Platform LSF Administration Guide Version 6.2

Chapter 8
Platform LSF Licensing
Administering Platform LSF
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3 After the old LIM has died, start the new LIM on the master host using:
❖ lsadmin limstartup
or
❖ LSF_SERVERDIR/lim as root.
LSF commands give "Host does not have a software license"
You may see this message after running lsid, lshosts, or other ls* commands.
Typical problems:
◆ Your demo license (not tied to FLEXlm server) has expired.
Solution:
a Check the license.dat file to check the expiry date.
b If your license has expired, contact your account manager to obtain a new demo
key or a permanent license.
◆ Your license file may have incorrect formatting. One of the following things may be
responsible:
❖ The license file was edited in Windows and incorrect line ending characters
(^M) exist in the file.
❖ The license file may have more than one FEATURE on a line.
Solution:
i You should have a line break at the end of each FEATURE line. Remove
the excess ^M characters or line breaks from the license file.
ii If the license key is tied to a FLEXlm server, restart lmgrd.
iii Restart the master LIM.
◆ The LSF master host is unable to communicate with the FLEXlm server.
Solution:
Check the network communication by entering the command:
ping FLEXlm_server
◆ License daemons (lmgrd and lsf_ld) are not running on the FLEXlm server.
Solution:
Check if
lmgrd and lsf_ld are running by typing:
ps -ef | egrep 'lmgrd|lsf_ld'
on the FLEXlm server. If not:
a Check the license.log file for error messages.
b Start lmgrd.
c Restart the master LIM.