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
- 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
- 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.
- 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
- 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
- Manually delete the license server installation folder. Its default name and path will be C:\Program Files\Harris\flexnetls-x64_windows-xxxx.xx.xx
- Manually delete the following folders and files: C:\Windows\ServiceProfiles\NetworkService\flexnetls\idl_lmgrd
II - Instructions for Linux platforms
- 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
- Stop the license server
/sbin/service flexnetls-idl_lmgrd stop
- Uninstall the license server application
cd /usr/local/harris/flexnetls_xxxx.xx.x/server
./flexnetls uninstall
- Delete manually the license server installation folder. By default its name and path are /usr/local/harris/flexnetls_xxxx.xx.x/
- 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