All arrangements to return the borrowed licenses early must be made before initiating license borrowing. Before borrowing a license from the server, you must set the environment variable PRO_ALLOW_EARLY_RETURN to true to return that license early. If you frequently return licenses early, then permanently set the environment variable using the System Properties dialog box.

If you frequently return licenses early, retain the value of the PRO_ALLOW_EARLY_RETURN environment variable as true in the PSF file. Otherwise, set it to false.

For an lmadmin-based license server, set adminOnly="false” in the server.xml file at license_server_manager_loadpoint/conf to return a borrowed license early. See Returning a Borrowed License Early in the FlexNet Publisher License Administration Guide for a procedure on returning the borrowed licenses early.