How to kill hung Synopsys license?
This document provides instructions to be able to kill CSL licenses:
Step 1: Login to the submit host
Step 2: Run : module load scl
Step 3: Run : lmstat -f to find out details of the checked out license which needs to be killed and copy the highlighted text.
For example:
Users of PrimeTime: (Total of 5 licenses issued; Total of 1 license in use)
"PrimeTime" v2023.12, vendor: snpslmd, expiry: 31-dec-2024
floating license
chughj edprj354-0051 NoXDisplay J3_1d0a1b08_40709_1 (v2023.12) (csl/27020 206), start Mon 8/5 10:51
Step 4: To kill the license, run
sudo /global/apps/scl_2023.03/linux64/bin/lmutil lmremove -c 27020@csl PrimeTime chughj edprj354-0051 NoXDisplay J3_1d0a1b08_37090_1
Step 5: Run step 3 and 4 to kill another license (you need to wait for 3 minutes before killing another checked out license).