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                          ERROR - Host not found, -96,7 System Error, 11001 Winsock

                          Authored by Caleb Scharf September 22nd, 2024 1615 views 0 likes KB2825603

                          ERROR

                          When opening Electronics Desktop, the following error occurred:

                          Failover feature ‘ANSYS electronics_desktop‘ is not available. Request name electronics_desktop does not exist in the licensing pool.License server machine is down or not responding. See the system administrator about starting the license server system, or make sureyou’re referring to the right host (see LM_LICENSE_FILE).Feature electronics_desktopHostname
                          LicenseServerNameLicense path
                          1055@LicenseServerName;FlexNet Licensing error
                          -96,7. System Error
                          11001 "WinSock
                          Host not found (HOST_NOT_FOUND)"
                          

                          Software & Version

                          Electronics Desktop 2021R1

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

                          Description/Cause

                          The license server was specified incorrectly on the client machine.

                          Solution

                          1. HOW TO - Specify an Ansys License Server

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