Silent Authorization Commands

This topic provides information on the various silent processing options available for the ArcGIS License Manager.

Note:

The following options can also be used to authorize the Desktop and Engine software with single-use licenses on the individual machines by using softwareauthorization.exe (found in C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\ArcGIS\bin) with *.prvc files, instead of softwareauthorizationls.exe as detailed below.

These commands apply to all platforms.

From the command line, change directory to the license manager installation location. The default on Windows is C:\Program Files (x86)\ArcGIS\License10.2\bin.

Adding a -verbose switch at the end of the commands will display progress and error messages in the command window.

Authorizing silently:

softwareauthorizationls.exe -s -ver 10.2 -lif "c:\temp\<*.prvs>". This command can also be used with *.resps files when authorizing offline. Use *.prvc and *.respc when authorizing single-use Desktop or Engine licenses.

Creating an authorize.txt file for offline authorization:

softwareauthorizationls.exe -s -ver 10.2 -lif "C:\Temp\<*.prvs>" -out "C:\Temp\authorize.txt"

Deauthorizing silently:

To deauthorize all licenses from the machine, run softwareauthorizationls.exe -s -return all.

To deauthorize specific licenses from the machine, you need to enter in the specific authorization numbers that you would like to deauthorize. Run softwareauthorizationls.exe -s -return EFLxxxxxxxxx-1010,EFLxxxxxxxxx-1010 (where EFLxxxxxxxxx is the authorization code).

Upgrading licenses silently (applies only when moving from 10.0 licenses to 10.1-10.2):

To upgrade all licenses on the machine from 10.0 to 10-1-10.2, run softwareauthorizationls.exe -s -upgrade all.

To upgrade specific licenses from the machine, you need to enter in the specific authorization numbers. Run softwareauthorizationls.exe -s -upgrade EFLxxxxxxxxx,EFLxxxxxxxxx

Note:

For silent deauthorization of 10.0 licenses only, remove the '-1010' from the example given.