The information on this page refers to LM-X v4.4 or newer, which added the -denials option. This option is not available in previous versions of LM-X. 

The LM-X End-user utility lets you get the HostID values for the computer system. For machine-locked licenses, application vendors will use HostID values to create licenses specifically for your system. The LM-X End-user utility also lets you:

The LM-X End-user utility may be run by any user; you do not need administrator privileges to run the utility. The lmxendutil command usage is as follows. Optional parameters are enclosed in square brackets ( [ ] ). Variables are shown in italic text.

Command

Syntax

Description

-hostid

lmxendutil -hostid

Displays HostID values of your computer system.

-licstat

lmxendutil -licstat [-host host -port port -network
-borrow -grace -trial -denials]

Displays statistics and lists which users are currently using which licenses on a specific license server. Information for the borrow, grace and trial licenses currently checked out is also returned unless one or more options are specified; for example, specifying -borrow will result in only borrow information being returned. If the -denials option is specified, this command additionally prints detailed information about denials for current and disconnected users for the past 24 hours, including username, hostname, IP address, login times, and denial times. 

See below for descriptions of optional parameters -host and -port.

-licstatxml

lmxendutil -licstatxml [-host host -port port
-network -borrow -grace -trial -denials]

Displays the same information as for -licstat, but in XML format. 

-restartserver

lmxendutil -restartserver [-host host -port port -password password]

Remotely restarts the license server.

See below for descriptions of optional parameters -host, -port and -password.

-shutdownserver 

lmxendutil -shutdownserver [-host host -port port -password password ]

Remotely shuts down the license server.

See below for descriptions of optional parameters -host, -port and -password.

-removeuser

lmxendutil -removeuser -clientusername username -clienthostname host
[-host host -port port-password password]

Removes a user from the license server. Parameter descriptions are as follows:

-clientusername username
Removes a user with the specified username.

-clienthostname host
Removes a user at the specified hostname.

See below for descriptions of optional parameters -host, -port and -password.

-host

-host host

Optional parameter that connects to the specified license server host. If you do not enter this optional parameter, the local host is used.

-port

-port port

Optional parameter that connects to license server on port 'myport'. If you do not enter this optional parameter, the default port is used.

-password

-password password

Optional parameter that uses the specified password. If you do not use this optional parameter explicitly, you will be prompted for the password (in this case, the password you enter is not displayed on the screen as you type). 

-readusagedb

lmxendutil -readusagedb usage.db

Reads the specified usage database and performs a verification, then prints the usage information to the screen. (See Pay Per Use.)