SyteLine Licensing Error Fixes: Complete Guide
Licensing errors in SyteLine block users from accessing the system entirely, making them the highest-urgency issues for ERP administrators. The error "No available licenses. Maximum concurrent users reached." during business hours means immediate productivity loss for every locked-out user. License activation failures during new installations or upgrades can delay go-live dates by days. This guide covers every licensing error scenario and its resolution path.
License Activation and Registration Failures
The error "License activation failed: Unable to connect to Infor License Server" occurs during initial SyteLine installation or license renewal when the application server cannot reach the Infor cloud licensing endpoint. The related error "License file is invalid or corrupted" appears when the downloaded .lic file has been modified, truncated, or does not match the server's hardware fingerprint. Both errors prevent SyteLine from starting and require systematic troubleshooting of the licensing chain.
- Error: "Unable to connect to Infor License Server" — verify outbound HTTPS access from the SyteLine server to license.infor.com on port 443; add a firewall exception if blocked; for air-gapped environments, use the offline activation process through Infor Support Portal
- Error: "License file is invalid or corrupted" — re-download the license file from Infor Support Portal > License Management; ensure the file is transferred to the server in binary mode (not text mode, which can corrupt line endings); verify the file matches the server's MAC address and hostname displayed in SyteLine Configuration Manager > License Info
- Error: "License has expired" — check the license expiration date in SyteLine Configuration Manager > License Details; submit a renewal request through Infor Support at least 30 days before expiration; apply the new license key without restarting the application server using the License Refresh utility
- For SyteLine cloud (multi-tenant) deployments, licensing is managed by Infor—open a support ticket referencing your Tenant ID and Environment Name for cloud licensing issues
Concurrent User Limit and License Pool Management
The error "No available licenses. Maximum concurrent users (N) reached" is the most common licensing issue in production. It means all purchased concurrent user licenses are in use and no additional users can log in. This is often exacerbated by orphaned sessions—users who closed their browser without logging out, whose sessions still consume a license until the session timeout expires. Understanding the license pool mechanics is essential for management.
- View current license usage: Forms > Utilities > Active Users — this shows all currently licensed sessions with username, login time, last activity, and IP address; identify orphaned sessions (last activity > 2 hours ago) and terminate them to free licenses
- Configure aggressive session cleanup: set the SessionTimeout in web.config to 30 minutes (instead of the default 120) specifically to reclaim licenses faster from abandoned sessions; balance this against user convenience
- Implement license reservation: in SyteLine Configuration Manager > License Settings, reserve 2-3 licenses for critical roles (Plant Manager, Finance Controller) to ensure they can always log in even when the license pool is exhausted
- Error: "License type mismatch: User requires Named license but only Concurrent licenses available" — verify the user's license assignment in Forms > System > User License Management; Named licenses are tied to specific users while Concurrent licenses are pooled
- Plan for peak usage: analyze the Active Users log over 30 days to identify peak concurrent user counts; if you consistently hit 90%+ of your license limit, submit a capacity planning request to Infor for additional licenses before users are impacted
License Server Connectivity and Cluster Issues
In multi-server SyteLine deployments, a central license server distributes licenses to multiple application servers. The error "License server [hostname] is not responding" on one app server while others work normally indicates a network partition between that server and the license server. In failover cluster configurations, the error "License server failover: Primary server unreachable, secondary not configured" means the high-availability license configuration is incomplete.
- Error: "License server not responding" — telnet from the affected app server to the license server on the configured port (default 27000 for FlexLM-based licensing): telnet licenseserver 27000; if connection fails, check Windows Firewall rules on the license server and intermediate network firewalls
- Error: "Secondary license server not configured" — in SyteLine Configuration Manager > License Server Settings, add the backup license server hostname; both servers must have identical license files and the FlexLM daemon running
- For environments behind a VPN or across WAN links, latency >200ms to the license server causes intermittent "License checkout timeout" errors — deploy a local license server at each site or use Infor's cloud licensing which requires only standard HTTPS access
- Monitor license server health: configure the FlexLM admin tool (lmstat -a -c @licenseserver) to run every 5 minutes and report license usage, available licenses, and server uptime to your monitoring dashboard
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