To Stop and Restart a Mac OS X License Server

Before you can perform any system maintenance on your license server, including uninstalling the Network License Manager, you must stop the license server. When you have completed maintenance, you can restart the license server. Different procedures are required for regular and automatic license servers. Both versions are provided here.

To stop a Mac OS X license server

Enter the following in Terminal:

./lmutil lmdown -q -force

To restart a Mac OS X license server

Enter the following in Terminal:

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

To stop an automatic Mac OS X license server

Enter the following in Terminal:

sudo
/sbin/SystemStarter stop adsknlm

To restart an automatic Mac OS X license server

Enter the following in Terminal:

sudo
/sbin/SystemStarter restart adsknlm