Licenses: license expires soon

Citrix.LicenseServer.LicenseExpiry.Rule (Rule)

Raises an alert if a Citrix license is due to expire

Knowledge Base article:

Citrix^® Management Pack

Summary
You have one or more licenses on a license server that are about to expire.

Causes
A license installed on a license server may have an associated expiry date after which the license is no longer available. For example, evaluation licenses are typically valid only for a limited time.

Resolutions
To check how many days remain until the license expires, use the License Management Console. The alert includes a link to the License Management Console. If this alert is caused by an evaluation license, to avoid future alerts, upgrade to a retail license and remove the evaluation license from the license server.

External Knowledge Sources
The following sources of information can be helpful when dealing with this alert: Citrix Presentation Server Administrator's Guide - English Citrix Licensing Guide - English

Element properties:

Target

Citrix.LicenseServer.ServerRole

Category

Alert

Enabled

True

Event_ID

Event Source

Health Service Script

Alert Generate

True

Alert Severity

Warning

Alert Priority

Normal

Remotable

True

Alert Message

License expires soon

The following license expires soon:
License: {0}
Description: {1}

Further information and license administration functionality is available from http://{2}/lmc/index.jsp.

Event Log

Operations Manager

Member Modules:

ID	Module Type	TypeId	RunAs
EventCollectionDS	DataSource	Microsoft.Windows.EventProvider	Citrix.PresentationServer.CitrixAdministratorAccount
GenerateAlert	WriteAction	System.Health.GenerateAlert	Citrix.PresentationServer.CitrixAdministratorAccount

Source Code:

<Rule ID="Citrix.LicenseServer.LicenseExpiry.Rule" Enabled="true" Target="Citrix.LicenseServer.ServerRole" ConfirmDelivery="false" Remotable="true" Priority="Normal" DiscardLevel="100">

  <Category>Alert</Category>

  <DataSources>

    <DataSource ID="EventCollectionDS" RunAs="CtxLibrary!Citrix.PresentationServer.CitrixAdministratorAccount" TypeID="Windows!Microsoft.Windows.EventProvider">

      <ComputerName>$Target/Host/Property[Type='Windows!Microsoft.Windows.Computer']/PrincipalName$</ComputerName>

      <LogName>Operations Manager</LogName>

      <Expression>

        <And>

          <Expression>

            <SimpleExpression>

              <ValueExpression>

                <XPathQuery>PublisherName</XPathQuery>

              </ValueExpression>

              <Operator>Equal</Operator>

              <ValueExpression>

                <Value>Health Service Script</Value>

              </ValueExpression>

            </SimpleExpression>

          </Expression>

          <Expression>

            <SimpleExpression>

              <ValueExpression>

                <XPathQuery>EventDisplayNumber</XPathQuery>

              </ValueExpression>

              <Operator>Equal</Operator>

              <ValueExpression>

                <Value>20</Value>

              </ValueExpression>

            </SimpleExpression>

          </Expression>

          <Expression>

            <RegExExpression>

              <ValueExpression>

                <XPathQuery>EventDescription</XPathQuery>

              </ValueExpression>

              <Operator>ContainsSubstring</Operator>

              <Pattern>Citrix License Expiry</Pattern>

            </RegExExpression>

          </Expression>

        </And>

      </Expression>

    </DataSource>

  </DataSources>

  <WriteActions>

    <WriteAction ID="GenerateAlert" RunAs="CtxLibrary!Citrix.PresentationServer.CitrixAdministratorAccount" TypeID="Health!System.Health.GenerateAlert">

      <Priority>1</Priority>

      <Severity>1</Severity>

      <AlertMessageId>$MPElement[Name='Citrix.LicenseServer.LicenseExpiry.Rule.AlertMessage']$</AlertMessageId>

      <AlertParameters>

        <AlertParameter1>$Data/Params/Param[1]$</AlertParameter1>

        <AlertParameter2>$Data/Params/Param[2]$</AlertParameter2>

        <AlertParameter3>$Target/Host/Property[Type='Windows!Microsoft.Windows.Computer']/PrincipalName$</AlertParameter3>

      </AlertParameters>

      <Suppression>

        <SuppressionValue/>

      </Suppression>

    </WriteAction>

  </WriteActions>

</Rule>