Questa License Issue

[ganz_1]

I'm trying to use Questa IntelFPGA Starter Edition 2024.1. My license file questa.dat is located at c:\license\, and I set c:\license\questa.dat to LM_LICENSE_FILE. When I launched Questa, it failed to checkout a license.

When I run "lmutil lmdiag", it found my license file and seemed like the license is valid. "xxxxxxxxxxxx" below match my NIC-ID.

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License file: C:\license\questa.dat
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"intelqsimstarter" v2025.11, vendor: mgcld, expiry: 15-nov-2025
uncounted nodelocked license, locked to ethernet address "xxxxxxxxxxxx" starts: 15-nov-2024, expires: 15-nov-2025

This is the correct node for this node-locked license
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[ganz_1 · Accepted solution]

It turned out there was a conflict with SALT_LICENSE_SERVER.  Suggestion from the following link solved my issue.

Solved: Re: Questa License Issue - Intel Community --  "However, if a salt_license_server enviroment variable is present, because other Siemens software has created it, Questa is only checking this variable and skipping lm_license_file and mgls_license_file variables. The solution is to add the Questa license file to the salt_license_server entry."

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