Hotfix package name: CtxLicensing810W001.zip
For: Citrix Licensing Server 11.10
Hotfix build 12013
Replaces: All previous versions
Date: August, 2013
Languages supported: English (US), German (DE), Spanish (ES), French (FR), Japanese (JA), Simplified Chinese (SC)
Readme version: 1.00

Readme Revision History

Important Notes about This Release

Caution! This release may require you to edit the registry. Using Registry Editor incorrectly can cause serious problems that may require you to reinstall your operating system. Citrix cannot guarantee that problems resulting from the incorrect use of Registry Editor can be solved. Use Registry Editor at your own risk.

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Testing of this release was targeted only at the affected functionality, and regression and stress testing were minimal. Introduce this release to a test environment for evaluation before deploying it to a production environment.

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Where to Find Documentation

This document describes the issue(s) resolved by this release and includes installation instructions. For additional product information, see Citrix eDocs, the Citrix Product Documentation Library.

New Fixes in This Release

1. When using the Quick Deploy or the Desktop Deployment features, the Set-ConfigDBConnection PowerShell command times out, causing the deployment process to fail with the following error messages:

   Error message displayed for Desktop Deployment feature:
   "Exception has been thrown by the target of an invocation."

   Error message displayed for Quick Deployment feature:
   "An unhandled error was thrown by the service."

   [From CtxLicensing810W001][#LA1997]

Fixes from Replaced Hotfixes

No hotfixes were replaced by this release.

Installing and Uninstalling this Release

Notes:

• This release is packaged as a .zip file containing the CTX_Licensing.msi file. For more information about deploying msi files, see Microsoft article 884016 or visit the Microsoft Web site and search on keyword msiexec.
• Caution: Downgrades, also known as rollbacks, from this upgrade are not supported and might leave your systems in an unstable state. This upgrade does not patch the existing installation - it fully replaces it with a new installation. As a result, uninstalling this package removes the entire component from the computer. If the need arises to revert to an earlier version of the product, you must uninstall this package and then reinstall the earlier version of the product. Reverting to an earlier version of the product might result in the loss of settings you configure while this upgrade is installed.
• To install this package successfully, target computers must not have registry modification restrictions in place.
• This hotfix might or might not prompt you to restart the server when the installation or uninstallation is complete. You must restart the server for the installation to complete.
• If the need arises to restore the original settings and functionality provided by this hotfix, you must uninstall the hotfix before reinstalling it according to the installation instructions below.

To install this hotfix:

1. Copy the file to a shared folder on the network.
2. Extract the compressed file and save the CTX_Licensing.msi file on the computer you want to update.
3. Run the .msi file.
4. Restart the computer.

To uninstall this hotfix:

1. From the Start menu, select Control Panel > Programs and Features.
2. Highlight the hotfix you want to uninstall and click Uninstall.
3. Follow the directions on-screen.