[UW-GIS-L] Re: SDE.GIS.WASHINGTON.EDU offline

[Elizabeth J. Cassel]

Hello all!

So I've changed the license server using the Desktop Administrator and neither the ESRI_LICENSE_FILE or LM_LICENSE_FILE are environment variables on my machine, but I'm still getting this License error message when I try to run any Arc 8.3 apps:

Cannot read data from license server
The license server process appears to be running, but is not responding.

Does anyone know how to fix this?

Thanks!

Elizabeth


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Elizabeth J. Cassel
GIS Analyst | NearPRISM | Marine Geology & Geophysics
Box 357940 | University of Washington | Seattle WA 98195
206.616.9407 | ecassel at u.washington.edu

On Thu, 24 Jun 2004, Luke Rogers wrote:

> Glad it worked Nathan!
> 
> The default behavior of the licensing mechanism is that it looks for the
> ESRI_LICENSE_FILE or LM_LICENSE_FILE environment variable first. If it finds
> that then it will use it. So either make sure you have the environment
> variable set correctly or just delete it entirely and use the Desktop
> Administrator.
> 
> -Luke
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: uw-gis-l-bounces at mailman.u.washington.edu
> [mailto:uw-gis-l-bounces at mailman.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Nathan A.
> Cosgray
> Sent: Thursday, June 24, 2004 4:09 PM
> To: UW - GIS Discussion & Support
> Subject: Re: [UW-GIS-L] Re: SDE.GIS.WASHINGTON.EDU offline
> 
> Luke Rogers very helpfully suggested that I remove the ESRI_LICENSE_FILE
> environment variable from my systems -- worked like a charm.
> 
> So, if anyone else has weird problems setting the license server name, just
> make sure that environment variable is not present...
> 
> thanks!
> -n.
> 
> Nathan A. Cosgray wrote:
> 
> > Thanks for sending out the announcement about this issue.
> > 
> > Meanwhile, what should my users do if they want to use the Arc software? 
> > I've removed sde.gis from the ESRI_LICENSE_FILE environment variable, 
> > leaving the other three license servers, but this does not seem to 
> > work; we still get license errors.
> > 
> > I've also tried using Desktop Administrator to remove sde.gis but when 
> > I replace its entry with another of the license servers, I get an 
> > "invalid server" error message.
> > 
> > I'm new to the ESRI software management way, so if there are any 
> > tricks or tips that someone could offer, I'd really appreciate it.
> > 
> > thanks!
> > -n.
> > 
> 
> --
> Nathan A. Cosgray
> Windows System Administrator
> CSDE Computer Core
> ncosgray at u.washington.edu
> 206-543-2668
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