Re: [Xen-users] XCP and XenCenter License Expiration Annoyance

[Denis Cardon <denis.cardon@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Brooks,

> A few months ago Rob Hoe (citrix) posted this response to the list:
>
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------
> You should ignore whatever XenCenter says about licenses when using it
> for XCP. The expiry date has no effect, is not enforced and won't cause
> any harm to your VMs.
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> Although it's true that the expiry date has no effect on VM
> functionality it makes XenCenter almost unusable given the constant
> expiration pop up notifications. Does anyone know if there's anyway to
> stop those messages? At this point there just are no viable alternatives
> to using XenCenter to manage an XCP based pool. At the OpenStack
> conference last week I saw (in the Quantum talk) that RackSpace is using
> XenCenter to help them manage their Xen based cloud. But, I suspect
> they're running Xen 5.6 free vs. XCP 1.0 since I didn't see any license
> expirations warnings pop up in the demo.
you can download a free evaluation key from citrix web site and upload 
it to your XCP pool. It does remove the annoying pop up (and it does not 
expire).
Cheers,

Denis


> Kevin
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