( ESNUG 290 Item 9 ) ----------------------------------------------- [5/19/98]
Subject: ( ESNUG 288 #2 289 #7) Yes, VCS *DOES* Wait For Licences !!
> The new rev. of now synopsys's VCS doesn't wait for a license any more,
> this ability allowed a larger number of users to use fewer licenses of VCS
> (queing theory) the runs which are started wait for a license then run.
> Now they fail saying "No license". I'm sure this increases the number of
> license needed by many eng. groups. More $$$ for Synopsys I suppose that
> they need to do this to get return on the 1/2 billion dollar cost of
> ViewLogic.
>
> - [ Neelix of the Voyager ]
From: [ VCS Technical Support ]
John,
When I first read this email I thought that we had introduced a bug in the
new VCS4.1 software. I got email messages from several places, most (I later
found) must have originated after the messages were posted to ESNUG. I
checked and we have many customers that successfully uses this feature right
now. We ourselves can't reproduce the problem and have never seen it
either. Customers that complained about this feature going away couldn't
later find any problem either.
The messages below are from two US customers:
> OK folks: I just tested the +vcs+lic+wait feature, and it works as it
> should. So, if you have a problem, let me know. Unless we can
> reproduce it, we can't very well complain to Synopsys...
> Oh, forgot to tell you. +vcs+lic+wait works fine over here. We are using
> both VCS 4.0.3 and VCS 4.1.1 simultaneously. The daemon we are using is
> the viewlogic viewlmgrd daemon that came with powerview 6.1.
I want to say that we have NOT removed this feature, and we haven't planned
to remove it in the next releases either. It's one of those free features
that VCS users have come to like. Another is the ability to free up a
license by pressing CTRL-Z.
Our plan is simple, add features/performance without charging for new
upgrades and to take market share from other simulators. This has been a
very successful strategy. Anything else simply doesn't make economic sense.
If "Abe Lincoln" and "Neelix" still have trouble with this feature, please
give us more details on ESNUG so we can help you.
- [ VCS Technical Support ]
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