Progress Openedge database license file.

License file is a Text file which contains the details of Progress DB connections. This file is placed in the same location where .db file exist and naming convention of this file is dbname.lic (if database name is dbname). if this file having issue in writing then information will be recorded in .lg file itself.

License file is space delimited and having 12 columns in it, these columns represent different meaning as below

1.     Current date

2.     Current time

3.     Number of licensed users specified by the configuration file (if -1 shows, it means that an unlimited number of users are licensed)

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  

It will resets the value once it writes to .lic file. APW BIW AIW and WDOG process will not be counted and recorded in the file. Webspeed and appserver connection will be recorded in 7,8 and 9th column, There is no option to start DB without writing to lic file. You should not delete lic file when DB is up and running, if lic file is deleted when DB is down it will create the new one at the time of starting the DB