I am trying to setup 2 new Citrix servers for our farm. The problem is that our citrix Licesning server gave up the ghost over the weekend. Users are still able to log on without any dramas, but I want to be certain that this will continue to be the case in the distant future as well.
I was under the impression that when installing Citrix, the software was registered to a specific server. If this server went kaput then users would not be able to log on.
Do I have to relicense the software with a new server name? Am I going to be able to add new servers to the existing farm even though the license server is dead?
I am very desperate for this info, so I am seeing if I can assign more than 500 points to anyone who can provide me with the answers.
Couldn't do it. Sorry
Cheers
EDIT:
One other thought. Can I rebuild a new server and give it the name of our dead licensing server, or does the software look for more than the name of the server?
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Once I have built the server with the original license server name, will i be able to test if it will work? I do not want to be left with the impression that it is working and then find out 20 odd days later no one can log in because it did not work.
Thanks for the help so far. I have decided to proceed with building a new server with the original name
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by: Darwinian999Posted on 2006-03-19 at 18:08:39ID: 16232456
The license file used by the licensing server is tied to the name of the server, so you have two options:
1. Build a new server with the same name as the old server, install the Citrix Licensing service and load the current license file.
2. Install the Citrix Licensing service on another server, get a new license file from http://citrix.com/mycitrix