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When our license server administrator runs the lmstat command, they receive the following output from the command, indicating that Nick has the "ansys" license increment checked out while the software is not running: C:\Program Files\ANSYS Inc\Shared Files\licensing\win圆4>lmutil.exe lmstat -a -c of ansys: (Total of 1 license issued Total of 1 license in use) Ansys has crashed, and the licenses are still checked out on the license server. Our user, Nick, uses Ansys 2020 R2 on his office computer, DESKTOP-PC. Use the lmremove command to remove the stuck increment: lmutil.exe lmremove feature user user_host display.Use lmstat to query the license serverfor currently checked out increments: lmutil.exe lmstat -a -c The output will display all license increments on the server and any user checkouts of those license increments.Change directory to the folder with the licensing utilities: cd C:\Program Files\ANSYS Inc\Shared Files\Licensing\win圆4.On the license server, open a command prompt.Verify the license increments currently checked out via FlexLM.Option 3 - Manually Remove Stuck Increment from FlexLM via Command Line
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Note - you can reserve licenses for users via an options file if necessary, but this takes some additional consideration and time to setup - HOW TO - Set User License Privileges via an Options File Delete This means all license reservations will be lost and a user can potentially "cut in line".Įngineer A is performing a long solve > the license server is restarted > 1min later Engineer B opens the software and pulls the same license that Engineer A was using > 2min later Engineer A's software attempts to checkout a license during the software's heartbeat interval (every ~5min) but can't, because it's already reserved by Engineer B > Engineer A's software runs for approximately 55min (attempting every ~5min to grab a license) until it finally closes and the solve stops. Clients running the software at the time of the restart will attempt checkout a license again on their next heartbeat interval (~5-10min depending on the product). When restarting the server in a multi-user environment, the checkout/reservation status of all licenses will be reset on the server.