Using the Ptcflush Utility
The Ptcflush utility is used only when a license client application fails to shut down and does not break the TCP/IP connection between the license server and the client. This situation most commonly occurs when a client exits prematurely or does not respond. However, it is not mandatory to use the Ptcflush utility.
You can use the Ptcflush utility once every 10 minutes. For Ptcflush to work with the lmadmin-based license server, set licenseReclaimAllowed=”true” in the server.xml file at license_server_manager_loadpoint/conf.
The syntax for running Ptcflush is as follows:
% ptcflush feature_name hostname port handle
Execute the ptcstatus command to list the <feature host port handle> information and copy and paste this listing at the command prompt to run Ptcflush.
To flush a license in use, for example, type% ptcflush PROE_Engineer titan 7788 101 using the feature name and not the user-defined name if you assigned an alias.