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 (Windows)

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

Do one of the following:
- (Windows XP) Click Start Programs Autodesk Network License Manager LMTOOLS.
- (Windows Vista) Double-click the LMTOOLS icon on the desktop.
In the LMTOOLS program, on the Service/License File tab, select the Configure Using Services option.
Select the service name for the license server you want to start manually.
Click the Start/Stop/Reread tab.
On the Start/Stop/Reread tab, click Stop Server.
Close lmtools.exe.

To restart the license server (Windows)

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

Do one of the following:
- (Windows XP) Click Start Programs Autodesk Network License Manager LMTOOLS.
- (Windows Vista) Double-click the LMTOOLS icon on the desktop.
In the LMTOOLS program, on the Service/License File tab, select the Configure Using Services option.
Select the service name for the license server you want to start manually.
Click the Start/Stop/Reread tab.
On the Start/Stop/Reread tab, click Start Server to restart the license server.

To stop the license server (Mac OS X)

Enter the following in Terminal:

sudo /sbin/SystemStarter stop adsknlm

To restart the license server (Mac OS X)

Enter the following in Terminal:

sudo /sbin/SystemStarter restart adsknlm

To stop the license server (Linux)

Enter the following in Terminal:

./lmutil lmdown -q -force

To restart the license server (Linux)

Enter the following in Terminal:

./lmgrd -c acad.lic -l debug.log

NoteReplace acad.lic with your license file name and debug.log with your log file name.