License Pooling 1

[PeterL]

I just added a second Citrix box and during the install I used the 35 license that comes with the software. I am ready go live on the second box and was wondering how I can pool the license from my first citrix server. Would I just delete the 35 day license? Should I also allocate a certain number of licenses to each server rather than my master browser having them all?

Thanks

 

[Voyager1]

If the servers are on the same subnet, MetaFrame will pool all of the licenses by default. There is nothing you need to do. You can check this out after both servers are "live" by looking in the MetaFrame Administrator.

Good luck! - Bill

"You can get anything you want out of life, if you'll just help enough other people get what they want" - Zig Ziglar

 

[PeterL]

What do I do with the 35 day license I installed, should I delete it. If I do, I get an error telling me that no licenses have been installed. These servers are on the same subnet and both can be viewed under server admin. This seems so easy, yet I am very confused.

 

[Voyager1]

You have to have, on each server, a "Base" license. This is basically the license that came with the software, but registered and activated. Once the base license is installed, the new server will participate in the pool. - Bill

"You can get anything you want out of life, if you'll just help enough other people get what they want" - Zig Ziglar

 

[PeterL]

OK... I used the EXACT same CD and license # for my second server. 15 user for Terminal and 50 for Citrix. I assumed that my second server would just share the original 65 and didnt need its own unique license. I should purchase a new Terminal server license as well as Metaframe license for my second server then pooling will combine the two, even if differant amounts. Does this sound like I'm starting to understand this mess?

 

[Voyager1]

It sure sounds like it! Remember, you won't have to buy new client licenses, only the base. Your client licenses will come from the pool.

Good luck - Bill

"You can get anything you want out of life, if you'll just help enough other people get what they want" - Zig Ziglar

 

[CitrixEngineer]

Just to make you aware, Citrix have re-vamped the licenseing model for MetaFrame XP, so that it works the way you initially thought, Peter!

Instead of needing a server base license, you simply buy connection licenses based on the product you have installed.

Citrix tell me that they're "Giving the software away, free!!". What they mean is that you can now just buy a single software CD, as part of a 20-user connection package, install the software on 20 servers, and the licenses will be pooled across those servers. I'm not sure how useful it is to have 1 user per server, though.

The licenses are:
XPs connection (vanilla MetaFrame)
XPa connection (MetaFrame + Load balancing)
XPe connection (XPa + IM + RM)

Since you must buy a minimum of 20 licenses, there is no actual cash saving, since a connection license for XPs is about $250. It's just musch easier to work out.

The model will remain the same for MetaFrame 1.x, though.

I hope this is of interest.

 

[plynn]

Okay, I am trying also to understand the licensing issue. I have 5 Terminal Servers running Metaframe 1.8. On 4 of the Terminal Servers, I have a 50 Citrix User License Pack that shows as being pooled. So, should these (200) licenses be available on the Terminal Server that we did not load a license pack on?? From everything I read, it seems as though it should be, but I am not seeing this in the Metaframe Administrator.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.

 

[CitrixEngineer]

With MetaFrame 1.8, a base license is required on every server. Pooled licenses are available to all servers in a farm by default. Therefore, if all the servers are in the same farm, the licenses should be pooled across all the servers.

I hope this answers your question.