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Stop and Restart the License Server
 
 
 

Before you can perform any system maintenance on your license server, you must stop the license server. When you have completed maintenance, you can restart the license server.

To stop the license server

You should be logged in with Administrator rights when working with the LMTOOLS utility.

  1. Do one of the following:
    • Click Start menu (Windows XP & 2000) All Programs (or Programs) Autodesk Network License Manager LMTOOLS.
    • Right-click the LMTOOLS icon (Windows Vista) on the desktop and choose Run As Administrator.
  2. In the Lmtools program, on the Service/License File tab, select the Configure Using Services option.
  3. Select the service name for the license server you want to start manually.
  4. Click the Start/Stop/Reread tab.
  5. On the Start/Stop/Reread tab, click Stop Server.
  6. Close lmtools.exe.

To restart the license server

You should be logged in with Administrator rights when working with the LMTOOLS utility.

  1. Do one of the following:
    • Click Start menu (Windows XP & 2000) All Programs (or Programs) Autodesk Network License Manager LMTOOLS.
    • Right-click the LMTOOLS icon (Windows Vista) on the desktop and choose Run As Administrator.
  2. In the Lmtools program, on the Service/License File tab, select the Configure Using Services option.
  3. Select the service name for the license server you want to start manually.
  4. Click the Start/Stop/Reread tab.
  5. On the Start/Stop/Reread tab, click Start Server to restart the license server.