Why do two license manager (lmgrd.exe) processes appear when I start the network license manager as a service?

When I start the MATLAB License Server service, I notice that two license manager processes (lmgrd.exe) appear in the Windows Task Manager.

Answer 1

[MathWorks Support Team]

This is expected behavior when using FLEXnet 10.8 and higher. When you start the license manager (lmgrd.exe), the process checks to see if it is starting as a service. If it is starting as a service, the license manager process spawns another lmgrd.exe process. If you start the network license manager as an application, only one lmgrd.exe process starts.