stress and flow fields The total set of equations is solved explicitly by the finite difference method on a cubic grid 2D and 3D simulations are possible The size of the simulation domain the number of grains phases and components is restricted mainly by the available memory size and the CPU speed Your suggestions or comments for improvements of the manual are highly welcome via e mail to documentation micress de MICRESS handles 1 2 and 3 dimensional calculation domains e arbitrary number of components phases and grains e Solid solid and solid liquid interactions e anisotropy of grain boundaries mobility and energy MICRESS supports e coupling to thermodynamic database via the TQ interface of Thermo Calc The present MICRESS User Guide Volume 1 MICRESS Installation comprises e an overview of the different options when purchasing MICRESS e a step by step explanation of installing the software for Windows and Linux MICRESS User Guide Volume I Installing MICRESS 9 94 vA ad Chapter 1 Introduction e a description how to set up the license server e a short description how to verify a successful installation MICRESS User Guide Volume 0 MICRESS Phenomenology provides a description of the phase field phenomenology and more details about the theoretical background of MICRESS MICRESS
53. sed to the installation directory However the demo input files will be always installed e Linux or Windows platforms 32 or 64 bit may be selected as the operating system e Please read the license conditions carefully by scrolling down and then tick the respective box to accept the license conditions MICRESS will then be installed on your computer by clicking the Install MICRESS button MICRESS User Guide Volume I Installing MICRESS 30 54 ad Chapter 4 Installing MICRESS on the clients The end of the installation is indicated by a respective window see Figure 4 3 A reboot of the system is necessary to establish the registered connections between MICRESS and the result file type i e mcr MICRESS installation i Installation successful Please note that you should reboot for the modifications to the registry to take effect Figure 4 3 MICRESS has been successfully installed on your computer if this window appears 43 Installing MICRESS under Linux The Linux installation is similar to the installation under Windows Insert the CD into CD ROM drive The installation will start automatically when clicking Run If the installation window does not pop up automatically start the Install MICRESS Linux program in the disk root directory manually MICRESS 5 sa This medium contains software intended to be automatically started Would you like to run it The software wil run dractl
54. the license Server your license server manager should be operational and it should be possible to run MICRESS directly on the license server at least without TQ coupling using e g the Grain Growth dri see chapter 6 Of course the IP address of the license server has to be in the licensed IP range according to the MICRESS license file see section 2 2 This is the first check you should make in terms of potential trouble shooting Running MICRESS successfully on the license server indicates the license file and the Imgrd configurations to be correct The next step is to install the Safenet license system for the TQ part see section 3 2 and eventually to install MICRESS on the individual clients as described in section 4 3 1 2 Starting the FLEXIm license service under Linux After the installation of MICRESS you will find the FLEXIm license manager demon Imgrd in the FLEXIm subdirectory Usually it is sufficient to start it on your designated license server machine with the following options lmgrd 2 p c license file l log file gt Where the license file is the file which you receive from the vendor and the log file is a new file to store the demons log messages The license manager itself will start a second process for the vendor demon ACMICRES For communication between the server and the clients a TCP IP connection will be enabled using ports in the range from 27000 to 27010 by default or as defined in the l
55. txt ReX 1 dri Grain Growth Profiles dri ReX 2 dri Delta_Gamma_dri Grain Growth Solute Drag dG dri ReX_3_dri GammaAlphaCementite LinTQ dri Grain_Growth_Solute Drag dri ReX 4 dri GammaAlphaCementite TQ dri P_ Peak_1D_dri ReX_5_dri Gamma Alpha dri P Peak 2D dri Stress dri Gamma Alpha NPLE dri Temperature dri Gamma Alpha Stress dri Temperature Profiles txt Gamma Alpha TQ dri TQ Eutectic dri TQ Ripening dri antoine micress3 MICRESS 5 501 Examples gt Bin MICRESS TQ TQ Eutectic dri Bin MICRESS TQ error while loading shared libraries libtq so cannot open shared objec t file No such file or directory antoine micress3 MICRESS 5 501 Examples B Figure 6 11 The shared library for ThermoCalc coupling is missing The setting of the environment variables for licensing ACMICRES LICENSE FILE resp LSHOST or LSERVRC can also be added to these startup script files If MICRESS shows a text output like in Figure 6 12 it is installed successfully MICRESS User Guide Volume I Installing MICRESS 92 94 ad Chapter 6 Checking the installation EJ bamma Alpha_TQ dri TQ Eutectic dri TQg_Ripening_dri antoine micress3 MICRESS_5_501 Examples gt Bin MICRESS_TQ TQ_Eutectic_dri Bin HICRES5_TO error while loading shared Libraries libtg so cannot open shared object Tile Wo su ch file or directory antoine micress3 gt MICRES5_5_501 Examples gt LO_LIGRARY_PATH usr people antoine AICRESS_5_501 Bin antoine
56. util exe E E LMTOOLS Utility Acresso Software Inc E Ni Acresso Software Inc k 6 Elemente F Imdiag Imgrd Imutil exe Acresso Software Inc Acresso Software Inc Acresso Software Inc Figure 3 1 Imtools your key to the license server manager The individual files in the FLEXIm directory are itemized below Imtools exe is a graphical user interface to the license server manager It performs functions like starting stopping and configuring FLEXnet license server systems or getting information like the Host ID ACMICRES exe is the vendor demon for the MICRESS license file The vendor demon the license server manager Imgrd and the license file form the entire software of the license server system Get Host ID is the tool needed to retrieve the Host ID Host ID name In this txt document the Host ID is saved by the Get Host ID Imdiag the diagnostic tool lists each license lease and serves for debug purposes It may display problems or identify successful license checks Imgrd is the license server manager The license server manager and the vendor demon add up to the entire license server system that provides the license leases After double clicking on Imtools exe the Imtools window will appear see Figure 3 2 To continue hit the tab Config Services leading to Figure 3 3 MICRESS User Guide Volume I Installing MICRESS 16 54 ad Chapter 3 Setting up the license server LMTOOLS by Macrovisio
57. w SafeNet Inc com Sentinel Datei Bearbeiten Ansicht Extras 7 rganisieren In Bibliothek aufnehmen Freigeben f r echoid exe Sentinel RMS Development Kit Ap Safehet Inc Network License Manager Dateiordner getid bat Windows Batchdatei 103 Bytes simdemo exe Sentinel RMS Development Kit De SafeMet Inc WlmAdmin exe WlmAdmin MFC Application a SafeMet Inc Isaprw32 dll 0 6 0 LSAPIW32 SImdemo jpg IrfanView JPG File 68 4 KB WimAdmin_exampleJPG IrfanView JPG File 99 1 KB Figure 5 8 The Safenet directory Windows In detail these files directory are e Network License Manager contains the installer and data cab for the license manager This installer should only be used if there is no Thermo Calc installation see section 3 2 e echoid program file used by getid bat e getid bat script that writes the computers IP address and network setting ipconfig which will be used by the license management in a text file This information is necessary for providing a license file e WimAdmin graphical administration and diagnostic tool for the license system e slmdemo a demo tool for checking out designated license features MICRESS User Guide Volume I Installing MICRESS 42 94 d Chapter 5 The MICRESS directories 5 5 Diagnostic Tools The diagnostic tool MIC Info a batch script for Windows a shell script for linux is found in the root installation directory The MIC Info tool is
58. y Yom the medum MCRESS 5 501 You should never run sofware thal you dont trust l adcux press Cancel Figure 4 4 The window pops up asking you to run the installation MICRESS User Guide Volume I Installing MICRESS 31 54 RG Chapter 4 Installing MICRESS on the clients Make your installation choices analog to description of the Windows installation in section 3 2 1 In Linux Unix MICRESS can be installed with normal user privileges Of course write permissions to the installation directory are necessary Also a reboot of the system is not necessary 44 Hooking up the client to the License server or standalone licenses Hooking the MICRESS client to the license server in general should proceed automatically when starting MICRESS the first time on the client Start MICRESS by drag and drop of a MICRESS driving file e g the Delta_Gamma_dri txt from the examples onto the MICRESS executable A command prompt console as shown in Figure 4 5 should show up asking for the specification of a license There are two options a either enter the name of the license server here servername as servername followed by return or b for node locked installations only pressing return twice and select the license file as shown in Figure 4 6 This procedure is only necessary for the first start up of MICRESSS or if the location of the license file is altered The entered locations will be stored in the windows r

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