Vault 2017 FlexLM Error -96

By Scott Cunliffe

Trying to connect to Vault Workgroup 2017 or Vault Professional 207 you may get the following errors:

-96 License server machine is down or not responding. 
See the system administrator about starting the server, or make sure that you're referring to the right host (see LM_LICENSE_FILE environment variable). 

This can arise as a result of using an older version of LMTools. 

The correct error message reads:

-83 FLEXnet Licensing version of client newer than server. 

But these have been found to be interchangeable in testing.

Licensed Vault 2017 products require LMTools v11.13