If you migrate from version 2016 (8.0.x) or lower to Smart Materials 2016 R4 (8.4.0), you might want to return seats that had been reserved by long-term checkout before you start the migration. This can be required if you send the journal files to Intergraph. The Install through SPLM tab of A.60.81 screen will not be available in version 8.4 so return of checked-out seats is not possible after migration.
Click Return License to return seats back to the SmartPlant License Manager license machine for future usage.
An alert appears, asking you to choose a return option. Click Return All Seats to return all the seats booked for all the modules.
The migration installation itself is not much different than a fresh install. Migration needs to be done offline. This is, users cannot work in the application during the migration process. You may install ISL client software on the same machine as the SPLM client was installed before. This will automatically replace the SPLM installation on this machine. Note, that you need to have a cci file ready when you install the ISL client.
The Smart Materials license service also needs to be installed on the same machine. The order is not important whether you install the license webservice first, or the ISL client.
The Smart Materials database will not be touched by the license service setup. Nor is it required to restart the database after installation. Just make sure that the correct license service URL is referred to from the database. In case you install SBCS with ISL on a different machine, make sure that the DB access control list is allowing the database to make connections to the host.