Summary for Patch 2033 (Verified)

Summary Bug fixes for License Poller for Sentinel and Flex licenses
Platform Unix
Category bugfix
Valid for 6.2.x, 6.3.x, 6.4.x
Requires
Server Required Patch/es
Supersedes
Superseded by 2048 : Verified / Not hidden
2048 : Verified / Not hidden
2044 : Verified / Not hidden
Affects Client: License Analyzer
Last Updated October 12, 2016

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Description

General Description:
Fix for License Poller's incorrect license expiration for Flex licenses with extended expiration.

Detailed Description:
License status monitor and reporting indicates that some Flex licenses are expired even if,
according to the license file, it is not. This issue occurs in client license poller. License Poller
cannot properly parse flex licenses with extended expiration. This patch updates License poller
parsing process to get the expiration properly. This patch update is applicable to Flex licenses
only.

General Description:
Fix for incorrect available licenses for Sentinel.  Sentinel license with unlimited licenses shows 0
licenses.

Detailed Description:
License status monitor and reporting shows zero (0) available licenses for Sentinel with unlimited
available licenses. This issue occurs in the client license poller parsing process for it detects
unlimited licenses as 0. This patch updates License Poller parsing process and make licenses with
unlimited available to 99999. This patch update is applicable to Sentinel licenses only.

General Description:
Fix for License Poller's disability to identify the correct expiry date, instead it uses 2038-xx-xx

Detailed Description:
License status monitor and reporting shows incorrect expiry date (i.e.  2038-xx-xx). This issue
occurs in the client license poller. This patch updates License poller parsing process to get the
expiration properly. This patch update is applicable to Flex licenses only.

General Description:
Fix for hanging License Poller. License poller hangs and cannot collect license usage data.

Detailed Description:
License poller is hanging and cannot collect license data. This is due to a new flex license format
and causes License poller application into an infinite loop process. This patch fixes this issue.
Previous format will still be supported. This fix is applicable to Flex license manager.

Installation

Unpack tar file in e.g /tmp/patch on the Open iT host. Do the following as root:

	cd /tmp/patch
	./patch.pl

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