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How to fully uninstall the license server for ENVI and IDL product line

The procedure below shows how to complete a clean and full uninstallation of the license server utility used to manage floating licenses for the ENVI or IDL product line. This procedure is valid starting with ENVI 5.4/IDL 8.6

Such full uninstallation could be required to fix licensing issues that cannot be fixed by standard workarounds/procedures.

For instructions to uninstall the software itself see the link below:

https://www.l3harrisgeospatial.com/Support/Self-Help-Tools/Help-Articles/Help-Articles-Detail/ArtMID/10220/ArticleID/22301/How-to-fully-uninstall-ENVI-andor-IDL

Administrator privileges are required for uninstallation

 

I - Instructions for Windows platforms

  1. It is recommended to inactivate all local licenses available on the machine so licenses will be available for reactivation after uninstallation. See Deactivate License in the links below:

https://www.harrisgeospatial.com/docs/flexnetserver-windows-install.html

 

  1. Stop the license server: in the Services tab of the Task Manager, right-click FNLS-idl_lmgrd(FlexNet Licensing Server - idl_lmgrd) and select Stop Service.

 

  1. Uninstall the license server application using the dedicated Windows “Add or Remove Program” interface to uninstall a program. The program name will follow this naming convention: Flexnet Server xxxx.xx.x

 

  1. To ensure there are no remaining instances of the service running , run the following DOS command from a command prompt

sc delete FNLS-idl_lmgrd

 

  1. Manually delete the license server installation folder. Its default name and path will be C:\Program Files\Harris\flexnetls-x64_windows-xxxx.xx.xx

 

  1. Manually delete the following folders and files: C:\Windows\ServiceProfiles\NetworkService\flexnetls\idl_lmgrd

 

 

II - Instructions for Linux platforms

  1. It is recommended to inactivate all local licenses available on the machine so licenses will be available for reactivation after uninstallation. See Deactivate License in the links below:

https://www.harrisgeospatial.com/docs/flexnetserver-linux-install.html

 

  1. Stop the license server

/sbin/service flexnetls-idl_lmgrd stop

 

  1. Uninstall the license server application

cd /usr/local/harris/flexnetls_xxxx.xx.x/server
./flexnetls uninstall

 

  1. Delete manually the license server installation folder. By default its name and path are /usr/local/harris/flexnetls_xxxx.xx.x/

 

  1. Delete manually the following folders or files

/opt/flexnetls/idl_lmgrd

/etc/init.d/flexnetls/

/etc/default/flexnetls-idl_lmgrd

/var/opt/flexnetls/idl_lmgrd

 

 

 

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created by BC on 7/31/20 - reviewed by BC(US) on 8/3/20

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