Lockstep - Citrix Licensing Monitor.ps1 Errors

[xalapa5000]

I was getting the following error when running the Licensing Monitor script:

At C:\Users\username\Desktop\Licensing\Lockstep - Citrix Licensing Monitor - withlookup.ps1:86 char:19

•         return "Error: $ComputerName: " + $_.Exception.InnerExcep ...
  

•                        ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
  

  Variable reference is not valid. ':' was not followed by a valid variable name character. Consider using ${} to
  delimit the name.

At C:\Users\username\Desktop\Licensing\Lockstep - Citrix Licensing Monitor - withlookup.ps1:88 char:19

•         return "Error: $ComputerName: " + $_.Exception.Message
  

•                        ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
  

  Variable reference is not valid. ':' was not followed by a valid variable name character. Consider using ${} to
  delimit the name.

At C:\Users\username\Desktop\Licensing\Lockstep - Citrix Licensing Monitor - withlookup.ps1:95 char:18

•     return "Error: $ComputerName: $ServiceName not running."
  

•                    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
  

  Variable reference is not valid. ':' was not followed by a valid variable name character. Consider using ${} to
  delimit the name.
  • CategoryInfo : ParserError: (:) [], ParseException
  • FullyQualifiedErrorId : InvalidVariableReferenceWithDrive

I removed the ":" after each $computername and the script no longer errors out.

[sandersjds]

I uploaded the "with lookups" version and adjusted the syntax. There was a change in the way string concatenation worked between PowerShell 2 and 3.

https://github.com/sandersjds/citrix-prtg/blob/master/Lockstep%20-%20Citrix%20Licensing%20Monitor%20-%20withlookup.ps1

[xalapa5000]

Good to see. I downloaded the files initially from the blog. They were
labeled "with lookups" but they had the old code in them.

On another point, I'm not getting any errors but I'm also not getting any
percent used data. Any ideas?

On Fri, Oct 30, 2015 at 11:12 AM, Josh Sanders [email protected]
wrote:

I uploaded the "with lookups" version and adjusted the syntax. There was a
change in the way string concatenation worked between PowerShell 2 and 3.

https://github.com/sandersjds/citrix-prtg/blob/master/Lockstep%20-%20Citrix%20Licensing%20Monitor%20-%20withlookup.ps1

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[sandersjds]

Check to see if it matches what is reported in the licensing console directly. A lot of the products don't actually check out licenses - I've really only seen it with XenDesktop.

[xalapa5000]

The PowerShell code verifies that the Xendesktop is the only license that
shows an InUseCount:

__GENUS : 2
__CLASS : Citrix_GT_License_Pool
__SUPERCLASS :
__DYNASTY : Citrix_GT_License_Pool
__RELPATH :
Citrix_GT_License_Pool.DUP_GROUP=8,FLOAT_OK=FALSE,HOST_BASED=0,HOSTID="",PLATFORMS="",PLD=
"XDT_ENT_CCS",
__PROPERTY_COUNT : 15
__DERIVATION : {}
__SERVER : server
__NAMESPACE : ROOT\CitrixLicensing
__PATH : \server\ROOT\CitrixLicensing:Citrix_GT_License_Pool
Count : 100
DUP_GROUP : 8
FLOAT_OK : False
HOST_BASED : 0
HOSTID :
InUseCount : 19
LicenseType : Retail
Overdraft : 0
PLATFORMS :
PLD : XDT_ENT_CCS
PLDFullName : XDT_ENT_CCS
PooledAvailable : 81
SubscriptionDate : date
USER_BASED : 0
VendorString : ;LT=Retail;
PSComputerName : server

However the PRTG console still shows 0% usage:

[image: Inline image 1]

Anything we can do from here?

On Fri, Oct 30, 2015 at 7:08 PM, Josh Sanders [email protected]
wrote:

Check to see if it matches what is reported in the licensing console
directly. A lot of the products don't actually check out licenses - I've
really only seen it with XenDesktop.

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[sandersjds]

I'll check this code in the next week or so to see if I can duplicate what you're seeing, and find the problem.