FlexNet Licensing Error Codes

To troubleshoot a fault in license access or distribution it is important to be aware of the FLEXlm error codes and their descriptions.
Using the code descriptions, quick determination will be made of conditions affecting license files, options files, and license server systems configuration and hardware.

Error Code  Description 

-1  Cannot find license file.  
-2  Invalid license file syntax.  
-3  No license server system for this feature.  
-4  Licensed number of users already reached.  
-5  No such feature exists.  
-6  No TCP/IP port number in license file and FLEXnet Licensing service does not exist. (pre-v6 only)  
-7  No socket connection to license server manager service.  
-8  Invalid (inconsistent) license key or signature. The license key/signature and data for the feature do not match. This usually happens when a license file has been altered.  
-9  Invalid host. The hostid of this system does not match the hostid specified in the license file.  
-10  Feature has expired.  
-11  Invalid date format in license file.  
-12  Invalid returned data from license server system.  
-13  No SERVER lines in license file.  
-14  Cannot find SERVER host name in network database. The lookup for the host name on the SERVER line in the license file failed. This often happens when NIS or DNS or the hosts file is incorrect. Workaround: Use IP address (e.g., 123.456.789.123) instead of host name.  
-15  Cannot connect to license server system. The server (lmgrd) has not been started yet, or the wrong port@host or license file is being used, or the TCP/IP port or host name in the license file has been changed.  
-16  Cannot read data from license server system.  
-17  Cannot write data to license server system.  
-18  License server system does not support this feature.  
-19  Error in select system call.  
-21  License file does not support this version.  
-22  Feature checkin failure detected at license server system.  
-23  License server system temporarily busy (new server connecting).  
-24  Users are queued for this feature.  
-25  License server system does not support this version of this feature.  
-26  Request for more licenses than this feature supports.  
-29  Cannot find ethernet device.  
-30  Cannot read license file.  
-31  Feature start date is in the future.  
-32  No such attribute.  
-33  Bad encryption handshake with vendor daemon.  
-34  Clock difference too large between client and license server system.  
-35  In the queue for this feature.  
-36  Feature database corrupted in vendor daemon.  
-37  Duplicate selection mismatch for this feature. Obsolete with v8.0+ vendor daemon.  
-38  User/host on EXCLUDE list for feature.  
-39  User/host not on INCLUDE list for feature.  
-40  Cannot allocate dynamic memory.  
-41  Feature was never checked out.  
-42  Invalid parameter.  
-47  Clock setting check not available in vendor daemon.  

-52  Vendor daemon did not respond within timeout interval.  
-53  Checkout request rejected by vendor-defined checkout filter.  
-54  No FEATURESET line in license file.  
-55  Incorrect FEATURESET line in license file.  
-56  Cannot compute FEATURESET data from license file.  
-57  socket() call failed.  
-59  Message checksum failure.  
-60  License server system message checksum failure.  
-61  Cannot read license file data from license server system.  
-62  Network software (TCP/IP) not available.  
-63  You are not a license administrator.  
-64  lmremove request before the minimum lmremove interval.  
-67  No licenses available to borrow.  
-68  License BORROW support not enabled.  
-69  FLOAT_OK can’t run standalone on license server system.  
-71  Invalid TZ environment variable.  
-73  Local checkout filter rejected request.  
-74  Attempt to read beyond end of license file path.  
-75  SYS$SETIMR call failed (VMS).  
-76  Internal FLEXnet Licensing error-please report to Macrovision Corporation.  
-77  Bad version number must be floating-point number with no letters.  
-82  Invalid PACKAGE line in license file.  
-83  FLEXnet Licensing version of client newer than server.  
-84  USER_BASED license has no specified users – see license server system log.  
-85  License server system doesn’t support this request.  
-87  Checkout exceeds MAX specified in options file.  
-88  System clock has been set back.  
-89  This platform not authorized by license.  
-90  Future license file format or misspelling in license file. The file was issued for a later version of FLEXnet Licensing than this program understands.  
-91  Encryption seeds are non-unique.  
-92  Feature removed during lmreread, or wrong SERVER line hostid.  
-93  This feature is available in a different license pool. This is a warning condition. The server has pooled one or more INCREMENT lines into a single pool, and the request was made on an INCREMENT line that has been pooled.  
-94  Attempt to generate license with incompatible attributes.  
-95  Network connect to THIS_HOST failed. Change this_host on the SERVER line in the license file to the actual host name.  
-96  License server machine is down or not responding. See the system administrator about starting the server, or make sure that you’re referring to the right host (see LM_LICENSE_FILE environment variable).  
-97  The desired vendor daemon is down. 1) Check the lmgrd log file, or 2) Try lmreread.  
-98  This FEATURE line can’t be converted to decimal format.  
-99  The decimal format license is typed incorrectly.  

-100  Cannot remove a linger license.  
-101  All licenses are reserved for others. The system administrator has reserved all the licenses for others. Reservations are made in the options file. The server must be restarted for options file changes to take effect.  
-102  A FLEXid borrow error occurred.  
-103  Terminal Server remote client not allowed.  
-104  Cannot borrow that long.  
-106  License server system out of network connections. The vendor daemon can’t handle any more users. See the debug log for further information.  
-110  Cannot read dongle: check dongle or driver. Either the dongle is unattached, or the necessary software driver for this dongle type is not installed.  
-112  Missing dongle driver. In order to read the FLEXid hostid, the correct driver must be installed. These drivers are available from your software vendor.  
-114  SIGN= keyword required, but missing from license certificate. You need to obtain a SIGN= version of this license from your vendor.  
-115  Error in Public Key package.  
-116  TRL not supported for this platform.  
-117  BORROW failed.  
-118  BORROW period expired.  
-119  lmdown and lmreread must be run on license server machine.  
-120  Cannot lmdown the server when licenses are borrowed.  
-121  FLOAT_OK requires exactly one FLEXid hostid.  
-122  Unable to delete local borrow info.  
-123  Returning a borrowed license early is not supported. Contact the vendor for further details.  
-124  Error returning borrowed license.  
-125  A PACKAGE component must be specified.  
-126  Composite hostid not initialized.  
-127  A item needed for the composite hostid is missing or invalid.  
-128  Error, borrowed license doesn’t match any known server license.  
-135  Error enabling the event log.  
-136  Event logging is disabled.  
-137  Error writing to the event log.  
-139  Communications timeout.  
-140  Bad message command.  
-141  Error writing to socket. Peer has closed socket.  
-142  Error, cannot generate version specific license tied to a single hostid, which is composite.  
-143  Version-specific signatures are not supported for uncounted licenses.  
-144  License template contains redundant signature specifiers.  
-145  Bad V71_LK signature.  
-146  Bad V71_SIGN signature.  
-147  Bad V80_LK signature.  
-148  Bad V80_SIGN signature.  
-149  Bad V81_LK signature.  
-150  Bad V81_SIGN signature.  
-151  Bad V81_SIGN2 signature.  
-152  Bad V84_LK signature.  
-153  Bad V84_SIGN signature.  
-154  Bad V84_SIGN2 signature.  
-155  License key required but missing from the license certificate. The application requires a license key in the license certificate. You need to obtain a license key version of this certificate from your vendor.  
-156  Invalid signature specified with the AUTH= keyword.  
 

-157 Trusted storage has been compromised; repair needed. Contact your publisher for repair instructions.
-158 Trusted storage open failure. Contact your publisher for further information.
-159 Invalid fulfillment record. Contact your publisher for further information.
-160 Invalid activation request received. Contact your publisher for further information.
-161 No fulfillment exists in trusted storage which matches the request. Contact your publisher for further information.
-162 Invalid activation response received. Contact your publisher for further information.
-163 Cannot return the specified activation. Contact your publisher for further information.
-164 Return count(s) would exceed the maximum for the fulfillment. Contact your publisher for further information.
-165 No repair count left. Contact your publisher for further repair authorization.
-166 Specified operation not allowed. Contact your publisher for further information.
-167 The requested activation has been denied because the user or host is excluded from activating this entitlement by a specification in the options file.
-168 The options file contains include specifications for the entitlement, and this user or host is not included in these specifications.
-169 Activation error. Contact your publisher for further information.
-170 Invalid date format in trusted storage. Can be caused by setting your system clock to an earlier date. Check that your system clock is set to the current date and time.
-171 Message encryption failed. Internal error. Report issue to FlexNet.
-172 Message decryption failed. Internal error. Report issue to FlexNet.
-173 Bad filter context. Internal error. Report issue to FlexNet.
-174  SUPERSEDE feature conflict. Contact your publisher for further information.
-175  Invalid SUPERSEDE_SIGN syntax. Contact your publisher for further information.
-176  SUPERSEDE_SIGN does not contain a feature name and license signature. Contact your publisher for further information.
-177  ONE_TS_OK is not supported in this Windows Platform.
-178  Internal error. Please report to Flexera Software Inc.
-179  Only one terminal server remote client checkout is allowed for this feature.
-180  Internal error. Please report to Flexera Software Inc.
-181  Internal error. Please report to Flexera Software Inc.
-182  Internal error. Please report to Flexera Software Inc.
-183  More than one ethernet hostid not supported in composite hostid definition. Contact your publisher for further information.
-184  The number of characters in the license file paths exceeds the permissible limit.
-187  The time zone information could not be obtained.
-188  License client time zone not authorized for license rights.
-189 Invalid syntax for VM_PLATFORMS keyword. Returned at license encryption time if an invalid keyword is specified for use with VM_PLATFORMS.
 
-190  Feature can be checked out from Physical machine only. The license specifies that it cannot be used on a virtual machine: The FlexEnabled application is installed on a virtual machine so checkout has been denied. Install the FlexEnabled application on a physical machine.  
-191  FEATURE can be checked out from Virtual machine only. The license specifies that it cannot be used on a physical machine. The FlexEnabled application is installed on a physical machine so checkout has been denied. Install the FlexEnabled application on a virtual machine.  
-192  VM platform not authorized by license. 
-193  FNP vendor keys do not support Virtualization feature. 
-194  Checkout request denied as it exceeds the MAX limit specified in the options file. 
-195  Binding agent API – Internal error. 
-196  Binding agent communication error. 
-197  Invalid Binding agent version. 
-198 Unsupported hostid provided in feature line. 
-199 Failed to load ServerQuery request. 
-200 Failed to generate ServerQuery response. 
 
-201  Invalid IP address used while overriding. The IP address specified for the LM_A_INTERNET_OVERRIDE attribute, used to override the existing IP address, is invalid. 
-202 Returning borrowed feature failed as same feature borrowed from different Vendor daemons. 
-203 Failed to get the total feature count. 
-204 Activation borrow reclaim operation is not allowed. 
-205 Failed to perform activation borrow reclaim operation. 
-206 No deduction record found for the requested client host. 
-207 The license server does not support trusted storage. 
-208 Trusted storage could not be saved. 
Used in vendor daemon for debug log purposes. In FlexNet utilities, the usage of this error code is limited to activation borrow reclaim and in that case, “Trusted storage could not be saved by the license server” is seen as a failure reason. This error code is not used in a FlexNet client or an activation client. 
-209 Maximum number of servers reached. 
 
-210 License service failed to return VM attributes.  
-211 VM attributes not available on physical machine.  
-212 FlexNet Licensing Service was found to be disabled.  
-213 FlexNet Licensing Service is not installed.  
-214 FlexNet Licensing Service version is not as expected.  
-215 The VM Host ID is not available.  
-216 Failed to get all requested license(s) in reconnection.  
-217 The supplied checkout option flag is not supported.  
-218 The checkout-avail flag is not supported with PACKAGE licenses.  
-219 The checkout-avail (COAVAIL) checkout is not supported.  
-220 Failed to get licenses from trusted storage.  
-221 A transfer from a license server on the same machine is not allowed.  
-222 An unsupported hostid.  
-223 FlexNet Licensing Service requires new install.  
-224 FlexNet Licensing Service is not available.  
-225 Error in communication with the FlexNet Licensing Service.  
-226 FlexNet Licensing Service failed to return TPM attributes.

-227 TPM version is not supported.  
-228 TPM is disabled.  
-229 TPM properties are not available.  
-230 TPM hostid is not available.  
-231 TPM is not supported on this platform.  
-232 TPM attributes could not be obtained.  
-233 AMZ Hostid not initialized.  
-234 Not an Amazon EC2 Instance.  
-235 Activation is not allowed in three-server failover configuration.  
-236 Lmborrowl utility is required for returning features containing a hyphen in the name.  
-237 Maximum number of connections reached for this vendor daemon.  
-238 string size exceeds MAX_VENDOR_CHECKOUT_DATA  
-239 Checkout Data String exceeds the limit  
-240 The server does not support asynchronous lc_vsend processing  
-241 There is an asynchronous message currently either queued or executing  
-242 The lc_vsend message is invalid  
-243 There is no message response either pending or completed on the server  
-244 The server cannot currently accept asynchronous lc_vsend messages  
-245 Invalid license file extension  
-246 Unsupported license file encoding.  
-247 Invalid Vendor/ Daemon name in the license file.  
-248 No Vendor/Daemon line in license file.  
-249 Vendor ports are not in range in license file.  
-250 Vendor name mentioned is not served by the lmgrd.  
 
-251 Feature Line license key is invalid.  
-252 Feature line is not for the current vendor.  
-253 Feature line format is invalid.  
-254 Few keywords in the license file are invalid.  
-255 The license file size has exceeded the maximum allowed limit of 1 MB for validation.  
-256 File names passed should be different.  
-257 Unable to open the file  
-258 Incorrect RESERVE line format.  
-259 Unsupported RESERVE line Keyword  
-260 Invalid license count passed in RESERVE line  
-261 RESERVATION is unsupported for feature with UNCOUNTED licenses  
-262 Reservation Id does not exist on vendor daemon  
-263 Invalid duration passed for reservation  
-264 Cannot reserve BUNDLE packages with RESERVE lines  
-265 No such file exists  
-266 File is empty  
-267 File doesn’t have read permission  
-268 Length of reserve line exceeded the maximum size  
-269 Number of reserve lines exceeded the specified limit  
-270 Markers misplaced, please check the debug log file.  
-271 Not running under docker platform  
-272 Docker ContainerID not found  
-273 Transaction not found  
-274 Transaction entry attribute is not set  
-275 Local checks for checkout failed  
-276 Duplicate checkout not possible under DUP_GROUP criteria  
-277 Too many entry for batch checkout  
 

-500  Invalid server port number.  
-501  Invalid value in license where an integer was expected.  
-502  Invalid value supplied for count.  
-503  Invalid hostid supplied in license.  
-504  Invalid hostid type supplied.  
-505  Bad feature line syntax.  
-506  Internal FLEXnet Licensing error.  
-507  Bad date format in license file.  
-508  Bad SERVER line.  
-509  Bad license string.  
-510  Server’s feature doesn’t authenticate on client side.  
-511  No license checked out.  
-512  License already checked out.  
-513  Error list returned.  
-514  No certicom module available.  
-515  Wrong or incomplete certicom module.  
-516  SIGN or SIGN2 required in license certificate.  
-517  Feature object has no license sources.  
-518  An Identical license is already checked out on this license source.  
-519  This license has an asynchronously-queued checkout pending.  
-521  Library for native hostid couldn’t be loaded.  
-522  Already connected to another vendor daemon.  
-523  No such user, host, or display.  
-524  Shutdown of license server system failed.  
-525  Shutdown failed – already connected to license server system.  
-526  Invalid license source string.  
-527  Log file switch error.

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