EN: Obtaining a LUM Target ID

An IBM Licence Use Management (LUM) tool is used to supply CATIA V5 with a licence.

Important Note

Support for IBM LUM 4 ended on 31.12.2013.
The last supported Windows operating system was Windows 7 (end of support 14.01.2020)
Virtual machines and network card teaming are not supported by LUM

Background

It is compatible with supplying CATIA V5 R18, R19, R20, R21 and R22. The licence itself can be CONCURRENT (server based) or NODELOCKED (local machine based). The licence file is generated using a unique key called the Target ID, which is derived from the MAC address of the physical network adapter. In order to obtain the Target ID, a utility can be run. The Target ID must be provided when applying for a new licence and must be of the machine that the licence will be issued for.

How to obtain your Target ID

1. Download the

2. Browse to the directory where the extraction tool has been downloaded.

3. Right click on the .zip file and select Extract All…

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4. Place the files on the user’s desktop and select Show extracted files when complete before selecting Extract.

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5. The extracted folder will contain two files. To get the standard Target-ID, open the LUM-TargetID.cmd.

For cluster Target-ID and more options, go to step 7.

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6. This will have generated a Text file called LUM-TargetID.txt on the local desktop. Please use the information in this file to request a license.

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7. For more options: start a CMD and open i4target.exe
Use the table below to find the command for the needed Target_ID