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Add a startup delay in the service definition or script starting the virtual machine or use the Linux Toolkit that already contains a check to verify a license is found before running the Charon executable file.
Patch details are available here: Charon-AXP V4.9 Build 194-08 for Linux 64 bit - Patch Notes
Windows
It is highly recommended to install the patch (minimum build 194-06) and use the license_key_lookup_retry feature as described in the example above.
Patch details are available here: Charon-AXP V4.9 Build 194-08 for Windows 64 bit - Patch Notes
With the vanilla version (Build 194-02), there is also a missing dependency to the Sentinel LDK License Manager service (hasplms) that can produce license detection errors at Charon virtual machine startup (if it starts before the hasplms service).
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