Unable to Activate the Floating License for your Intel® FORTRAN Compiler

When building a PSCAD project, the build fails, and messages similar to the following are displayed in the Build Pane:

Error: A license for FCompW is not available now (-##,###). A connection to the license server could not be made.  You should make sure that your license daemon process is running: both an lmgrd.intel.exe process and an INTEL.exe process should be running if your license limits you to a specified number of licenses in use at a time.  Also, check to see if the wrong port@host or the wrong license file is being used, or if the port or hostname in the license file has changed.

Ifort: error #10052: could not checkout FLEXlm license

The issue is due to being unable to check out the floating license for your Intel FORTRAN compiler (IVF).

The following are some troubleshooting tips for resolving this, and may require some assistance from the Administrator of the IVF license:

  1. All IVF seats are currently being used by other client machines.
    Try compiling the case again in a few minutes.

  2. The Intel license hosted on the license server machine might not support the version you are trying to use.

    a. If Your Installed Version Is Newer:
    This can occur if you purchase an Intel license but allow the "Active Support" for your Intel license to lapse.
    For example, your license is valid for Intel compiler 15 and earlier, and you are trying to use Intel 16.
    If so, some options are:

    -Renew your Active Support on your Intel license.

    -Purchase a new Intel license, which als supports older versions.

    -Install and use the newest FREE version of the Intel Fortran compiler (v19.2).
    Setup instructions and the download location are available in this article.

    b. If Your Installed Version Is Older:
    This can occur if you have purchased a newer Intel license, and are trying to use it to run an older version of Intel.

    For example, if you purchase a license for Intel 19.2, and are trying to run Intel 14.

    It seems that a special license file is required to be obtained from Intel, which would authorize the use of older versions of Intel. Please see Step 12.b of this article for further information on this.

  3. The IVF license is not installed on your client machine:

    Obtain the license file from your IVF Administrator and save it to the following location on your client machine (create any missing folders):

    -On a 64-bit machine:
     C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Intel\Licenses\

    -On a 32-bit machine:
     C:\Program Files\Common Files\Intel\Licenses\

    Note - This file can be obtained from the Intel Portal

  4. Recent changes to your network may be causing this:

    -Check communication between the client machine and server.
      Ensure the client machine can ping the server.

    -Ensure the port/s that are used to communicate with client machines are open on the server firewall.
     The port number/s are specified in the Intel license file, which should be located as per Step 3, above.

  5. The server hosting the IVF floating license may have crashed:
    Restart the server.

  6. The FlexLm license manager software may have crashed:
    Restart the FlexLm license manager software.

  7. The IVF floating license may have been moved to a new server.
    If so, obtain the corresponding new license file from the IVF License Manager, and replace your existing license file. Step 3 lists the location for the license file.

If the above suggestions do not resolve the matter, the following further resources may help

Note
This section includes instructions for sending in the log files from the server and client machines to the Intel Support Desk.

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