Quick guide to using Remote Solve on Windows in ANSYS 11 This is a guide for setting up alternatives for running a solution in Workbench. You can o
Perform a solution on another (Windows) machine than the one you are working on. o
Perform a solution on your own computer but with a different license (this is very useful if you use PrePost and batch licenses). We illustrate the procedure with a step‐by‐step example. In this example the user is “anbe” and there is a remote machine called “kurs1”. PART 1: Setting up the remote service. This needs to be done once for a given machine and user. 1. Start the Remote Solve Manager (RSM) from the Program menu. The RSM window comes up: 2. Set user password. Right‐click on My Computer and choose Set Password. A terminal window comes up. Enter the user name and password you use to log in on the system. 3. Add a server machine. Right‐click on Computer Servers and choose Add: Enter: “Friendly name”: Any label you like “Machine Name”: The name of the machine on the network. If you will run solutions on your own machine with a different license, simply specify this machine name. Enabled = True Working Directory: If you want to specify a certain directory, otherwise some system temporary directory is used. The server appears in the list: 4. Create a queue. Right‐click on Queues and choose Add. Add the machine you specified in step 3. It shows up in the list: 5. Test network connection and password. Right‐click on the server and choose Test Server: (If there is a problem with network connections, it will say “Failed”.) PART 2: Running a solution on remote server. 1. In Workbench Simulation, go to Tools > Solve Process Settings This shows the different ways set up for solving. Initially and by default, there are two: You can change the existing ones or add new ones. You can for instance add alternatives for solving on the remote machine “kurs1” and for solving on your own machine with a batch license. For each alternative you choose, you specify a “Queue” as defined in Part 1, step 4, and a license level. Here we have set up alternatives for solving batch on our own machine “Goya” (we set it up in the Remote Solve Manager in part 1, steps 3‐4) and for solving on computer kurs1 (also set up in part 1, steps 3‐4): Close the Solve Process Settings window. In Simulation, the alternatives show up under Solve. 2. If we solve on a remote machine or on our own machine in batch, a small window showing progress comes up. 3. When it’s finished, green arrows appear next to Solution. 4. Right‐click on Solution and do Get Results. Postprocess as usual.