This question is for Presentation server 3.0.
I know the grace period is 30 days for a new server but if an existing server loses connection to the license server for how long would it continue to accept new connections?
Also does anybody know how long you will be able to operate if you lost connection to the terminal server license server.
The reason I am asking these questions it's because our location where the license servers are located will be shutdown for 48 hours and I am trying to find out if I need to do anything
Thnaks you all
The grace period is actually encoded in your license (LIC) file:
The grace period duration for licenses is encoded in the license file you download from MyCitrix. All license files generated after August 19th, 2004 have a grace period of 30 days (720 hours) and license files generated before that have a grace period of 4 days (96 hours).
To check the duration of the grace period on your license files, open the LIC file with an editor such as Notepad and look for GP=XY.
1. Example – Grace period is 30 days (GP=720):
…SERVER this_host HOSTNAME=xyzxyzVENDOR CITRIXUSE_SERVERINCREMENT MPS_ADV_CCU CITRIX 2005.0910 permanent 20 \VENDOR_STRING=;LT=Retail;GP=720;CL=ADV,STD;SA=1;ODP=0 \…
2. Example – Grace period is 4 days (GP=96):
…SERVER this_host HOSTNAME=xyzxyzVENDOR CITRIXUSE_SERVERINCREMENT MPS_ADV_CCU CITRIX 2005.0723 permanent 20 \VENDOR_STRING=;LT=Retail;GP=96;CL=ADV,STD;SA=1;ODP=0 \
That will tell you absolutely what YOUR grace period is.
Dan
Why is it called "Common Sense"? It doesn't seem all that common!
Under C:\Program Files\Citrix there is a file named MPS-WSXICA_MPS-WSXICA.ini - that's the cached license information that Presentation Server/XenApp retrieves if it can't connect to a license server. Within this file, you find the GracePeriod= entry
If you'd like details on this, look here:
http://www.brianmadden.com/blogs/brianmadden/archive/2007/06/04/how-does-a-citrix-presentation-server-know-what-licenses-you-have-when-it-loses-connectivity-to-the-license-server.aspx
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