Lost network license behavior

In a network licensing environment, the software loses its license server connection under any of these conditions:

• A workstation or server loses its network connection (cable unplugged or device disabled)
• A server is unreachable (hub, router, VPN, or other device is offline)
• The server license process has quit or terminated after an idle-timeout or if the license connection is not reestablished

The following table describes the lost license behavior in detail.

Event	Behavior
Disconnect	(0 -2 minutes) The software loses the connection to the license server.
Recovery Period	(120 minutes) The software attempts to recover the license. If the license connection cannot be restored after the 120-minute Recovery Period, a Unavailable License Alert dialog appears (Windows only).
Grace Period	(10 minutes) The 10-minute Grace Period begins after you click OK to close the warning dialog informing you that 2 hours have passed since the connection to the license server was lost, and that you should save your work. If the application is busy (rendering, cache-writing, executing scripts, and so on,) the warning dialog waits until the process has finished.
Save Dialog	When the 10-minute Grace Period is over, a Save dialog appears enabling you to save your work or exit without saving. Note: Maya users can choose Restrictive Mode as an option in the Save Dialog. Restrictive Mode lets you can save scene files and images in Render View before the software exits.
Exit	Once the Save is completed, a dialog appears with the name and location of your saved file.