Intouch Windomaker2023 cannot acquire license

Hi everyone, I am trying to open Intouch Windowmaker 2023, and it says can't acquire license on the OCMC there is: Attempt to contact the License Server to refresh product license(s) has failed. How can I resolve this?

  • Hi Siyaphila,

    This error message can populate for a few different reasons. The most common one would be a corruption of your licensing trusted storage files.

    To replace them, you can follow this procedure:
    1. Open the Enterprise License Manager
    2. Deactivate your license(s)
    3. Click on the Manage tab --> Maintenance
    4. Click on Stop to stop the license server
    5. Navigate to C:\ProgramData\FNEServer (Or for license server 4.0 -> C:\ProgramData\AVEVA\Licensing\License Server\FNEServer)
    6. Take a backup of the three files within that folder, then delete them
    7. Navigate to C:\ProgramData\Schnieder Electric\Licensing\BackEndModule1 (Or for license server 4.0 -> C:\ProgramData\AVEVA\Licensing\BackEndModule1)
    8. Take a backup of the files located in that folder, then delete them
    9. Go back to your Enterprise License Manager --> Manage tab --> Maintenance and start the license server
    10. Run a sync by pressing the Sync button
    11. Re-activate your license file

    If this does not fully rectify your situation, I would recommend contacting your official AVEVA support group to fully look into this issue. 

  • Hi, there may be different reasons such as:

    License Server port is not reachable.

    To test, in a Powershell command type:

    Test-NetConnection -ComputerName YOURLICENSESERVER -Port xxxx (e.g. 55555)

    If successful, it should look like the screenshot below:

    If failed, it will look like this instead:

    The requested feature is not available on the server.

    In OCMC/SMC, right-click the node name and open the Log Flag Editor.

    Find the LicApi component, and enable the following lg-flags.

    Open WindowMaker and recreate the issue.

    In OCMC/SMC you should now see which feature is missing. E.g.:

    You can check for the existence of that feature by checking the activated licenses on your server, or by opening the license  XML file. E.g.:

    I hope this helps