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coredaus1-Visitor
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April 8, 2014
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Return a borrowed ProE/Creo license?

  • April 8, 2014
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Hello all,

Anyone know if it is possible to return a borrowed proe/creo license?

I've seen the message in the proe_borrow.bat UI (attached) which says that you cannot. Is this really the case? Seems ridiculous, it's not hard to imagine this being seriously detrimental.

Have tried using ptcflush.bat, it gives the message (paraphrasing) 'cannot return a linger license'.

Using creo\elements 5.0 M150

Thanks!

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    Best answer by MartinHanak

    Hello,

    user can do early return of borrowed license also in case that he uses FLEXnet 10.8.

    Two commands can be launched from DOS prompt window.

    1.] eg. D:\PTC\Creo2_M100\Creo 2.0\Common Files\M100\x86e_win64\obj\lmutil lmborrow -status

    The output of this command informs user what license is borrowed.

    2.] eq. D:\PTC\Creo2_M100\Creo 2.0\Common Files\M100\x86e_win64\obj\lmutil lmborrow -return LICENSE_NAME

    LICENSE_NAME is displayed in the output of 1-st command.

    This commands returns back borrowed license.

    See also two attached document.

    Martin Hanak

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    Gucio16-Pearl
    16-Pearl
    April 9, 2014

    Hi,

    it is good that you are using M150 - because in previous releases licenses cannot be returned.

    To achieve it install license server version 11.10.1 (FlexNet) or FlexNet lmgrd version 11.10.1

    In FLEXNet:

    1) stop license server

    2) make changese in <FLEXNet_load_point>\conf\server.xml file:

    <licenseServer adminOnly="true" .................... licenseReclaimAllowed="false"

    -- To --

    <licenseServer adminOnly="false" ................... licenseReclaimAllowed="true"

    3) start the license server

    User machine:

    1) add environment variable "ENV=PRO_ALLOW_EARLY_RETURN=true" int the *.psf file prior to checking out the license from the server

    Return the borrow license early

    1) Open command prompt with administrator privileges

    2) Change the default path of command prompt to “<load_point_of_Creo Elements>\Pro5.0\x86e_win64\obj”

    3) Use the following syntax to return license:

    lmutil lmborrow -return -c <port@servername> <license feature name>

    good luck

    M
    MartinHanak24-Ruby IIIAnswer
    24-Ruby III
    April 9, 2014

    Hello,

    user can do early return of borrowed license also in case that he uses FLEXnet 10.8.

    Two commands can be launched from DOS prompt window.

    1.] eg. D:\PTC\Creo2_M100\Creo 2.0\Common Files\M100\x86e_win64\obj\lmutil lmborrow -status

    The output of this command informs user what license is borrowed.

    2.] eq. D:\PTC\Creo2_M100\Creo 2.0\Common Files\M100\x86e_win64\obj\lmutil lmborrow -return LICENSE_NAME

    LICENSE_NAME is displayed in the output of 1-st command.

    This commands returns back borrowed license.

    See also two attached document.

    Martin Hanak

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      jdelacruz1-Visitor
      1-Visitor
      March 10, 2017

      Guys,

      Been tinkering the solutions or any workaround on this...and viola

      what I did in order to return the license (especially if accidentally borrowed) was

      in the server side, I advanced the date ahead of the borrowed date

      made a server refresh and status

      that's it...

      no more borrowed license

      not sure if this will work with anyone but worth a try

      B
      BenLoosli23-Emerald III
      23-Emerald III
      March 10, 2017

      PTC has allowed return early on borrowed licenses for 3 years.

      Why do you need the work around?

      M
      MiVer4-Participant
      4-Participant
      September 20, 2018

      The why is it not easy to do? With a tool or something.

      Now we always need to bother our IT.

       

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