Migrate Citrix NetScaler ADC from pooled to permanent licence
Citrix NetScalers or ADC’s have two different types of licencing available to them. Either the traditional permenent licence where you upload a licence file to the appliance reboot it and its done, or pooled licences. Pooled licences are more flexible and require Citrix ADM to host and manage these licences. They can be checked out by NetScalers, enabling you to quickly upscale/downscale and reallocate licences quickly. However there are some problems here, when switching to pooled licences, Its a lot more administrative work as these licences tend to expire and you have to “manage” these licences like you work with CVAD licences. Also I’ve yet to come across and real use case where you need to juggle licences for NetScalers (ADC’s) in this manner and I’ve worked with A LOTRead More…