What are the license expiring rules related to the log output?
Altair EmployeeThe wpskey/setinit license alert mechanisms conform to the following rules:
1. No license at all, or license cannot be found.
Message to the console or standard out:
This Altair SLC software is not currently licensed: please apply a license key.
2. License Working in Valid Period
Normal log file output continues right up to the date of the EXPIRE feature of the license key.
3. License Working in Grace Period
After the EXPIRE date, new message in the log file:
Note: Altair SLC will stop working in 'N' days.
Where N would typically count down from Grace+Warn days in the license key. Jobs continue to return zero return code.
4. License Working in Warning Period
After the EXPIRE+GRACE days, a new message appears in the Log file
WARNING: Altair SLC will stop working in 'N' days.
Where N would reflect the number of days left in the warning period until the license expires. Jobs will start to return a non-zero return code.
The day before the license is due to expire you will see
WARNING: Altair SLC will stop working tomorrow
On the actual day that the license will expire you will see.
WARNING: Altair SLC will stop working today
5. License Expired
Message to the console or standard out.
ERROR: Setinit validation failed
ERROR: The license has expired (Expiry Date: 2018-2-9, Grace Period: 30, Today: 2018-6-20
This Altair SLC software is not currently licensed: please apply a license key.
No log file produced.
Be sure to arrange for your new license before it expires, or at least before the end of the grace period, otherwise you will receive non-zero return codes.