LDRA Test tools: Cannot open lock file

Can appear as:

• (LDRA) Cannot open lock file (C:FLEXLM\LDRA): Permission denied
• MULTIPLE "LDRA" license server systems running

If you receive the above error messages in the ldra.log and there are no other LDRA FlexLM servers running, the error is caused by altering the directory structure of the FlexLM Server Tools supplied by LDRA.

If the log file shows an error "Exited because another server was running", in this case there is no other server running and the cause is that the directory structure was C:\FlexLM\LDRA\FTYPE.

Solution

Make sure the directory structure is as supplied in the zip archive:

The FlexLM directory can be a sub-directory, it cannot have a subdirectory named LDRA.

For example, the directory structure C:\FlexLM\LDRA\FlexLM\FTYPE is invalid.

If you need to distinguish FlexLM directories for each vendor, rename the folder with the vendor prefix or with a "vendors" directory.

The directory structure is valid:

• C:\FlexLM\LDRA_FLEXLM\FTYPE
• C:\FlexLM\VENDORS\LDRA\FTYPE