License Manager New Features and Changes

Learn about updates—including new features and behavior changes—introduced in each version of NI License Manager.

License Manager 21.8.1 New Features

License Manager 21.8.1 adds new features.

This release includes the following major improvements:

  • Entitlement-based and serial number-based license subscriptions are automatically renewed upon launching NI License Manager.
    Note Your licenses fail to automatically renew if you are not connected to the network, if you are logged out of your NI user account, if your entitlement or serial number is not linked to your NI user account, if you have an offline activation that requires manual renewal, or if there is a server error.
  • Some software products have built-in grace periods that allow you to use software past the end of the subscription term.

License Manager 20.7 to 21.8 Compatibility and Support Changes

License Manager 20.7 to 21.8 makes changes to compatibility and support.

  • License Manager 20.7 to 21.8 is only compatible with Volume License Manager 3.2.2 and later.
  • If you are using FlexNet Publisher instead of Volume License Manager, License Manager 20.7 to 21.8 is only compatible with FlexNet Publisher 11.16.4 and later.
  • License Manager is dropping support for Windows 7, Windows 8.1, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Server 2012 R2, and all 32-bit Windows operating systems in 2021. Versions of this product that ship after May 1, 2021, may not install or execute correctly on these operating systems. This includes both the server executable lmgrd.exe and the vendor daemon nilm.exe. For detailed information about NI operating system support, visit ni.com/r/win32bitsupport.

License Manager 4.4 to 4.7 Compatibility Changes

License Manager 4.4 to 4.7 makes changes to compatibility.

  • License Manager 4.4 to 4.7 is only compatible with Volume License Manager 3.1.1 and later.
  • If you are using FlexNet Publisher instead of Volume License Manager, License Manager 4.4 to 4.7 is only compatible with FlexNet Publisher 11.15.0 and later.