Re: +AFs-Xansys+AF0- FW: Re: licensing issue after power failure
Hello again, not having much luck. I found in the Flexnet Licensing Guide a command "lmreturn" which is used to return a borrowed license early. Still having trouble figure out the arguments for the command. The syntax is:
lmborrow -return [-fqdn][-c license_file_list] [-d display] feature
I know "feature" is ansys but not sure what to enter for "-fqdn", " license_file_list" or "display"
Any help is greatly appreciated.
Regards,
James Garroni, P. Eng.
Engineering Simulations Inc.
66 Dockside Way, Winnipeg, MB, Canada
R3X 2E8
Ph. (204) 256-1237, Mobile (204) 794-4385
-----Original Message-----
From: Uffe Dal Eriksen
Sent: Monday, May 27, 2024 8:34 AM
To: jgarroni@shaw.ca
Subject: RE: [Xansys] FW: Re: licensing issue after power failure
James,
Based on the normal sequence from the license usage report I would say:
User=Laptop
PC=Laptop-HP
Server=DESKTOP
Again, I don't know if this will clear a borrowed license. Your Ansys dealer should know, otherwise.
Kind regards
Uffe Dal Eriksen
Ramboll Energy
Denmark
Classification: Confidential
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Sent: 27. maj 2024 14:58
To: 'XANSYS Mailing List Home' xansys-temp@list.xansys.org
Cc: Uffe Dal Eriksen UDE@ramboll.com
Subject: RE: [Xansys] FW: Re: licensing issue after power failure
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Thanks for the reply Mr. Eriksen,
Your solution looks promising, but I think I may be executing it incorrectly. I've printed below the output when I display the Flexnet License Status. Is the USER=Laptop or Laptop-HP? And is the PC=DESKTOP or DESKTOP/1055? Also, I hope this won't prevent me from borrowing the license to my laptop permanently.
Users of ansys: (Total of 1 license issued; Total of 1 license in use)
"ansys" v2021.0131, vendor: ansyslmd, expiry: 1-jan-0
floating license
Laptop Laptop-HP Laptop-HP (v2019.1113) (DESKTOP/1055 101), start Sun
5/26 16:16 (linger: 319687 / 374820)
{Borrowed until Fri, 31 May 2024 00:23:41 CDT. ( Duration remaining is 3 days 16 hours 48 minutes and 7 seconds ) }
Regards,
James Garroni, P. Eng.
Engineering Simulations Inc.
66 Dockside Way, Winnipeg, MB, Canada
R3X 2E8
Ph. (204) 256-1237, Mobile (204) 794-4385
-----Original Message-----
From: Uffe Dal Eriksen via Xansys xansys-temp@list.xansys.org
Sent: Monday, May 27, 2024 1:58 AM
To: XANSYS Mailing List Home xansys-temp@list.xansys.org
Cc: Uffe Dal Eriksen UDE@ramboll.com
Subject: [Xansys] FW: Re: licensing issue after power failure
Resend, sorry... a few lines got messed up.
James.
We get this (or a very similar) issue some times when a user loses connection to the network and accesses a different network (as in: through a different network adapter). For instance, if a laptop is connected to the cabled network through a docking station, then when disconnecting from the docking station the laptop will automatically access the wifi network instead. This is seen by the license manager as a 'new' license request, and troubles ensue... These 'dead' licenses are usually released after a couple of hours (but typically not after the default one hour). I am not sure how borrowed licenses are handled...
For what it is worth, it is possible to force-release stuck licenses via a DOS prompt (assuming Windows). Below is my small batch file, which releases ALL licenses of a specific type for a specific user on a specific machine.
Obviously, the SET variables should be replaced by your own data.
SET SERVER=1055@license_server
SET FEATURE=ansys
SET USER=whatever
SET PC=whatever (as listed in the license usage report) cd C:\Program Files\ANSYS Inc\Shared Files\Licensing\winx64 lmutil.exe lmremove -c %SERVER% %FEATURE% %USER% %PC% %PC%
Kind regards
Uffe Dal Eriksen
Ramboll Energy
Denmark
Classification: Confidential
-----Original Message-----
From: Uffe Dal Eriksen
Sent: 27. maj 2024 08:51
To: 'XANSYS Mailing List Home' xansys-temp@list.xansys.org
Subject: RE: [Xansys] Re: licensing issue after power failure
James.
We get this (or a very similar) issue some times when a user loses connection to the network and accesses a different network (as in: through a different network adapter). For instance, if a laptop is connected to the cabled network through a docking station, then when disconnecting from the docking station the laptop will automatically access the wifi network instead. This is seen by the license manager as a 'new' license request, and troubles ensue... These 'dead' licenses are usually released after a couple of hours (but typically not after the default one hour). I am not sure how borrowed licenses are handled...
For what it is worth, it is possible to force-release stuck licenses via a DOS prompt (assuming Windows). Below is my small batch file, which releases ALL licenses of a specific type for a specific user on a specific machine.
Obviously, the SET variables should be replaced by your own data.
SET SERVER=1055@license_server
SET FEATURE=ansys
SET USER=whatever
SET PC=whatever (as listed in the license usage report) cd C:\Program Files\ANSYS Inc\Shared Files\Licensing\winx64 lmutil.exe lmremove -c %SERVER% %FEATURE% %USER% %PC% %PC%
Kind regards
Uffe Dal Eriksen
Ramboll Energy
Denmark
-----Original Message-----
From: James Garroni via Xansys xansys-temp@list.xansys.org
Sent: 26. maj 2024 22:29
To: 'Dennis' dkawa@shaw.ca; 'XANSYS Mailing List Home'
xansys-temp@list.xansys.org
Cc: jgarroni@shaw.ca
Subject: [Xansys] Re: licensing issue after power failure
Hi Dennis, nice to hear from you, hope all is well.
I've found a bit more information on the Ansys licensing issue. I ran the license manager (2020 R1 by the way) and under the Display Flexnet License Status it shows that the license has been borrowed to my laptop until May 30, 2024. I did borrow the license to my laptop for a couple days, but then returned it this morning and was working on the desktop when the power went out. I suppose its possible that on May 30 everything might return to normal, but then I've lost 5 days. I tried re-booting the license machine.
Didn't work.
Regards,
James Garroni, P. Eng.
Engineering Simulations Inc.
66 Dockside Way, Winnipeg, MB, Canada
R3X 2E8
Ph. (204) 256-1237, Mobile (204) 794-4385
-----Original Message-----
From: Dennis dkawa@shaw.ca
Sent: Sunday, May 26, 2024 2:52 PM
To: 'XANSYS Mailing List Home' xansys-temp@list.xansys.org
Cc: jgarroni@shaw.ca
Subject: RE: [Xansys] licensing issue after power failure
Hi Jamie
Try rebooting the license machine.
Dennis Kawa
-----Original Message-----
From: James Garroni via Xansys xansys-temp@list.xansys.org
Sent: Sunday, May 26, 2024 9:43 AM
To: 'XANSYS Mailing List Home' xansys-temp@list.xansys.org
Cc: jgarroni@shaw.ca
Subject: [Xansys] licensing issue after power failure
Hello all,
I was using Ansys APDL when a power failure occurred. After the power was restored, I could not restart Ansys. The message I get is "Insufficient ANSYS Mechanical Enterprise licenses available". I've tried using the Ansys License Manager to stop and start the license, to no avail. It continues to think there is a license in use. The FlexNet Licensing error I get is -4,132. The -4 indicates insufficient licenses but the 132 is not listed in the error codes. Could anyone suggest a way to reset the license manager so it doesn't think the license is already in use?
Regards,
James Garroni, P. Eng.
Engineering Simulations Inc.
66 Dockside Way, Winnipeg, MB, Canada
R3X 2E8
Ph. (204) 256-1237, Mobile (204) 794-4385
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Hello everyone. Just to let you know the problem is solved. I found the
solution on the Simutech site (search for How to Release a
Stuck/Reserved/Abandoned License). On that page there is another link
titled ERROR - Cannot return a borrowed license. I followed that procedure
and it worked perfectly. Thanks Simutech.
Regards,
James Garroni, P. Eng.
Engineering Simulations Inc.
66 Dockside Way, Winnipeg, MB, Canada
R3X 2E8
Ph. (204) 256-1237, Mobile (204) 794-4385
-----Original Message-----
From: James Garroni via Xansys xansys-temp@list.xansys.org
Sent: Monday, May 27, 2024 11:44 AM
To: 'XANSYS Mailing List Home' xansys-temp@list.xansys.org
Cc: jgarroni@shaw.ca
Subject: [Xansys] Re: +AFs-Xansys+AF0- FW: Re: licensing issue after power
failure
Hello again, not having much luck. I found in the Flexnet Licensing Guide a
command "lmreturn" which is used to return a borrowed license early. Still
having trouble figure out the arguments for the command. The syntax is:
lmborrow -return [-fqdn][-c license_file_list] [-d display] feature
I know "feature" is ansys but not sure what to enter for "-fqdn", "
license_file_list" or "display"
Any help is greatly appreciated.
Regards,
James Garroni, P. Eng.
Engineering Simulations Inc.
66 Dockside Way, Winnipeg, MB, Canada
R3X 2E8
Ph. (204) 256-1237, Mobile (204) 794-4385
-----Original Message-----
From: Uffe Dal Eriksen
Sent: Monday, May 27, 2024 8:34 AM
To: jgarroni@shaw.ca
Subject: RE: [Xansys] FW: Re: licensing issue after power failure
James,
Based on the normal sequence from the license usage report I would say:
User=Laptop
PC=Laptop-HP
Server=DESKTOP
Again, I don't know if this will clear a borrowed license. Your Ansys dealer
should know, otherwise.
Kind regards
Uffe Dal Eriksen
Ramboll Energy
Denmark
Classification: Confidential
-----Original Message-----
From: jgarroni@shaw.ca jgarroni@shaw.ca
Sent: 27. maj 2024 14:58
To: 'XANSYS Mailing List Home' xansys-temp@list.xansys.org
Cc: Uffe Dal Eriksen UDE@ramboll.com
Subject: RE: [Xansys] FW: Re: licensing issue after power failure
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Thanks for the reply Mr. Eriksen,
Your solution looks promising, but I think I may be executing it
incorrectly. I've printed below the output when I display the Flexnet
License Status. Is the USER=Laptop or Laptop-HP? And is the PC=DESKTOP or
DESKTOP/1055? Also, I hope this won't prevent me from borrowing the license
to my laptop permanently.
Users of ansys: (Total of 1 license issued; Total of 1 license in use)
"ansys" v2021.0131, vendor: ansyslmd, expiry: 1-jan-0
floating license
Laptop Laptop-HP Laptop-HP (v2019.1113) (DESKTOP/1055 101), start Sun
5/26 16:16 (linger: 319687 / 374820)
{Borrowed until Fri, 31 May 2024 00:23:41 CDT. ( Duration remaining is 3
days 16 hours 48 minutes and 7 seconds ) }
Regards,
James Garroni, P. Eng.
Engineering Simulations Inc.
66 Dockside Way, Winnipeg, MB, Canada
R3X 2E8
Ph. (204) 256-1237, Mobile (204) 794-4385
-----Original Message-----
From: Uffe Dal Eriksen via Xansys xansys-temp@list.xansys.org
Sent: Monday, May 27, 2024 1:58 AM
To: XANSYS Mailing List Home xansys-temp@list.xansys.org
Cc: Uffe Dal Eriksen UDE@ramboll.com
Subject: [Xansys] FW: Re: licensing issue after power failure
Resend, sorry... a few lines got messed up.
James.
We get this (or a very similar) issue some times when a user loses
connection to the network and accesses a different network (as in: through a
different network adapter). For instance, if a laptop is connected to the
cabled network through a docking station, then when disconnecting from the
docking station the laptop will automatically access the wifi network
instead. This is seen by the license manager as a 'new' license request, and
troubles ensue... These 'dead' licenses are usually released after a couple
of hours (but typically not after the default one hour). I am not sure how
borrowed licenses are handled...
For what it is worth, it is possible to force-release stuck licenses via a
DOS prompt (assuming Windows). Below is my small batch file, which releases
ALL licenses of a specific type for a specific user on a specific machine.
Obviously, the SET variables should be replaced by your own data.
SET SERVER=1055@license_server
SET FEATURE=ansys
SET USER=whatever
SET PC=whatever (as listed in the license usage report) cd C:\Program
Files\ANSYS Inc\Shared Files\Licensing\winx64 lmutil.exe lmremove -c
%SERVER% %FEATURE% %USER% %PC% %PC%
Kind regards
Uffe Dal Eriksen
Ramboll Energy
Denmark
Classification: Confidential
-----Original Message-----
From: Uffe Dal Eriksen
Sent: 27. maj 2024 08:51
To: 'XANSYS Mailing List Home' xansys-temp@list.xansys.org
Subject: RE: [Xansys] Re: licensing issue after power failure
James.
We get this (or a very similar) issue some times when a user loses
connection to the network and accesses a different network (as in: through a
different network adapter). For instance, if a laptop is connected to the
cabled network through a docking station, then when disconnecting from the
docking station the laptop will automatically access the wifi network
instead. This is seen by the license manager as a 'new' license request, and
troubles ensue... These 'dead' licenses are usually released after a couple
of hours (but typically not after the default one hour). I am not sure how
borrowed licenses are handled...
For what it is worth, it is possible to force-release stuck licenses via a
DOS prompt (assuming Windows). Below is my small batch file, which releases
ALL licenses of a specific type for a specific user on a specific machine.
Obviously, the SET variables should be replaced by your own data.
SET SERVER=1055@license_server
SET FEATURE=ansys
SET USER=whatever
SET PC=whatever (as listed in the license usage report) cd C:\Program
Files\ANSYS Inc\Shared Files\Licensing\winx64 lmutil.exe lmremove -c
%SERVER% %FEATURE% %USER% %PC% %PC%
Kind regards
Uffe Dal Eriksen
Ramboll Energy
Denmark
-----Original Message-----
From: James Garroni via Xansys xansys-temp@list.xansys.org
Sent: 26. maj 2024 22:29
To: 'Dennis' dkawa@shaw.ca; 'XANSYS Mailing List Home'
xansys-temp@list.xansys.org
Cc: jgarroni@shaw.ca
Subject: [Xansys] Re: licensing issue after power failure
Hi Dennis, nice to hear from you, hope all is well.
I've found a bit more information on the Ansys licensing issue. I ran the
license manager (2020 R1 by the way) and under the Display Flexnet License
Status it shows that the license has been borrowed to my laptop until May
30, 2024. I did borrow the license to my laptop for a couple days, but then
returned it this morning and was working on the desktop when the power went
out. I suppose its possible that on May 30 everything might return to
normal, but then I've lost 5 days. I tried re-booting the license machine.
Didn't work.
Regards,
James Garroni, P. Eng.
Engineering Simulations Inc.
66 Dockside Way, Winnipeg, MB, Canada
R3X 2E8
Ph. (204) 256-1237, Mobile (204) 794-4385
-----Original Message-----
From: Dennis dkawa@shaw.ca
Sent: Sunday, May 26, 2024 2:52 PM
To: 'XANSYS Mailing List Home' xansys-temp@list.xansys.org
Cc: jgarroni@shaw.ca
Subject: RE: [Xansys] licensing issue after power failure
Hi Jamie
Try rebooting the license machine.
Dennis Kawa
-----Original Message-----
From: James Garroni via Xansys xansys-temp@list.xansys.org
Sent: Sunday, May 26, 2024 9:43 AM
To: 'XANSYS Mailing List Home' xansys-temp@list.xansys.org
Cc: jgarroni@shaw.ca
Subject: [Xansys] licensing issue after power failure
Hello all,
I was using Ansys APDL when a power failure occurred. After the power was
restored, I could not restart Ansys. The message I get is "Insufficient
ANSYS Mechanical Enterprise licenses available". I've tried using the Ansys
License Manager to stop and start the license, to no avail. It continues to
think there is a license in use. The FlexNet Licensing error I get is
-4,132. The -4 indicates insufficient licenses but the 132 is not listed in
the error codes. Could anyone suggest a way to reset the license manager so
it doesn't think the license is already in use?
Regards,
James Garroni, P. Eng.
Engineering Simulations Inc.
66 Dockside Way, Winnipeg, MB, Canada
R3X 2E8
Ph. (204) 256-1237, Mobile (204) 794-4385
Xansys mailing list -- xansys-temp@list.xansys.org To unsubscribe send an
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emails from XANSYS please consider changing account settings to Digest mode
which will send a single email per day.
Please send administrative requests such as deletion from XANSYS to
xansys-mod@tynecomp.co.uk and not to the list
Xansys mailing list -- xansys-temp@list.xansys.org To unsubscribe send an
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Please send administrative requests such as deletion from XANSYS to
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