I was installing SPSS on a virtual lab machine and came across two problems. After the install, the Windows Installer coordinator would hang. After applying the solution found here and on Microsoft Support, the install went off much better. Unfortunately, licensing would fail.
“Changing the LSHOST System Environment Variable value from “no-net” to the IP Address or Hostname on the machine housing the Sentinel License Manager” seems to have solved the problem, as described on the IBM support site.
