Solaris / ICAClient / Licensing - quite urgent

[psynnott]

Hi there,

We have a Windows 2000 Server that we connect to from Sun workstations (Using Citrix ICAClient) and some NT4 workstations (using Terminal services client).

I followed Microsoft's Instructions on how to reset the license database on the server. Then I applied the TS Hotfix so that licenses would expire after 50 to 90 days. I then got MS to reissue our 55 licenses. Ok so far....

Ok, so now at this stage I have a blank database with 55 available licenses. When clients connect, it appears a license is not issued if that client had a license before... if it didnt have a license before then it grabs a temp license on its first connection, and then this license is upgraded to a full license that times out after 50 to 90 days as per the hotfix blurb.

I found a Q article that describes how to remove the CAL info from a windows client by editing the registry and removing a key. This works a treat on windows machines. They grab a license the next time they connect. Problem solved .. well 50% of it anyway.

The problem that remains is the question of where the citrix ICA client stores the CAL info. I need to remove this info to force the client to request another license.

I appreciate any help... I have been working on this for quite some time now ... MS Support suggest contacting SUN, but it isnt really their problem afaik... its down to citrix!

 

[Hof]

Hi!
As you already found out the licensing information for Windows clients is stored in the loacal client registry. Since non-windows clients don't have a registry instead the CAL i stored in the MetaFrame server registry in the following key.
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Citrix\MSLicensing
For more information on this se this Citrix knowledge base document:
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http://knowledgebase.citrix.com/cgi-bin/webcgi.exe?New,KB=CitrixKB,Case=Ext(CTX244994)"

The parenthesis should be included in the adress.
I hope this helps

/Hof