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The License-File Mechanics Of Subscription Advantage

Thursday, 01 March 2007 by Michel Roth

Ever wanted to know all the ins and outs of the gibberish in the Citrix license files? Well this post by a Citrix developer sheds some light on the subject, specifically on the Subscription Advantage section of the license file.

"In this post I'll give a brief overview of the license-file mechanics of Subscription Advantage for Access Essentials customers, and along the way try to explain what 'current' means. All of the information we're going to discuss is contained in the .lic files downloaded from MyCitrix.com. If you've already installed your licenses, you can find them in the C:\Program Files\Citrix\Licensing\MyFiles folder. Here's an example:
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INCREMENT MPS_SMB_RN CITRIX 2005.0914 permanent 5 \
VENDOR_STRING=;LT=Retail;GP=720;CL=SMB;MLC=75;SA=0;ODP=0;NUDURMIN=2880;NUDURMAX=525600 \
DUP_GROUP=V ISSUED=05-Oct-2005 NOTICE="Citrix" \
SN=LA-9999365386-09664:244383 START=14-sep-2005 SIGN="XXXX \
XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX \
XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX \
XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX"
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Subscription Advantage is based around dates, there are a few in this license, lets take a look in more detail..."

Read on here.