This is a guide on how to manually install Ansys, a piece of software used in the School of Engineering. This guide is for anyone that has to perform this installation manually; there is a package located at \\titan\software$\Engineering\ANSYS\v1507 that contains all the necessary components and a batch file to perform the install.
Step-by-step guide
- Browse to installer at \\titan\landeskpackages$\Engineering\ANSYS1507
- Click Install Ansys Products
- Set default install path
- Uncheck ANSYS Geometry Interfaces (which are installs that can be done separately)
- Input licensing info on the next screen
- Licensing info all from https://wikis.uit.tufts.edu/confluence/display/TuftsUITResearchComputing/Network+Concurrent+Licenses
- Make sure to click 3-server (redundant triad)
- Run install (takes approximately 30 minutes)
- Run the following commands to add firewall exceptions:
netsh advfirewall firewall add rule name="autodyn" dir=in action=allow program="C:\Program Files\ANSYS Inc\v150\aisol\AUTODYN\winx64\autodyn.exe" enable=yes profile=domain
netsh advfirewall firewall add rule name="ANSYS Workbench" dir=in action=allow program="C:\Program Files\ANSYS Inc\v150\Framework\bin\Win64\ansysfww.exe" enable=yes profile=domain
netsh advfirewall firewall add rule name="Interconnect Application" dir=in action=allow program="C:\Program Files\ANSYS Inc\Shared Files\Licensing\winx64\ansysli_client.exe" enable=yes profile=domain
netsh advfirewall firewall add rule name="Wish Application" dir=in action=allow program="C:\Program Files\ANSYS Inc\v150\commonfiles\tcl\bin\winx64\wish.exe" enable=yes profile=domain
netsh advfirewall firewall add rule name="ANSYS RSM Job Manager Service" dir=in action=allow program="C:\Program Files\ANSYS Inc\v150\rsm\bin\ans.rsm.jmhost.exe" enable=yes profile=domain
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1. Run install (takes approximately 30 minutes)