The case of the FLEXnet Licensing error. The desired vendor daemon is down. Secret War From The Files Of Nick Fury 1. This website is independent of Autodesk, Inc. After installing the license via the license wizard and starting the license manager service on a server machine, the following error message appears when attempting.

Issue: Users Unable to get Autodesk Network license. Debug log on the license server shows the following adskflex exited with status 58 () (adskflex) Wrong hostid on SERVER line for license file: (adskflex) SERVER line says aaaaaaaaaaaa, hostid is bbbbbbbbbbbb (adskflex) No valid hostids, exiting (adskflex) EXITING DUE TO SIGNAL 25 Exit reason 2 (lmgrd) adskflex exited with status 25 (Invalid host) License server status shows the following adskflex: The desired vendor daemon is down. FLEXnet Licensing error:-97,121 Cause: Mac Adddress (host id) on the machine has changed. In a virtual environment this could happen due to various used. Solution: Please change Mac address back to the one defined in the license file. Or request Autodesk Support for a new license file. Best Practice: Please set Mac address for Virtual machines when hosting Autodesk Licenses.