Kbase 17328: Dbname.lic File in Versions 7.3E and Beyond
| Autor |
Progress Software Corporation - Progress |
| Acesso |
Público |
| Publicação |
12/08/2002 |
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Dbname.lic File in Versions 7.3E and Beyond
In version 7.3E and beyond, a new file appears in the local directory
to the database. It mainly records license related information about
Progress Database users. If the log file does not already exist, the
broker creates it and places it in the same directory
as the database (.db) file. The broker creates the file in the
following format: databasename.lic, the database name being the
database to which the user is connected. If we encounter an error in
writing to this file, we record it in the database.lg file. The file
displays as follows:
06/24/97 15:00:02 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
06/24/97 16:00:02 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
06/24/97 17:00:00 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
06/24/97 18:00:00 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
06/24/97 19:00:00 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
06/24/97 20:00:00 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Here's what the columns denote:
1.current date
2.current time
3.Number of licensed users specified by the configuration file
4.Current number of total connections
5.Maximum number of total connections
6.Minimum number of total connections
7.Current number of interactive connections
8.Maximum number of interactive connections for the last hour
9.Minimum number of interactive connections for the past hour
10.Current number of batch connections
11.Maximum number of batch connections for the past hour
12.Minimum number of batch connections for the past hour
When Progress writes to the license file, the maximum values are reset
for the next hour.
Maintaining the license file:
The database administrator should consider archiving the file
regularly, as in one year the file accumulates 8,760 entries thus
occupying 440,000 bytes of disk space.
The administrator can choose to delete these files, however this can
not be done while the server is up and running. If the file is
deleted, the a new loggin session against the database will create
another dbname.lic file in its place. This file's main purpose is to
give license specific information that was before unavailable.
The file should create an additional line of output for every hour the
server is up and running. This can be a strain for systems that are
low on disk space, therefore there is the option to remove the file.
NOTE:Currently there is not an option to run the database without the
creation of the dbname.lic file.
10/09/97 SDA
Progress Software Technical Support Note # 17328