Problems with PD 16.5 trial

Question

Hi!
I downloaded an evaluation copy of PowerDesigner 16.5, Enterprise Architecture edition and installed it immediately to my 64-it Win7 Pro machine (I run the installation procedure as an administrator). Attached is a screenshot of settings summary screen, confirming that this is indeed a trial package.
When I start the shell, I get "Trial period has expired" (screenshot attached).
In c:\programData\PowerDesigner 16 folder two Sybase asset management files say:
$ cat sysam.properties
3DEFCBDF67BCCD027E8B56517022577B77E191F9BBD03E156E
80CE263C7B18DC6AB82F8C67FC4A249579C6F0F3B7DB8DED45
Pd.LicenseMode=Trial
Pd.Package=
B09C2E276A15AD6D58752240210C6A8F55D9FE15E1E00359C026462F1D3DD934683A8F0FFC701445A32F61A468B76F9589FBDC8B03A7C155ED0440A880EA99F4F1D0655A76242203B5
$ cat sysam.log
8.3.2014. 14:01:35
Using licenses from: C:\flexlm\license.dat
Using licenses from: C:\flexlm\license.dat
8.3.2014. 14:01:50
Using licenses from: C:\flexlm\license.dat
Failed to obtain 1 license(s) for PD_SHELL feature from license file(s) or server(s).
Cannot find license file.
The license files (or license server system network addresses) attempted are listed below.
License feature name:  PD_SHELL
License filename:      C:\ProgramData\PowerDesigner 16
License search path:   C:\ProgramData\PowerDesigner 16
FLEXnet Licensing error:-1,359.  System Error: 2 "No such file or directory"
For further information, refer to the Sybase Software Asset Management website at http://www.sybase.com/sysam
FlexLM license server is not running on my machine, there is no c:\flexlm folder, and only license.dat or *.lic files I have are associated with other products.
What am I missing? Shouldn't the download have included a 15-day standalone seat local license file? Do I have to obtain it separately?
Thanks!
Dragi Raos
Zagreb, Croatia

Answer 1

Thank you Benoit!
Downloading now.
Btw. concerning the PD crashes: it turned out to be a problem with hardware accelerated graphics.
I ran PD from a Windows Virtual Machine using VMWare Fusion.
VMWare Fusion supports hardware accelerated graphics in the VM - if and only if you the VMWare tools running inside the VM are properly corresponding to the VMWare Fusion version hosting the VM.
For me this was not the case, since the VMWare tools did not properly auto-update.
As a result, with 3D hardware acceleration activated in the VMWare Fusion Settings, every program that potentially makes use of hardware accelerated graphics (PD, Visio, Internet Explorer etc.) crashed.
Not sure this helps anyone out there. But if you are facing PD crashes and also face crashes of other programs like Internet Explorer or Visio, malfunctioning hardware acceleration might be the cause of it.
Cheers,
Florian