Details
Is it possible to host a license server on a system running MAC?
Solution
Per Siemens License Manager Release Notes, MAC OS is not supported/certified for deploying Siemens License Files and installing Siemens license manager
Release Notes for Supported OS and Platforms as below:
FlexNet Publisher Version
• 11.16.4.0
Supported Platforms
• On Linux x64 64bit:
° RedHat Enterprise 6, 7 and 8
° SUSE Linux Enterprise 11 SP4, 12 SP4, and SLES 15
• On Windows 32 and 64 bit:
° Windows 10
° Windows Server 2016
° Windows Server 2019
It is a best practice to run license servers on a server based OS
Notes and References
https://internal.support.sw.siemens.com/en-US/downloads/PL20191210095924816/akamai?uri=https%3A%2F%2Fdownloada.industrysoftware.automation.siemens.com%2Fsc_downloads_prod%2Ff%2F8%2F13c63da0f5366afa489b6838e41671%2FRelease_Notes.pdf
Hardware/Software Configuration
Platform: INTL64
OS: windows
OS Version: 10_1909
Product: NX
Application: SYSTEM
Version: V1953
Function: SYSTEM_TOOLS
Ref: 002-8568728