Returning a Borrowed License Early

To return a borrowed license early

1. Reconnect the FlexEnabled client to the network.
2. From the FlexEnabled client machine, issue the following command:

lmborrow -return [-c licfile] [-d display] [-u username] [-h hostname] [-fqdn] [-vendor name] feature [-bv version]

where:

lmborrow Arguments for Returning a Borrowed License Early

Argument

Description

-fqdn

Directs lmborrow to access the borrowing system using its fully qualified host name. Use this option if the license was borrowed based on the fully qualified host name, rather than the relative distinguished name. Use lmstat to determine the format of the host name used when the license was borrowed.

-c licfile

Use the specified license files. In some configurations, the license file needs to be specified in order to return the borrowed license early.

-d display

Used to specify the display from which the borrow was initiated. Required if your current display is different than what was used to initiate the borrow.

On Windows, it is the system name or, in the case of a terminal server environment, the terminal server client name. On UNIX, it is in the form
/dev/ttyxx or the X-Display name.

-u username

Used to specify the user name from which the borrow was initiated. In case of overridden user name use -u option to return the borrowed licenses early with the specified user.

-h hostname

Used to specify the host name from which the borrow was initiated. In case of overridden host name use -h option to return the borrowed licenses early with the specified hostname.

feature

The name of the borrowed feature to be returned early. Use lmborrow -status to get a list of borrowed feature names.

lmborrow will return an error if the name of the feature contains a hyphen. Instead, use lmborrowl to return borrowed features with a hyphen in their name.

-bv version

Used to specify the version of the borrowed feature to return early. Use lmborrow ‑status to get the list of borrowed feature versions.

If the borrowing system is not placed back on the network before attempting the early return, the license is not returned and LM_BORROW is kept intact. Additionally, an error message is issued to the user with notification that the system needs to be connected to the network.

 

Note:Early borrowed license return was introduced in version 8.3 utilities.