About license archive (.lar) files
When you use the platform License Manager view or the Workbench License Manager view (main menu: 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.
Figure 138. License archive (.lar) is license file(s) in zip format, including folder paths relative to sys home.
The figure above shows a .lar file in Windows Explorer, opened using 7-Zip, 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 the license(s) for that host.