KB#01105-FlexLM error -8, Invalid (inconsistent) license key using BASIS License Manager version 10

Title:

FlexLM error -8, Invalid (inconsistent) license key using BASIS License Manager version 10 or greater.

Description:

PRO/5 revision 5.00 under SCO does not work with the COMPOSITE hostid format used in BLM versions 10.x and greater. 

BASIS does not have a BLM that can be installed or run on the old SCO OpenServer operating systems, the BLM will need to be installed on a more current operating system such as Linux or Windows.

The current BLMs use a hostid that is made up of components of the OS and hardware.  This hostid is called a COMPOSITE= hostid.  The PRO/5 Rev 5.0 does not support this COMPOSITE= HostID.  The following error message is received when attempting to connect to the BLM from a PRO/5 Rev 5.0 session: 

Invalid (inconsistent) license key 
The license-key and data for the feature do not match. 
This usually happens when a license file has been altered 
Feature: BBJ 
License path: /usr/basis/pro5/BASIS.lic 
FLEXlm error: -8,544 

Resolution:

UPGRADE to a more current product and a current BLM.  We no longer support the old non-COMPOSITE= hostid.   The SCO platforms do not support the current BLM which requires Java 11 or greater.   We sugget the BLM be moved to another machine that can support the current BLM.

Last Modified: 11/01/2019 Product: PRO/5 Operating System: SCO UNIX

BASIS structures five components of their technology into the BBx Generations.