<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <html><head><title>Installing and Configuring Flexlm on Windows</title> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=unicode"> <meta content="license, float, floating, network,&#13;&#10;server, client, concurrent, user, users, Globetrotter, flexlm,&#13;&#10;lmgrd, lmgrd.exe, daemon, file, port, tcp, tcp/ip, TCP, TCP/IP,&#13;&#10;UDP, udp, authorize, " name=keywords> <meta content="describes how to install and&#13;&#10;configure the flexlm license manager for Artwork's products." name=description><link href="/inc/artwork1.css" type="text/css" rel="stylesheet"> <meta content="MSHTML 6.00.3790.4605" name="GENERATOR"></head> <body bgcolor="#ffffff"> <table cellpadding="0" width="700"> <tbody> <tr> <td width="700"> <h2>Installing and Configuring Flexlm on Windows</h2> <p>Artwork uses Globetrotter's (Macrovision's) software licensing system called flexlm. Flexlm is used by virtually every EDA company to license products.</p></td></tr></tbody></table><br><br> <table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="700" border="0"> <tbody> <tr> <td valign="top" align="left" width="700"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, Sans" color=#c00000> <h3>License Server FAQ</h3></font><a href="./flexlm_hostid.htm">Getting the license server's hostid (Windows)</a> <br><br><a href="./fresh_install.htm">Installing flexlm for the first time (Windows)</a> <br><br><a href="./start_up_flexlm.htm">Configuring the flexlm "service" using lmtools.exe</a> <br><br><a href="./prexisting_server.htm">Installing artwork daemon on licenses on an existing flexlm server (windows)</a> <br><br><a href="./checking_server_status.htm">Checking Status of the flexlm license server (Windows)</a> <br><br><a href="./creating_second_service.htm">Creating a Second Service of the flexlm license server (Windows)</a> <br><br><a href="./lm_license_file.htm">Setting the LM_LICENSE_FILE (Windows)</a> <br><br><a href="./daemon_lmgrd_error.htm">Vendor daemon can't talk to lmgrd Error -16,287 on Solaris</a> <br><br><a href="./daemon_flexlm_v11.htm">"artwork" Daemon and Flexlm 11.3 software download</a> <br><br><a href="./fire_wall.htm">Flexlm license manager and Firewalls</a> <br><br> <a href="./flex_err_list.htm">Complete Flexlm Error Code List</a> <br><br> <a href="./artwork_linux.htm">Vendor daemon died with status 0</a> <br><br><a href="/support/flexlm/artwork_daemon.htm">Artwork daemon won't start (due to directory name)</a> 11-11-2003 <br><br><a href="/support/flexlm/samsuite.htm">Artwork daemon won't start due to <b>samsuite</b> date limitation</a> 7-17-2007 <br><br><a href="/support/flexlm/lmtools.htm">lmtools does not report licensing correctly...</a> 11-18-2003 <br><br><a href="/support/flexlm/lmtools_slow.htm">Program is slow to start up in floating mode.</a> 5-1-2008 <br><br><a href="/support/flexlm/lmtools_file.htm">FLEXnet Licensing error:-1,359. System Error</a> 5-21-2009 <br><br><a href="/support/flexlm/non_activation.htm">Error: Non-activation-capable daemon</a> 09-09-2009 <br><br><a href="/support/flexlm/longpath.htm">Problem when vendor path name has spaces</a> 11-04-2009 <br><br> <a href="/support/flexlm/flex16-287.htm">Flexlm error -16,287:22 "Invalid argument"</a> 11-14-2009 <br><br> <a href="/support/flexlm/flex96.htm">Flexlm error -96 "License server machine is down or not responding.</a> 1-10-2011 <br><br> <a href="/support/flexlm/tcpport.htm">Flexlm error Failed to open any default TCP port</a> 10-28-2010 <br><br> <a href="/support/flexlm/Window_install.html">Windows Flexlm Node locked installation</a> 3-15-2011 <br><br> <a href="/support/flexlm/libXm_error.htm">libXm.so.3 error on Linux 64 bit</a> 6-15-2011 <br><br> <a href="/support/flexlm/libXp_error.htm">libXp.so.6 error on Linux 64 bit</a> 11-25-2011 <br><br> <a href="/support/flexlm/port.htm">ports used by license manager and daemon</a> 11-25-2011 <br><br> <a href="/support/flexlm/hostinfo.htm">lmhostid and hostinfo return incorrect hostid</a> 04-25-2012 <br><br> <a href="/support/flexlm/winsock.htm">Winsock Connection refused error with Linux server and Windows client</a> 9-13-2011 <br><br> </td></tr></tbody></table><br><br> <table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="700" border="0"> <tbody> <tr> <td valign="top" align="left" width="700"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, Sans" color=#c00000> <h3>Installation Troubleshooting</h3></font> <p><b>Directory naming conflict with daemon name</b></p> <p class="space15">One of our customers installed flexlm (lmgrd and the artwork.exe daemon) in a directory called: <br><font face="Courier New,Courier">c:\flexlm\artwork</font><br><br>Upon testing the installation he received an error informing him that the artwork daemon was down or that another instance of artwork was running. The actual problem seemed to be the name of the directory and some locking that the daemon does. Changing the installation directory name to <font face="Courier New,Courier">c:\flexlm</font>, or <font face="Courier New,Courier">c:\flexlm\artwork_conversion</font>, or any directory path that does not end in <font face="Courier New,Courier">artwork</font> fixes the problem. </p> <p><b>Older lmtools.exe reports no licenses </b></p> <p class="space15">One of our customers installed flexlm version 8.1 on his server. When he tested the available licenses with the lmtools utility he found that it reported no licenses available.</p> <p class="space15">Upon further testing and investigation we discovered that he was using an older version of lmtools, 7.0 (or lmutil) which apparently had trouble communicating with lmgrd 8.1 and later. Upon using a current version of lmtools the expected number of licenses were property identified. </p></td></tr></tbody></table><!--#include virtual="/inc/close.inc" --></body></html>