When you try to activate offline, the following error might appear in the command line:
LM_TS_PROCESS_RESP
Your request could not be completed because the FlexNet Licensing Service could not process a response. Try reinstalling Tableau Desktop or Tableau Server. The FlexNet Licensing Service could not process a response because no outstanding request was found. Try reinstalling Tableau Desktop or Tableau Server.
OR
*** com.tableausoftware.license.ddl.ActivationException:
Function flxActSvrActivationRespProcess returned error(50020, 42054, 10247)
LM_TS_UNKNOWN_RESP
When you try to activate online, the following error might occur:
This error often occurs when the activation.tlf file has been used more than once, used on the wrong computer, or has become corrupted.
Important: The activation.tlf file can be used only once, and cannot be used on a computer other than the one it was created for.
cd "C:\Program Files\Tableau\Tableau Server\<version>\bin"cd "C:\Program Files (x86)\Tableau\Tableau Server\<version>\bin"001473707

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