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

[Sarah Rodda]

I appear to be having the same issue.
Thanks,
Sarah Rodda


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Elizabeth J. Cassel" <ecassel at u.washington.edu>
To: <lwrogers at u.washington.edu>; "UW - GIS Discussion & Support"
<uw-gis-l at u.washington.edu>
Sent: Friday, June 25, 2004 9:37 AM
Subject: RE: [UW-GIS-L] Re: SDE.GIS.WASHINGTON.EDU offline


>
> 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
>
>
> __________________________________________________________
> 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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