what's the difference between "active license keys" and "Registered License Keys"

[Ivy_Yang]

hi,

is there anybody who can tell me what's the difference between "active license keys" and "Registered License Keys"?

[root@lx0034nbumast ~]# get_license_key

        License Key Utility
        -------------------

        A) Add a License Key
        D) Delete a License Key
        F) List Active License Keys
        L) List Registered License Keys
        H) Help
        q) Quit License Key Utility

thanks very much!

[Jackie007]

Check this artical.

http://www.symantec.com/business/support/index?page=content&id=HOWTO33495

[CRZ · Accepted solution]

Not all registered keys may be active - for instance, they may have expired.

Listing "Registered" will list ALL keys, while listing "Active" will only list ACTIVE keys.  More often than not, the lists will be identical if you haven't mucked about with a lot of eval keys or have decades' worth of old keys hanging about in your environment.