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Problem:LicenseServerStatus:NOTRUNNINGforArcGISLicenseManager10.x
ArticleID: 40602
BugId: N/A
Software: ArcGISArcEditor10ArcGISArcInfo10ArcGISArcView10ArcGISforDesktopAdvanced10.1ArcGISforDesktop
Basic10.1ArcGISforDesktopStandard10.1
Platforms: WindowsXP,Server2003,Vista,Server2008,Windows7

Description

LicenseServerStatus:NOTRUNNINGforArcGISLicenseManager10.x

Cause

TheNOTRUNNINGstatuscanhappenafterinstallingtheArcGISLicenseManager10.xsoftwareorafterthesoftwarehasbeenrunningsuccessfully.
Thecausecanbeavarietyofissuessuchasfirewalls,antivirusorantispamapplications,portassignmentsoravailability,environmentvariables,
remnantsfrompriorinstallations,orthepresenceofpriorlicense.datfiles.

SolutionorWorkaround

Thesolutioncaninvolveoneormoreofthefollowingsteps.

Beforetryingthesolutionsdescribedbelow,checktheDebuglogfileforerrormessages.ThisfilecanbeaccessedfromtheLicenseServer
Administrator>Diagnostics,orfromthe<Installlocation>\ArcGIS\License10.x\bin\lmgrd9.log.

Disablethefirewall.RefertoRelatedInformationsectionbelowforthestepstoconfiguretheArcGISLicenseManagertoworkthroughafirewallby
editingtheservice.txtfile.

Disableantivirusprotection.

RuntheNetstatacommandtoseewhichactiveTCPconnectionsareopenandrunningonanetworkedhost.Thiscommandliststheprotocolsin
use,thelocaladdressandportnumber,thedestinationaddressandportnumberandthestateoftheconnection.Thiscommandhelpstoidentify
ifanyofthelicensemanagerportsrangingof2700027009arebeingusedbyotherprocesses.

Runthefollowingfromacommandprompt.Theaoperatorisforthealloption.

netstata

VerifywhethertheLMGRDcanberunfromthecommandlinemanually.

Navigatetothedirectorypathbasedontheoperatingsystem,andthenrunthecommandtomanuallystartthelicensemanagerservice:
C:\>cd'C:\ProgramFiles\arcgis\license10.1\bin'
C:\>cd'C:\ProgramFiles(x86)\arcgis\license10.1\bin'

Manuallystartthelicensemanagerservice:
C:\>lmgrd.execservice.txt

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Ifthisstartssuccessfully,thentheissueismostlikelyintheWindowsRegistryorintheenvironmentvariables.Refertothenextstepwhen
addressingtheenvironmentvariables.

Verifyifthereareanyenvironmentvariablessetup:

1)ClickStart>ControlPanel>System.
2)IntheSystempanel,clickAdvancedsystemsettings.
3)IntheSystemPropertiesdialogbox,selecttheAdvancedtab.
4)SelecttheEnvironmentVariablesbutton.
5)IntheEnvironmentVariableswindow,scrollthroughtheSystemvariablesandseeifthereareanyenvironmentvariablessetupfortheArcGIS
LicenseManagersuchas'ARCGIS','ESRI',and'LM',oranythingthatlookslikeitcouldhavecomefromEsriorFlexera.
6)SelectthevariableandclicktheDeletebuttontoremoveanyunnecessaryvariables.

VerifywhetherthereareanyremnantsfromapriorLicenseManagerinstallation:

Fromthesoftwareinstallationlocation,dependingontheoperatingsystem:
C:\ProgramFiles\ArcGIS
C:\ProgramFiles(86)\ArcGIS
C:\ProgramFiles\CommonFiles\ESRI
C:\ProgramFiles(86)\CommonFiles\ESRI
C:\DocumentsandSettings\<userprofile>\ApplicationData\ESRI
C:\Users\<userprofile>\AppData\Roaming\ESRI

FromtheWindowsRegistry,dependingontheoperatingsystem:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE>Software>ESRI
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE>Software>WOW6432Node>ESRI
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE>Software>Microsoft>Windows>CurrentVersion>Uninstall>checktheregistrykeys
HKEY_CURRENT_USER>Software>ESRI
HKEY_CURRENT_USER>Software>WOW6432Node>ESRI
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT>Installer>Products>checktheregistrykeys

RuntheProcessMonitortool:

DownloadtheProcMontoolfromtheWindowsSysinternalspage.

1)SelectDownloadProcessMonitor.
2)SelectOpen.
3)DoubleclickProcMon.exe,andselectRun.
4)SelectAgreetoacceptthelicenseterms.
5)FromtheFiltermenu,selectFilter.
6)Under'Displayentriesmatchingtheseconditions',select'ProcessName',select'contains',andenterarcgis.exe.Forthelastdropdownselect
'Include',andclicktheAddbutton. showme

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7) ClickApplyandOK.
8) InstallArcGISLicenseManager10.1.
9) Oncetheinstallcompletes,andthestatusintheLicenseServerAdministratorisverifiedas'NOTRUNNING',savethelogwithinProcMon
selectFile>CaptureEvents(Ctrl+E)tostoptracing.
10) WithinProcMononthemachine,selectFile>Save(Ctrl+S)tosavethetraceintoa'.pml'file. showme

Savingthelogfile

DeletetheTrustedStorage:

Deauthorizethesoftwarefirstifthisisanavailableoption.

Followthesestepstodeletethetrustedstorage:

1) StoptheLicenseManagerservice.
2) NavigatetotheFLEXnetfolderwithinthepathoftheappropriateoperatingsystem:

WindowsXPand2003Server
C:\DocumentsandSettings\AllUsers\ApplicationData\FLEXnet

WindowsVista,7andServer2008
C:\ProgramData\FlexNet

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