[THIN] Re: Citrix license server version 11.6.1 needs a STRAIGHT JACKET

Update: I just built another new Licensing server in the same environment on another VM to see
if I could replicate the same issue.....

You bet ya boots I could.

Do you think I'm game to roll this out on other client sights... NOOOOOOOOOOOO!
--
Warren Simondson

Ctrl-Alt-Del IT Consultancy Pty Ltd

Website: http://www.ctrl-alt-del.com.au

On Wed, Jun 17th, 2009 at 9:12 PM, Berny Stapleton <berny@technology.net.au> wrote:

> Warren,
>
> As much as making the speedo say 0000000 is enjoyable, the fact that
> you
> couldn't get it to work properly scares the "£$"£ out of me.
>
> Berny
>
> 2009/6/17 Warren Simondson <caditc@tpg.com.au>
>
> > Okay, here's the scenario:
> >
> > I have a Presentation Server 4.5 environment on a client site. I
> decided
> > last weekend to apply
> > Rollup pack 04 to this environment. I also decided to update the WI
> from
> > 4.6 to the latest 5.1.1;
> > update the AMC to 4.6.4; and update the Citrix License server to
> 11.6.1. It
> > mostly went well except
> > the AMC now says that the farm cannot be reached, but you can still
> modify
> > and farm and it's
> > properties. I'll work this one out later.
> >
> > But here's the kicker – With a licence count of over 100, we
> started
> > getting users not able to logon
> > after around 80 users. The user would get the error:
> >
> > Citrix Presentation Server license acquisition error (-8): Citrix
> has
> > detected improper system time
> > changes on this system that must be corrected. Your request for a
> license
> > cannot be fulfilled.
> > Please contact your system administrator.
> >
> > This was easy to work out, and just required the license file path
> to be
> > reset (see CTX112942,
> > CTX103952, CTX111344). Everything appeared to be working again
> after this,
> > until the next day,
> > the error appeared again. We stopped and started the License server
> and we
> > were back in
> > business – for a short while. I figured that the license server may
> be
> > corrupt, so I built a new
> > license server on another fresh IIS server using a new install of
> License
> > Server 11.6.1. I got onto
> > MyCitrix, returned and re-allocated the licenses to the new server
> and
> > downloaded them to the
> > License server. After uploading them on the new license server and
> > everything appeared to be
> > okay, I ran lmstat –a. Again I got an error and had to set the
> license file
> > path in the registry as
> > before.
> >
> > I ran lmstat –a again, and this time I got an error saying that 20
> out of
> > the 100 license files
> > were "not suitable" for this server. I figured I must have spelt
> the host
> > name wrong when I
> > allocated the licenses in MyCitrix, so I when back to MyCitrix and
> > returned/ reallocated all the
> > licenses again, downloaded them and uploaded them to the license
> server.
> > Again I ran lmstat –r. This time it told me I had 200 available
> licenses.
> > WHOOOO! This was
> > confirmed in the license management console – I doubled my license
> count!!!
> > Now being an old
> > FROGGER nut from the 80's, I felt I had to clock the license count
> just for
> > fun, like I used to clock
> > that nasty little frog game back in the arcade – 99999 and back to
> zero –
> > love that frog! So off I
> > went back to MyCitrix, return/reallocate, download, upload – again
> and
> > again and again – 300,
> > 400, 500, 600, 700 and so on – WHOOOOOOOO!. And they all worked
> perfectly.
> > I can't tell you
> > what number I made it too, but it was BIG!!!!
> >
> > This experience didn't compare to the excitement of clocking
> FROGGER, but
> > what a day. I thought
> > I would share.
> >
> > Disclaimer: Ctrl-Alt-Del IT Consultancy does not ensdorse the use
> of this
> > technique to gain
> > advantage over Citrix licensing.
> > --
> > Warren Simondson
> >
> > Ctrl-Alt-Del IT Consultancy Pty Ltd
> >
> > Website: http://www.ctrl-alt-del.com.au
> >
> >
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