When you use the platform License Manager view or Workbench’s Workbench License Manager view (under Tools) to export one or more license files, they are saved in a compressed (Zip compatible) format known as a license archive, that is a file with a “.lar” file extension. Any .lar file is simply a zip of the exported license file(s) that includes the complete “licenses/hostID” folder (subdirectory) structure for any included licenses. See Figure A.13 for an example.

Figure A.13 shows a .lar file in Windows Explorer being opened using WinZip, and its subsequent contents. In this case where the archive contains multiple licenses, it was created by an export performed using the Workbench License Manager tool. However, if you export a license in the License Manager when platform-connected to a remote host, the license archive file contains just that one license.