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License Server unable to start

Hi Ryan,

I decided to add a third machine to the mix and am now of course in need of a working license. Before I just used the 2 machine free license for my testing. I tried to install the license, but am having trouble to get the server to start. As you can see, it either throws and error or with sudo use complains about root rights and exits. I copied the binaries from the Mac folder and checked that everything is set to accessible permissions (775 in this case). Any ideas?

chef:~ alex$ /usr/local/FLEXnet/lmgrd -z -c "/usr/local/FLEXnet/thinkbox_license.lic" 2011-10-17 10:51:31.690 lmgrd[1869:707] This process is attempting to exclude an item from Time Machine by path without administrator privileges. This is not supported. 2011-10-17 10:51:31.721 lmgrd[1869:707] This process is attempting to exclude an item from Time Machine by path without administrator privileges. This is not supported. 2011-10-17 10:51:31.723 lmgrd[1869:707] This process is attempting to exclude an item from Time Machine by path without administrator privileges. This is not supported. 2011-10-17 10:51:31.724 lmgrd[1869:707] This process is attempting to exclude an item from Time Machine by path without administrator privileges. This is not supported. 2011-10-17 10:51:31.727 lmgrd[1869:707] This process is attempting to exclude an item from Time Machine by path without administrator privileges. This is not supported. 2011-10-17 10:51:31.729 lmgrd[1869:707] This process is attempting to exclude an item from Time Machine by path without administrator privileges. This is not supported. 2011-10-17 10:51:31.730 lmgrd[1869:707] This process is attempting to exclude an item from Time Machine by path without administrator privileges. This is not supported. 2011-10-17 10:51:31.731 lmgrd[1869:707] This process is attempting to exclude an item from Time Machine by path without administrator privileges. This is not supported. 2011-10-17 10:51:31.732 lmgrd[1869:707] This process is attempting to exclude an item from Time Machine by path without administrator privileges. This is not supported. 2011-10-17 10:51:31.734 lmgrd[1869:707] This process is attempting to exclude an item from Time Machine by path without administrator privileges. This is not supported. 2011-10-17 10:51:31.736 lmgrd[1869:707] This process is attempting to exclude an item from Time Machine by path without administrator privileges. This is not supported. Illegal instruction: 4 chef:~ alex$ su bigh Password: bash-3.2$ /usr/local/FLEXnet/lmgrd -z -c "/usr/local/FLEXnet/thinkbox_license.lic" Illegal instruction: 4 bash-3.2$ sudo /usr/local/FLEXnet/lmgrd -z -c "/usr/local/FLEXnet/thinkbox_license.lic" Password: 10:52:01 (lmgrd) ----------------------------------------------- 10:52:01 (lmgrd) Please Note: 10:52:01 (lmgrd) 10:52:01 (lmgrd) This log is intended for debug purposes only. 10:52:01 (lmgrd) In order to capture accurate license 10:52:01 (lmgrd) usage data into an organized repository, 10:52:01 (lmgrd) please enable report logging. Use Acresso Software Inc.'s 10:52:01 (lmgrd) software license administration solution, 10:52:01 (lmgrd) FLEXnet Manager, to readily gain visibility 10:52:01 (lmgrd) into license usage data and to create 10:52:01 (lmgrd) insightful reports on critical information like 10:52:01 (lmgrd) license availability and usage. FLEXnet Manager 10:52:01 (lmgrd) can be fully automated to run these reports on 10:52:01 (lmgrd) schedule and can be used to track license 10:52:01 (lmgrd) servers and usage across a heterogeneous 10:52:01 (lmgrd) network of servers including Windows NT, Linux 10:52:01 (lmgrd) and UNIX. Contact Acresso Software Inc. at 10:52:01 (lmgrd) www.acresso.com for more details on how to 10:52:01 (lmgrd) obtain an evaluation copy of FLEXnet Manager 10:52:01 (lmgrd) for your enterprise. 10:52:01 (lmgrd) 10:52:01 (lmgrd) ----------------------------------------------- 10:52:01 (lmgrd) 10:52:01 (lmgrd) 10:52:01 (lmgrd) The license server manager (lmgrd) running as root: 10:52:01 (lmgrd) This is a potential security problem 10:52:01 (lmgrd) and is not recommended. bash-3.2$ exit exit chef:~ alex$

Try running the license server as root again, but this time remove the -z argument to see if that makes a difference. Post the log either way.

Thanks!

  • Ryan

That works:

bash-3.2$ /usr/local/FLEXnet/lmgrd -c "/usr/local/FLEXnet/thinkbox_license.lic" bash-3.2$ 16:02:53 (lmgrd) ----------------------------------------------- 16:02:53 (lmgrd) Please Note: 16:02:53 (lmgrd) 16:02:53 (lmgrd) This log is intended for debug purposes only. 16:02:53 (lmgrd) In order to capture accurate license 16:02:53 (lmgrd) usage data into an organized repository, 16:02:53 (lmgrd) please enable report logging. Use Acresso Software Inc.'s 16:02:53 (lmgrd) software license administration solution, 16:02:53 (lmgrd) FLEXnet Manager, to readily gain visibility 16:02:53 (lmgrd) into license usage data and to create 16:02:53 (lmgrd) insightful reports on critical information like 16:02:53 (lmgrd) license availability and usage. FLEXnet Manager 16:02:53 (lmgrd) can be fully automated to run these reports on 16:02:53 (lmgrd) schedule and can be used to track license 16:02:53 (lmgrd) servers and usage across a heterogeneous 16:02:53 (lmgrd) network of servers including Windows NT, Linux 16:02:53 (lmgrd) and UNIX. Contact Acresso Software Inc. at 16:02:53 (lmgrd) www.acresso.com for more details on how to 16:02:53 (lmgrd) obtain an evaluation copy of FLEXnet Manager 16:02:53 (lmgrd) for your enterprise. 16:02:53 (lmgrd) 16:02:53 (lmgrd) ----------------------------------------------- 16:02:53 (lmgrd) 16:02:53 (lmgrd) 16:02:53 (lmgrd) FLEXnet Licensing (v11.6.0.0 build 60953 x64_mac10) started on 192.168.178.34 (Mac) (10/17/2011) 16:02:53 (lmgrd) Copyright (c) 1988-2008 Acresso Software Inc. All Rights Reserved. 16:02:53 (lmgrd) US Patents 5,390,297 and 5,671,412. 16:02:53 (lmgrd) World Wide Web: http://www.acresso.com 16:02:53 (lmgrd) License file(s): /usr/local/FLEXnet/thinkbox_license.lic 16:02:53 (lmgrd) lmgrd tcp-port 27000 16:02:53 (lmgrd) Starting vendor daemons ... 16:02:53 (lmgrd) Started frantic (internet tcp_port 57351 pid 7032) 16:02:53 (frantic) FLEXnet Licensing version v11.6.0.0 build 60953 x64_mac10 16:02:53 (frantic) Server started on 192.168.178.34 for: deadline 16:02:53 (frantic) deadline-draft-beta 16:02:53 (frantic) EXTERNAL FILTERS are OFF 16:02:53 (lmgrd) frantic using TCP-port 57351 16:04:05 (frantic) TCP_NODELAY NOT enabled 16:04:05 (frantic) OUT: "deadline" alex@chef.local 16:09:26 (frantic) OUT: "deadline" alex@happy.fritz.box 16:09:32 (frantic) IN: "deadline" alex@happy.fritz.box 16:12:17 (frantic) OUT: "deadline" alex@happy.fritz.box

But now, I seem to have to copy the license file to each machine and set the servers IP AND the local license path or none or my three machines will start the slave. :question:

You don’t have to copy the license file to each machine. You just need to configure the client machines to point to the license server machine. This can be done by running the ClientSetupWizard app in the /Applications/Deadline folder. In the License Server field, I imagine you would just need to enter @192.168.178.34

Cheers,

  • Ryan

The “@” in front of the IP did the trick. You might want to point that out in the docs, because I found no mention of it there.

Glad that worked! We do mention it in the License Server dialog that you enter the license in, but yeah, maybe we need to make this more clear. :slight_smile:

You do? oops. :blush:
Guess I am your ideal testcase for OS X and RTFM avoiding users. :mrgreen:

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