Visual MODFLOW Flex

GETTING STARTED GUIDE

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Software Maintenance and Support .............................................................................................................................. 5 How to Contact SWS ......................................................................................................................................................... 6 

stem Requirements ........................................................................................................................................................ 7 Hardware Requirements ......................................................................................................................................................................... 7 

 Software Requirements .......................................................................................................................................................................... 7

Before You Start ................................................................................................................................................................. 8 Installing Visual MODFLOW Classic Interface ............................................................................................................ 9 Installing Visual MODFLOW Flex Interface ................................................................................................................ 14 

ftware Licensing .......................................................................................................................................................... 21 Types of Licenses .................................................................................................................................................................................. 21 Requesting a License ............................................................................................................................................................................ 23 Installing a License ................................................................................................................................................................................ 24 

 Troubleshooting Team Licensing .......................................................................................................................................................... 26

requency Asked Questions........................................................................................................................................... 30 F

Demonstration Exercise

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Software Maintenance and Support

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esigned to reduce the amount of time and effort required to keep your modeling software up-to-date. With automatic reminders of update ve to wonder if their software is out-dated. Additionally, with unlimited technical support available during the term can obtain rapid resolution to all of your software issues. Annual Maintenance Benefits Include:

• Major Software upgrades, and version updates • Unlimited Telephone Support • Unlimited Email Support • Priority Response to Error Reports • Direct Bug Fix Updates • Documentation Updates

m rtment via phone at +1 (519) 746 1798,

Schlumberger Water Services’ Annual Maintenance Contracts are ds and upgrades, users will never ha of the Maintenance Contract, you

• On-Demand FTP Downloads • Showcase Your Projects in SWS E-News • Option to Beta Test New Products • Annual Reminder for Contract Renewal

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How to Contact SWS

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Technical Support: sws-support@slb.com

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llowing information available:

, Version, and Build number (available in the Help/About screen) ftware installation, and to your program files

Technical Support is available from 7:00 am to 6:00 pm EST, Monday through Friday, except Canadian holidays. When contacting the Technical Support department, please have the fo • Your Name, Company Name, and Address • Your Product Serial Number• The full pathname to your so

System Requirements

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Suppo Windows 7 Professional, Enterprise or Ultimate o Windows Vista Business, Ultimate or Enterprise

Flex installation packages.) • Hard Disk: 200MB • RAM: 2 GB • Networking Hardware: Network Card (required for licensing)

If you intend to work with large models (est. > 500,000 nodes), it is recommended that you use VMOD Flex 64-bit version, and increase your RAM (recommended 10 GB or more).

If you have any problems with your system configuration, please make sure that you followed the installation instructions precisely. If the problem is not resolved, contact your system administrator. Finally, if you continue to experience difficulties, see the section on How to Contact SWS.

Software Requirements

The Visual MODFLOW Flex installation package requires the following software configuration:

• Microsoft .NET Framework 4.0. http://trials.swstechnology.com/software/VMODFlex/prereq/dotNetFx40_Full_x86_x64.exe

rdware Requirements

D Fle requires the following minimum hardware configuration:

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o Windows XP Pro (SP3) Note: Home and Starter Versions are not supported.

• Processor: 32-bit or 64-bit • CD or DVD Drive: CD-ROM Drive (not needed if you wish to download the Visual MODFLOW

• MS Office (2000 or later) or Access Database Engine: http://trials.swstec

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Before You Start VMOD Flex includes installation packages:

1. Visual MODFLOW Classic Interface. This ip

s only available as a 32-bit version but can be installed on either 32 or 64-bit Windows tforms previously mentioned)

2. VMOD Flex Interface. This is available as a 32-bit or 64-bit version. The 32-bit version can be installed on any of the supported Windows platforms previously mentioned. The 64-bit version can only be installed on Windows Vista or Windows 7 x64 Version.

latforms (refer to the supported Windows pla

NO E: If y have Visual MODFLOW Classic already installed on your system (v.2010, v.2011), then you should install only the VMOD Flex interface. If you have no prior versions of Visual MODFLOW on your system, then you should install the VMOD Classic

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ns Classic Interface Follow the steps below to installVisual MODFLOW Classic can be the link below:

http://trials.swstechnology.com 2011/Visual_MODFLOW_2011_1_setup.msi

alling Visual MODFLOW Visual MODFLOW Classic: installed from a CD or from a download package. The installation can be downloaded from

/software/Visual_MODFLOW/ 1. Log in as the Local Administrator of your 2. Close all other application running on your desktop. 3. Double click on the installation package to begi ve to initiate the

computer.

n. If you are running from CD, insert the installation CD into your CD-ROM driCD Navigator. If the navigator does not automatically open the Product Installation screen, explore the CD-ROM (using Windows Explorer) and double click on the Visual MODFLOW_Setup.exe file.

4. To begin installing your software, click on the “Install Software” screen. 5. The “Welcome to the Visual MODFLOW 2010.1 Installation Wizard” window will appear. Click the Next> button to continue. (NOTE: your

installation screens may show slightly different based on what version you are installing)

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6. The License Agreements will appear on your screen. If th both license agreements, select “I accept both license agreements”, and then select the [Next

7. The User Information dialog will appear MODFLOW Serial Number, along with your Full Name and Organization. Select the Anyone who u mputer to be able to run Visual MODFLOW. Select the Only for me (Us ant the current user account to be able to run Visual MODFLOW. With this option, other user accounts will not have

you agree wi>>] button.

. Type in your Visual ses this computer option if you want other user accounts on the coer Account) option if you only w

access to the program.

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8. The Destination Folder dialog will appear. Here you may specify the desired destination folder, or accept the default directory (C:\Program Files\Visual MODFLOW). Select the Next> button.

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9. Choose the desired Insta cal, all features will be included in the installation. If you choose Custom, you can choose to exclude various optional features from the installation, such as the HASP drivers (required for dongle licensing). Make a selection and then click the Next but

0. The Ready to Install the Application dialog will appear. If you are using the dongle licensing system, please ensure that no dongles are connected to your computer. If you are running the dongle network License Manger Utility, please disable it. Click the Next> button to start the installation.

Once Visual MODFLOW is installed on your computer, the dialog below will appear on your screen. Click the Finish button to exit the installation wizard.

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Installing Visual MODFLOW Flex Interface Follow the steps below to install Visual Visual MODFLOW Flex can be installed fr can be downloaded from the links below:

VMOD Flex 32-bit vehttp://trials.swstechnol 12/Visual_MODFLOW_Flex_full_setup_x86.exe

MODFLOW Flex: om a CD or from a download package. The installations

rsion: ogy.com/software/VMODFlex/20

VMOD Flex 64-bit ve icense and a 64-bit compatible Windows Vista/7 computer) http://trials.swstechnol 12/Visual_MODFLOW_Flex_full_setup_x64.exe

rsion (NOTE: Requires a Pro or Premium Logy.com/software/VMODFlex/20

1. Log in as the Local Administrator of your 2. Close all other application running on your desktop.

ng from CD, insert the installation CD into your CD-ROM drive to initiate the screen, explore the CD-ROM (using Windows Explorer) and

you choose.

r. Click the Next> button to continue. (NOTE: your installation screens may show slightly different based on what version you are installing)

computer.

3. Double click on the installation package to begin. If you are runniCD Navigator. If the navigator does not automatically open tdouble click on the Visual MODFLOW_Flex_full_setup.exe (x64 or x86 depending on which version

4. To begin installing your software, click on the “Install Software”5. The “Welcome to the Visual MODFLOW Flex 2010.1 Installation Wizard” window will appea

he Product Installation

screen.

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6. The pre-requisites will be es for the Tutorial Exercises installed; this includes supporting fil

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8. The License Agreement will appear on your screen. If the license agreements, select “I accept the terms in the license

agreements”, and then select the

7. The main setup installation will then appear. Select the [Next>>] button.

you agree with[Next>>] button.

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9. The User Information dialog will appear. Type in your Visual MODFLOW Flex Serial Number, along with your Full Name and Organization. Select the Anyone who uses this computer option if you want other user accounts on the computer to be able to run Visual MODFLOW Flex. Select the Only for me (User Account) option if you only want the current user account to be able to run Visual MODFLOW Flex. With this option, other user accounts will not have access to the program.

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10. The Destination Folder dialog will appear. Here you may specify the desired destination folder, or accept the default directory (C:\Program Files\VMODFl

ex\). Select the Next> button.

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11. The Ready to Install the A you are using the dongle licensing system, please ensure that no dongles are connected to your computer. If you are ru m License Manger Utility, please disable it. Click the Install button to start the installation.

alling Visual MODFLOW Flex dialog will appear showing the progress of the file copying and registrations..

pplication dialog will appear. If nning the dongle tea

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13. Once Visual MODFLOW Flex is installed on your computer, the dialog below will appear on your screen. Click the Finish button to exit the installation wizard.

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me. Standalone licenses are “node-locked” an

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e minister multiple time-limited licenses from a central license server tool, workstations on the network equipped with SWS software can access and use

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Trial license is a time-limited standalone node-locked license used for evaluating fully-functional SWS software free-of-charge. Once a trial license is expired, the SWS software will become inoperable until a commercial license is purchased.

r more information on SWS software licensing, please contact SWS Sales (sws-sales@slb.com

Software Licensing

Types of Licenses

Standalone

A Standalone license provides one computer with one license to run one SWS program for a limited tipme ing that they are only valid for the com uter from which the license is requested.

A T am license provides your organization with the flexibility to manage and adin a network environment (LAN). Using the License Managerthe vailable licenses on the license server.

ming team licenses provide additional flexibility by allowing workstations to temporarily “checkout” available licenses from the license server, for use when disconnected from the network. When a license is “checked out” from the license server, it is unavailable to other workstations on thenet ork until it is “checked in”. This method of licensing is useful if your SWS software is installed on a laptop computer that is occasionally

nnected from the license server, i.e., on travel, in the field, etc.

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The SWS software must already be installed before you can request a license using this method. software for the first time, you will be prompted with a Welcome dialog box.

3. 4. Email Request button to email the request information to SWS Support

Re sting a License

Sta alone licenses must be requested electronically by the user from the computer on which the license will be used. Team licenses must be req sted from the computer that will host the license server.

St dalone Licenses

When starting SWS

1. Select the “Activate Now” button.

2. You will be prompted with ‘Have you received an email with your license file?” Select the No button.

Fill out the “License Request” form, specifying customer information.

If the computer is setup to send e-mail, click the (sws-license@slb.com). If the computer is not setup for e-mail, click the Create Request File button to save the request file to a location on your computer. Make a copy of the file, and transfer it to a computer that is configured for e-mail. Attach the file to a new e-mail message, and send it to sws-license@slb.com.

5. Once SWS has received your license request, the appropriate license file will be emailed to you as soon as possible. Once you have received Note:

license.

the license file email, you can proceed to install the license. A trial license for 31 days will be automatically activated within the program so that you may begin using the program while waiting for the license file email. Any time you launch the software simply select Go!to continue using the trial

Network Licenses

If the computer acting as the license server does not have an inRequest tool. This tool is automatically instainstall the License Manager (see Installing Network Licensebelow. 1. Select Start > SWS Software > Lic

2. Fill out the “License Request” form, specifying your seria

3. If the computer is setup to send e-mail, c

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stallation of the SWS software, you can request a license using the License lled to your computer when you install the License Manager. If you haven’t done so already, please

s in the following section). Once the license manager is installed, follow the steps

ense Manager > Generate License Request

l number.

lick the Email Requ button to email the request information to estSWS Support (sws-license@slb.com). If the computer is not configured for e-mail, click the Create Request File button to save the licensfile to a location on your computer. Make a copy of the file, and transfer it to a computer that is configured for e-mail. Attach the file to ae-mail message, and send to

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sws-license@slb.com.

4. Once SWS has received your license request, the appropriate license file will be returned via e-mail.

alling aInst License

, you can install the license on your computer. Please note, that the license can only be installed on

on the license type, e.g., standalone or team.

Once you have received a license file from SWSthe computer that was used to generate the license request. For standalone licenses, the SWS software must already be installed before you can install a license. For team licenses, the License Manager tool must already be installed before you can install a license. The license installation is different depending

Standalone Licenses

Follow the steps below to install a standalone license.

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on the license server and on each client machine that requires access to the team licenses. st install the License Manager tool on the computer acting as the license server:

Lau h the SWS software by double-clicking the desktop icon or by selecting the shortcut from the Windows start menu.

You will have the option to Activate Now or select Go! By selecting Go! you will continue to use the trial license automatically installed in ogram. Select Activate Now to install your license. the

Sel t Yes to the question “Have you received your license file email?”

t the Open button (folder with a green arrSel ow), and navigate to the loclicense file and then click the Open button.

ation on your computer where the license file is saved. Select th

Clic the OK button. On Windows 7, you will have the option to install the license for the Current user or All Users. If you select All Users, youwill need Administrator Rights to proceed.

nsLi es

For team licensing, the license file must be installedBefore a license can be installed on the license server, you mu

1. On the license server, insert the installation CD in your CD-ROM drive to initiate the CD navigator. Alternatively, License Manager can be downloaded from the following link (http://trials.swstechnology.com/software/License_Manager/LSSetup.msi). Once downloaded, double

On the Product Installation screen appears, click the Install License Manager button.

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5. lick the then click the Open button.

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Foll w the on-screen instructions to complete the installation.

Onc the installation is finished, select Start > Programs > SWS Software > License Manager > Install License

C Add button, and navigate to the location on the computer where the license file is saved. Select the license file and

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6. The license server service should start automatically, once the license is installed. The “Red” indicator will switch to “Green” when the

menu of the web administration page.

installed on each client computer, using the method described under the section “Standalone Licenses” (see

roubleshooting Team Licensing

If you are experiencing issues with your team licensing, please refer to the following trouble shooting guide for an overview of potential causes and solutions.

license service has been successfully started, and information pertaining to the installed license will be displayed in the table below.

You may also monitor the status of the license server service through the web administration page. You can access this page by selecting Start > Programs > SWS Software > License Manager > Web Administration Page. For more information on navigating the web administration page, please see the End-User Guide available along the side

7. The team license file must also be above).

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The License Server service was not installed corre

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License Manager is installed. To verify that the license server service was installed, follow the steps below:

vices 2. In the Services window, search through the list of services and locate the service called Slb_Water_License. If this service exists in

rvice was installed correctly. If this service does not appear in the list, you can manually install the service. your computer. By default, this directory is

c:\Program Files\SWS\License Manager ll License Manager Service file.

6. Verify that the service was installed successfully by locating it in the Services dialog (see steps above 1 & 2) rrectly, try reinstalling your SWS team license as described on page 25.

In order to successfully install and distribute team licenses, the license server service must be started. To verify that the license server is started,

ctly

In some instances the license server service may not install properly when the

1. From your windows task bar, select Start > Control Panel > Administrative Tools > Ser

the list, then the se3. Using Windows Explorer, navigate to the License Manager installation directory on

4. Locate and double-click the Insta5. Note: If you are running the license server on a Windows 7 workstation, right-click on the Install License Manager Service file and

select Run as Administrator… to install the license server.

7. Now that the service is installed co

The License Server service is not started

follow the steps below: 1. From your windows task bar, select Start > Control Panel > Administrative Tools > Services

2. In the Services window, search through the list of services and locate Slb_Water_License. Note: If you cannot find this service please install the license service following the steps in the previous section.

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the status is set to “Started”, then the service should be running. If the status is not set to “Started”,

s should change to Started. 5. Now that the service is installed correctly, try reinstalling your SWS team license as described in the previous section.

3. Look under the Status column. Ifthen you must manually start the service.

4. Right-click on the Slb_Water_License service and select Start from the pop-up menu. After this, the statu

Configuring Windows Firewall

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blocking the license manager service. If you have Window’s Firewall enabled, follow the steps below to add an exception for the license manager service.

1. From your Window’s task bar, select Start > Run 2. In the Run dialog, type Firewall.cpl, and then click the OK button 3. In the Window’s Firewall dialog, select the Exceptions tab 4. Click the Add Program button 5. The Add A Program dialog box will appear on your screen. Click the Browse button. 6. In the Browse dialog that opens, locate the following file: rlm.exe. This file is typical located in the following directory: C:\Program

Files\SWS\LicenseManager . Select the file and click the Open button. 7. The file should now be listed in the Programs List in the Add a Program dialog.

Configuring Anti-Virus Software

Third party anti-virus software can potentially block incoming license requests from remote client workstations. To ensure that requests can be received by the license manager, you must configure your anti-virus software such that ports 2375 and 2376 are not being blocked. Please refer to your anti-virus documentation for more information on how to unblock ports.

Contact SWS Technical Support

If you cannot resolve your licensing issues using the solutions described above, please contact SWS technical support.

Depending on your system settings, Window’s firewall could be

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Frequency Asked Questions The following is a list of Frequently Asked questions concerning software licensing. If your question is not addressed here, please feel free to contact your sales representative to send message to HUsws-license@slb.com U How do I request a license? For information on how to request a software license, please refer to Requesting a License on page X23X. How do I install a license? For information on how to install a software license, please refer to Installing a License on page X25 When does my software license expire? Once your license is installed, it is valid for a 24 month period. As you approach the expiry date, the SWS software will automatically remind you to renew your license. What happens when my license expires? When your software license expires, the SWS software will become inoperable. However, your data will remain intact. You will be able to resume normal operation of the software once you have renewed your software license. How do I renew my software license? Once your software license has expired, you must request a new license by following the steps described in section “Requesting a License on page X23X”, and then forward it to your sales representative or HUsws-license@slb.comUH for a renewal. If you wish to renew your license prior to the expiry date, please contact your sales representative or sws-license@slb.com.

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What happens if I lose my license file? If you lose your license file, please contact your sales representative or HUsws-license@slb.com UH. SWS will e-mail you copy of the original license file free-of-charge. However, the license will only be valid for the computer for which the license was originally installed. Can I transfer a license to another computer? Yes. To request a license transfer, please contact your SWS sales representative or HUsws-license@slb.com UH. What happens if my network card is damaged and needs to be replaced? SWS software licenses are linked to your computer’s network card. If your network card is removed and replaced with a new one, your software license will become invalid. In the event that you need to replace your network card, please contact your SWS Sales representative or email HUsws-license@slb.comUH .

Demonstration Exercise Various tutorials are included with the installation; these can be found in the “My Documents\VMODFlex\Tutorials\” directory. Step-by-step exercises can be downloaded from our website.