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Cadence Allegro and OrCAD 17.2-2016 Installation Guide for Windows Performing Special Tasks April 2016 76 Product Version 17.2-2016 © 1999-2018 All Rights Reserved. The log file is saved in the install directory with the name InstLog_.txt. The file is organized into different sections that helps in finding information quickly. Server Model License Expiration Notification The lmCheckExpiration.exe utility checks all licenses in the specified license file. You can schedule the utility to run periodically on your system using a job scheduler to notify you when licenses are close to expiring. The utility has the following syntax: lmCheckExpiration.exe [-c license_file] [-d days_to_expire] [-m email_address] [features] Where: The utility returns 0 for success, 1 if it cannot connect to any of the license servers, and 2 for an invalid argument. If a license is going to expire within the specified number of days, the utility writes a warning message, and optionally sends mail to a specified user. The message includes the license name, version, expiration date, and the number of days before expiration. Parameter Description -c license_file Use the specified license file. You can specify a path to the license file, or port@host, or both as a concatenated, colon- separated list. The default is to look for and check the CDS_LIC_FILE, the clients file, or the LM_LICENSE_FILE, in that order. -d days_to_expire Include only those licenses expiring within the specified number of days. The default is to return only those licenses expiring today. -m email_address Send the expiration report to the specified address. The report is also written to the command prompt. features Specify a list of features (products) to check. If you do not specify any features, the default is to return information for all licenses served by the license server(s).
