KBI 310259 License File Abbreviations
Version
All
Date
28 Sep 2011
Summary
This KBI describes the various abbreviations in the header of an Argent license file
Technical Background
A license file (.LIC) can be opened via Notepad to view important licensing information
After opening up a license file, do NOT click ‘Save’, even if no changes have been made.
This will cause the key to become corrupted
The license file’s header looks like this:
D: ARGCORP
S: Any
P: Yes
W: Yes
AAC
W2 = 100
CLST = 100
…
The first four lines above contain global information, described further below
The line starting with “AAC” denotes the start of an Argent product, and the subsequent licenses for that product
Here’s a breakdown of what all the codes mean:
General
| D | Domain Name |
| S | Server Name (“Any” is a reserved word that means “any” server) |
| P | Production License? Y = Production, N = Demo |
| W | Argent Web Products? Y = Licensed, N = Unlicensed |
Product Abbreviations
| AD | Argent AT: Argent Defender |
| EX | Argent AT: Argent for Exchange |
| SP | Argent AT: Argent for SharePoint |
| VM | Argent AT: Argent for VMware |
| AAC | Argent XT: Argent Alert Console/Argent Predictor |
| ADC | Argent XT: Argent Data Consolidator |
| AOM | Argent XT: Argent Monitor for Oracle |
| ASM | Argent XT: Argent SQL Server Monitor |
| ASP | Argent XT: Argent SAP Monitor |
| ASR | Argent XT: Argent SNMP Monitor |
| AST | Argent XT: Argent Sentry |
| AVM | Argent XT: Argent Monitor for VMware |
| AWM | Argent XT: Argent WMI Monitor |
| AXM | Argent XT: Argent Exchange Monitor |
| Mon | Argent XT: Argent Guardian |
Argent AT License Count Abbreviations
| CLSTR | Windows Clusters |
| ESXHST | Argent for VMware ESX-ESXi Hosts |
| DCNT | Argent for VMware Datacenters |
| LNXVM | Argent for VMware Linux VMs |
| OTHVM | Argent for VMware Other VMs |
| ROBOT | Argent Defender Trusted Agents |
| RTP | Argent Defender Recorded Sessions Per Hour |
| UNIX | Argent Defender Linux/Unix (For Root Cause Analysis) |
| URL | Argent Defender URL Objects |
| VWCLSTR | Argent for VMware Clusters |
| VWRSPL | Argent for VMware Resource Pools |
| W2VM | Argent for VMware Windows VMs |
| Windows | Argent Defender W200x (For Root Cause Analysis) |
| W2 | Windows 200x |
Argent XT License Count Abbreviations
| AAC | Argent Alerts (Unlimited) |
| AS400 | iSeries/AS400 |
| AIX | AIX |
| CLSTR | Windows Clusters |
| FTP | Argent Sentry FTP Servers |
| HPUX | HP-UX |
| LNX | Linux |
| PQ | Printer Queues |
| SCO | SCO |
| SMTP | Argent Sentry SMTP Servers |
| SNMP | TCP/IP Devices |
| SUN | Sun Solaris |
| URL | Argent Sentry URL Objects |
| VMHOST | Argent Monitor for VMware ESX Hosts |
| W2 | Windows 200x |
Resolution
N/A