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                          ERROR - Failover feature 'Discovery - Level 1' is not available (when launching DesignModeler)

                          Authored by Lincoln DeCoursey May 7th, 2024 2802 views 0 likes KB2547025

                          ERROR

                          When launching DesignModeler the following error occurs:

                          Failover feature 'Discovery - Level 1' is not available.
                          Request name disco_level1 does not exist in the licensing pool.
                          No such feature exists.
                          License path: 1055@localhost
                          FlexNet Licensing error:-5,147

                          Software & Version

                          DesignModeler 2022R2

                          *This example was taken from this version but is not necessarily limited to this version.

                          Description/Cause

                          Checking for Discovery licensing prior to a DesignModeler license.

                          You may run DesignModeler under either of these licenses:

                          Discovery: disco_level1

                          DesignModeler: agppi

                           

                          By default, DesignModeler queries and checks out license keys in the following order:

                          It looks first for disco_level1.

                          It looks second for agppi.

                           

                          In the event that you have the DesignModeler license but lack the Discovery license, which by default is sought first, you may encounter an error related to looking for the Discovery license, despite that the DesignModeler license is available.

                          *The cause(s) we identified in this documented instance may not be the only cause(s) for this error.

                          Solution

                          1. If you prefer DesignModeler query the legacy license (agppi) first and disco_level1 second, set the ANS_MODELER_FLIP_LICENSE environment variable to 1.
                            See our article HOW TO - Create an Environment Variable for details on this process.

                           

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