PVSS00event - SYS/SEVERE - Invalid license, No license found

Enclosed you'll find the explanation for a log-message which can occur during the license check at startup of the project. The log-message is written to the PVSS_II.log-file.

PVSS00event (0), 2011.10.05 14:54:10.082, SYS, SEVERE, 105, Invalid license, PVSS-server: No license found
PVSS00event (0), 2011.10.05 14:54:10.082, SYS, INFO, 108, License information, Using license file D:\PVSS\versions\3.10\shield

Log-message with symbolic names:

PVSS00event (0), <TIMESTAMP>, SYS, SEVERE, 105, Invalid license, <hostname>: No license found
PVSS00event (0), <TIMESTAMP>, SYS, INFO, 108, License information, Using license file <installation-path>\shield

This log-message describes that no shield or shield.txt-file was found at the PVSS-WinCC OA-installation directory.
Please notice only one of these files shield or shield.txt should be exisiting at this directory.

If you’ve already got a valid license please copy the file shield.txt to the installation directory and restart the project.
Otherwise please get in contact with the responsible contact/vendor for your WinCC OA-installation.