Force License Check-In (Linux)

You can use the lmutil command from a terminal window to check back a license. See the example below on how to do this.

Navigate to the Ansys install directory ansys_inc/shared_files/licensing/linx64/
Run the command below to see which licenses are checked out on the license server phonedc (replace with the name of your server)
```
  ./lmutil lmstat -c 1055@phonedc -f
```
The license status can look like below

Users of ansys: (Total of 20 licenses issued; Total of 1 licenses in use)

“ansys” v9999.9999, vendor: ansyslmd

floating license

jola magritte.medeso.local MAGRITTE (v2009.0929) (phonedc/1055 1234), start Fri 10/1 10:32
To return the license you can run the following command
```
 ./lmutil lmremove -c 1055@phonedc ane3fl jola magritte.medeso.local MAGRITTE
```
It is important that you type in user, hostname and display exactly as they were stated above (use copy and paste)

jola magritte.medeso.local MAGRITTE (v2009.0929) (phonedc/1055 1234), start Fri 10/1 10:32
Check that the license is returned by displaying the status with the following command
```
  ./lmutil lmstat -c 1055@phonedc -f
```

If the same user have checked out multiple instances of the same license you could try using the “handle” information (the number last in the display section). It would then be

./lmutil lmremove -c 1055@phonedc -h ansys phonedc 1055 1234

where phonedc is the license server name, ansys is the feature name for the license and 1234 is the handle number in the example above