Borrowed License

[Dazzman]

One of our laptops borrowed an AutoCAD license from our server for 60 days unfortunately that laptop has now had a hard disk failure so I cannot book the license back in as far as the server is concerned the license is still booked out to it.

So my question is can I do anything on the server to get the license back or do I have to wait until it expires and comes back on its own?

[TravisNave]

Generally speaking, you have to wait for it to expire.

However, try goint to the Start/Stop/Reread tab. Do not check the force server shutdown box. Stop the server. Then restart it. There might be a chance that the license will free up. Otherwise, you might just be out of luck.

Earlier versions of the License Manager did not support the Return Borrowed Licenses Early feature. However, the latest one does and has it built-in to the borrowing tab. Since most people don't have the license manager configured correctly to do this, it may be easier to perform it from the command prompt using the lmutil.exe file provided. The directions are in the Users Guide.

Good luck. There's no guarantee that it will even work.