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zoo:to-cloud-zoo [2020/11/13]
bob [Move Rhino Licenses from LAN Zoo to Cloud Zoo]
zoo:to-cloud-zoo [2023/12/15] (current)
jb
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 ====== Move Rhino Licenses from LAN Zoo to Cloud Zoo ====== ====== Move Rhino Licenses from LAN Zoo to Cloud Zoo ======
-Make your Rhino 6 and for Windows and Mac licenses available to your users from any computer in the world.+Make your Rhino 6and 8 licenses (Windows and Mac), available to your users anywhere in the world with an Internet connection.
  
 //Constant Internet connection NOT required. Only occasional access is needed every couple of weeks. // //Constant Internet connection NOT required. Only occasional access is needed every couple of weeks. //
  
-==== Complete the following: ====+==== Follow these step: ====
  
 === A - Gather required information ==== === A - Gather required information ====
  
-  - Open the Zoo Admin console on your Zoo server. +  - Open the LAN Zoo Admin console on your LAN Zoo server. 
-  - Find your serial numbers: In the Zoo Admin console, your Rhino 6 serial numbers look like ''6-1NN-NNN-NNNNN-NNNNN''+  - Find your serial numbers: In the LAN Zoo Admin console, your Rhino 6 serial numbers look like ''6-1NN-NNN-NNNNN-NNNNN''
-  - Find your license keys: Search for the emails you received when you bought your Rhino 6 license keys. They contain the serial numbers from the previous step. License keys look like ''RH60-NNNN-NNNN-NNNN-NNNN''. **Do not proceed until you have all the license keys.**+  - Find your license keys: Search for the emails you received when you bought your Rhino 6 license keys. They contain the serial numbers from the previous step. License keys look like ''RH60-NNNN-NNNN-NNNN-NNNN''. **Do not proceed until you have all the license keys.** Find you V7 and V8 license keys the same way.
   - //Optional:// If you plan to create a [[https://www.rhino3d.com/6/new/licensing-and-administration#domain-linked-team|domain-linked team]], ensure that you have access to the web server for your domain, or have the cooperation of an IT administrator who does.   - //Optional:// If you plan to create a [[https://www.rhino3d.com/6/new/licensing-and-administration#domain-linked-team|domain-linked team]], ensure that you have access to the web server for your domain, or have the cooperation of an IT administrator who does.
  
-=== B - Create a Cloud Zoo account ===+=== B - Create a Login account ===
  
   - If you don't have an account already, visit https://accounts.rhino3d.com to create an account that will administer this team.   - If you don't have an account already, visit https://accounts.rhino3d.com to create an account that will administer this team.
  
-=== C - Create a Cloud Zoo Team ===+=== C - Create a License Team ===
  
   - https://accounts.rhino3d.com/help#create_group   - https://accounts.rhino3d.com/help#create_group
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   - //Optional:// Link a Domain to your team at https://accounts.rhino3d.com/help#link_domain   - //Optional:// Link a Domain to your team at https://accounts.rhino3d.com/help#link_domain
  
-=== D - Configure your Zoo and network === +=== D - Configure your LAN Zoo and network === 
-//To remove your license from your Zoo and add it to Cloud Zoo without help from McNeel, you'll need to ensure that your Zoo is updated and your network is configured correctly. Failure to do so will cause problems when you get to the "Add your Licenses to Cloud Zoo" step below.//+//To remove your license from your Zoo and add it to Cloud Zoo without help from McNeel, you'll need to ensure that your LAN Zoo is updated and your host server can access the Internet.//
  
-  - Install the latest Zoo from https://www.rhino3d.com/download/zoo/6/latest +  - Install the latest LAN Zoo from https://www.rhino3d.com/download/zoo/7/latest 
-  - From your Zoo server, open a web browser and visit https://api.mcneel.com +  - From your LAN Zoo host server, open a web browser and visit https://api.mcneel.com 
-    - If you cannot see that web page, work with your network administrator to open up access to https://api.mcneel.com+    - If you cannot see that web page, work with your network administrator to open up access to https://api.mcneel.com This is needed to return the license validations to us so you can use them again.
  
  
-=== E - Remove licenses from Zoo ===+=== E - Remove licenses from LAN Zoo ===
  
-  - Open the Zoo Admin console +  - Open the LAN Zoo Admin console 
-  - Select one or more Rhino license to remove+  - Select Rhino license to remove
   - Click the Delete button in the toolbar   - Click the Delete button in the toolbar
  
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   * Contact all your users and have them close Rhino.   * Contact all your users and have them close Rhino.
-  * Disconnect the Zoo from the network and wait 15 minutes. This will recover all the licenses, as if all the Rhino's on your LAN crashed.+  * Disconnect the LAN Zoo from the network and wait 15 minutes. This will recover all the licenses, as if all the Rhino's on your LAN crashed.
  
-=== F - Add licenses to Cloud Zoo ===+=== F - Add licenses to your new Cloud Zoo ===
  
   - Visit https://www.rhino3d.com/licenses   - Visit https://www.rhino3d.com/licenses
-  - Click your Team+  - Click your Team name
   - Click Add License   - Click Add License
   - Enter your license key, then click Add License   - Enter your license key, then click Add License
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   - Login using the email address that is a member of the new team.   - Login using the email address that is a member of the new team.
  
 +To automate this process:
 +  - For Rhino 6, delete the file %PROGRAMDATA%\mcneel\rhinoceros\6.0\license manager\licenses\55500D41-3A41-4474-99B3-684032A4F4DF.lic
 +  - For Rhino 7, delete the file %PROGRAMDATA%\mcneel\rhinoceros\6.0\license manager\licenses\59FF75C9-9C71-4EF8-A290-6B590F3FC63A.lic (yes, it's in the rhinoceros\6.0 folder)
 +  - Your users will be prompted for a license, instruct them to click "Login".
  
 +Back to [[https://wiki.mcneel.com/rhino_accounts/home|Cloud Zoo Home Page]].
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zoo/to-cloud-zoo.1605307564.txt.gz · Last modified: 2020/11/13 by bob