<tom.vanttinen@nokia.com> wrote:
> I was writing a program that makes a day report on midnight.
> Easiest way to debug was to set system clock to just before midnight and see
> what happens.
> After system clock was set back to origin time I saw a message that I have a
> licensing problem.
> Flexible License Manager says VEE license failed because system clock has been
> set back.
> Now I am not able to start VEE. Re-installing doesn't help.
>
> Am I able to get my VEE 6.1 working somehow or do I have to go to Agilent?
I imagine the VEE team will have better amswer- but this is a FlexLM
issue that was very common back in Y2K-testing days.
Since Flex (which does the VEE licensing) is time based an obvious
gambit to avoid an expiring license is to simply set the system
clock backwards. Flex figures this out- as you have found.
Are you sure you set the clock back just a few minutes like
you describe and didn't accidentally change years or whatnot?
In any case if this is like the Y2K days then you may have files
with future timestamps on them. Try using a time based "search"
looking for files on your system that exist in the future. If you find
some then you need to reset the timestamps on them to the present.
Reinstall of VEE would make no difference in this case.
regards
Stan
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> I was writing a program that makes a day report on midnight.
> Easiest way to debug was to set system clock to just before midnight and see
> what happens.
> After system clock was set back to origin time I saw a message that I have a
> licensing problem.
> Flexible License Manager says VEE license failed because system clock has been
> set back.
> Now I am not able to start VEE. Re-installing doesn't help.
>
> Am I able to get my VEE 6.1 working somehow or do I have to go to Agilent?
I imagine the VEE team will have better amswer- but this is a FlexLM
issue that was very common back in Y2K-testing days.
Since Flex (which does the VEE licensing) is time based an obvious
gambit to avoid an expiring license is to simply set the system
clock backwards. Flex figures this out- as you have found.
Are you sure you set the clock back just a few minutes like
you describe and didn't accidentally change years or whatnot?
In any case if this is like the Y2K days then you may have files
with future timestamps on them. Try using a time based "search"
looking for files on your system that exist in the future. If you find
some then you need to reset the timestamps on them to the present.
Reinstall of VEE would make no difference in this case.
regards
Stan
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To fix this in 6.1 requires that I send you a special tool, > 20MB. As Stan says, it is an effect of flexLM piracy prevention. You might be able to manually fix it, but many people have tried and failed, hence the need for a tool.
Or you could upgrade to 6.2, which does its licensing in a very similar way to 6.01, much simpler and less hassle. I highly recommend this option. Much easier than the tool mentioned above.
You can get a free upgrade to 6.2. Go to < www.agilent.com/find/codeword > and fill in the form there. Be sure to provide one of the kinds of proof-of-purchase requested on the form. We'll send you a Product Key and a CD of 6.2.
Or you can purchase the 6.1 to 6.2 upgrade, about USD 400, I believe, product number W1140A-VEE-UP6. If you buy that, you'll get a guaranteed free upgrade to 7.0 when it's available, plus 6 months full support, whereas with the free upgrade, you get 6.2 but nothing more.
Or, if you were on Support as of Aug 1, we'll automatically send you a free upgrade to 6.2, some time in the next few weeks.
Best Regards,
Scott Bayes
Software Technical Support
Agilent Technologies, Inc.
815 14th Street S.W.
Loveland, CO, U.S.A. 80537
970 679 3799 Tel
970 635 6867 Fax
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Stan Bischof [mailto:rsb@soco.agilent.com]
> Sent: Monday, October 27, 2003 1:15 PM
> To: VEE vrf
> Cc: vrf@it.lists.it.agilent.com
> Subject: [vrf] Re: VEE license failure after setting clock
>
>
> <tom.vanttinen@nokia.com> wrote:
> > I was writing a program that makes a day report on midnight.
> > Easiest way to debug was to set system clock to just before
> midnight and see
> > what happens.
> > After system clock was set back to origin time I saw a
> message that I have a
> > licensing problem.
> > Flexible License Manager says VEE license failed because
> system clock has been
> > set back.
> > Now I am not able to start VEE. Re-installing doesn't help.
> >
> > Am I able to get my VEE 6.1 working somehow or do I have to
> go to Agilent?
>
> I imagine the VEE team will have better amswer- but this is a FlexLM
> issue that was very common back in Y2K-testing days.
>
> Since Flex (which does the VEE licensing) is time based an obvious
> gambit to avoid an expiring license is to simply set the system
> clock backwards. Flex figures this out- as you have found.
>
> Are you sure you set the clock back just a few minutes like
> you describe and didn't accidentally change years or whatnot?
>
> In any case if this is like the Y2K days then you may have files
> with future timestamps on them. Try using a time based "search"
> looking for files on your system that exist in the future. If you find
> some then you need to reset the timestamps on them to the present.
> Reinstall of VEE would make no difference in this case.
>
> regards
>
> Stan
>
>
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> stan_bischof@agilent.com
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