When CSI program uses a network license, it broadcasts a signal to the network with the goal to locate the license server and retrieve the network license file from it. Users can help the program to locate the license server more quickly or to resolve potential problems when the broadcast fails to locate the license server by using lmhost.ini file, lshost file or LSFORCEHOST environment variable as described below.

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lmhost.ini file

Using notepad, create an lmhost.ini file with the license server name or IP address in the program installation folder. If you are running a network version, the lmhost.ini file should go in the network folder. In either case it should go in the same folder where program executable is located.

Resolution of common problems

Make sure you are running the correct EXE. If the shortcut is pointing one place and the lmhost.ini is in another place, it will not work.
Make sure there is not a LEVEL.TXT file in the same folder that is pointing to a different license level.
Make sure the shortcut does not include the /L command line parameter that is pointing to another level
Make sure there are no LSFORCEHOST or LSHOST environment variables that are interfering
Adding a copy of LMHOST.INI and calling it LSHOST (no extension) to the same folder sometimes helps
Run WLMAdmin and make sure that you can see the license on the server from the client machine. This may require adding the named server.

lshost file

The procedure is the same as for creating the lmhost.ini file described above, but the filename is lshost.

LSFORCEHOST environment variable

In general, LSFORCEHOST environment variable should not be needed. It is usually just a way to override failures in the above procedures for lmhost.ini and lshost file.

In you need to use LSFORCEHOST environment variable, set its value to the IP address or the name of the license manage server. The procedure creating the LSFORCEHOST environment variable will vary depending on your operating system.

Setting LSFORCEHOST value in Windows XP

Go to "Start > Control Panel > System > Advanced tab"
Click on the Environment Variables button then the New button under System Variables
Enter the following information:

Variable name= LSFORCEHOST 
Variable Value = IP address or name of your license server computer

Note that if your network is using dynamic IP addresses then you should use the Server name instead of the IP address.

Setting LSFORCEHOST value in Windows 7

Go to "Start > Control Panel > System and Security > System"
Click on "Advanced system settings" in the left column and then on the "Advanced tab"
Click on the Environment Variables button then the New button under System Variables
Enter the following information:

Variable name= LSFORCEHOST 
Variable Value = IP address or name of your license server computer