Question:
What is the use of .prd files and non prd files which are stored under the path C:\Program Files\FlexNet Operations\release\flexnet-data\data\prd
Answer:
Flexnet Operations (FNO) generates temp PRD files and discards them at the end of license generation using the VCG (Only applicable for all operations done by certificate license generation )
For debugging purposes, if the system log level is set to DEBUG then FNO will store the PRD file and its associated command as two different files under the C:\Program Files\FlexNet Operations\release\flexnet-data\data\prd folder
The name of the PRD file will be <activationId>-<system timestamp>.prd
The name of the command file will be <activationId>-<system timestamp> ( without any extension )
If we open the file 9064-2c93-1f62-4987-8e2b-b9c6-cc6d-abf3-1642502881335 then we can find the command which was used for the license generation
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# Product name : FNP test , Version : 1.0
# Model name : Floating Counted FNO
# C:\Program Files\FlexNet Operations\components\wildfly\standalone\deployments\flexnet.ear\flexnet-data\site\bin\demo_vcg.exe fulfill -g xxx -f C:\WINDOWS\TEMP\vcg2337958561406333726.prd -s 16-apr-2021 -n 1 -h ANY
C:\Program Files\FlexNet Operations\components\wildfly\standalone\deployments\flexnet.ear\flexnet-data\site\bin\demo_vcg.exe fulfill -g xxx -f "9064-2c93-1f62-4987-8e2b-b9c6-cc6d-abf3-1642502881335.prd" -s 16-apr-2021 -n 1 -h ANY
# end.
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Note that the Temp PRD files will be discarded immediately in the normal production log level like INFO or ERROR.
