Q100666: Transferring from Floating to Team login licenses

SUMMARY

In order to move your Nuke or Mari licenses from RLM Floating to Login Team licenses, you must successfully complete the ‘Migration Request’ form on your Foundry website account.

Once you have received the email from our Licensing team confirming the transition has been completed, you can follow the steps in this article to remove your old licenses and install the new Login Team license.

 

NOTE: If you are using Nuke versions released prior to May 20th 2025, and you encounter failed checkout errors when attempting to launch Nuke with a Team Login license, please refer to the following article:
Q100721: Advisory on resolution of Team Login licensing system errors

 

MORE INFORMATION

Please follow these steps in order to remove your old RLM licenses and install your Login Team license.

 

Step 1 - Remove your old RLM licenses and uninstall the license tools

This article on the Support Portal explains how to remove RLM licenses from a machine

Q100257: How to remove licenses from your machine

For Floating licenses you will also need to remove the files from the license server machine.

If you are transferring ALL of your Floating RLM licenses to Team Login licenses, then you can also uninstall the license server.  The following link contains instructions on how to do this: Removing FLT

 

Step 2 - Invite users to your Team

Instructions on how to add users to your Team setup are available under the 'Managing Your Team Licensing Organization' section of our documentation.

 

Step 3 - Activate the Team login licenses setup

Your users can access the Team Login licenses by following the instructions to activate the license here: Q100660: How to activate your Team Login license

 

Step 4 [Optional] - Reinstall remaining licenses

If you are not transferring all of your licenses to Login licenses you will receive a license file with your remaining RLM licenses. 

Please reinstall these onto your server by following the instructions in the article below:

Q100027: How to install a Floating/server license

You will also need to ensure that your client machines are pointing to the server via these steps: Q100264: How to point a machine to your license server



 

FURTHER READING

More information about Individual and Team Login licensing and how this works can be found in the LOGIN-BASED LICENSING section of our Support Portal.
You can also find more details on our Website and Documentation pages. 

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