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@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> 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@xxxxxxxxxx> > > > 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 > > > > > > ************************************************ > > For Archives, RSS, to Unsubscribe, Subscribe or > > set Digest or Vacation mode use the below link: > > //www.freelists.org/list/thin > > Follow ThinList on Twitter > > http://twitter.com/thinlist > > Thin List discussion is now available in blog format at: > > http://thinmaillist.blogspot.com > > Thinlist MOBILE Feed > > http://thinlist.net/mobile > > ************************************************ > > > ************************************************ For Archives, RSS, to Unsubscribe, Subscribe or set Digest or Vacation mode use the below link: //www.freelists.org/list/thin Follow ThinList on Twitter http://twitter.com/thinlist Thin List discussion is now available in blog format at: http://thinmaillist.blogspot.com Thinlist MOBILE Feed http://thinlist.net/mobile ************************************************