| T.R | Title | User | Personal
Name | Date | Lines |
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| 521.1 | Mee too! | OGOPW2::MAGAZU | Brenda Magazu 276-8703 | Fri Feb 28 1997 13:55 | 4 |
| Me Too! Mine's going to expire as well!. I'm running V3.1
Brenda
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| 521.2 | hard-coded expiration date? | NEWVAX::RAK | | Fri Feb 28 1997 14:33 | 12 |
| We loaded NetView-NT 3.1 in late January, and also received the
expiration message today.
We then - deinstalled
- deleted nvinstall.log (per Bob Baker's advice)
- reinstalled fresh kit
...and still received the same message.
If three sites installed on different days but all receive expiration
notices on the same day, it appears to me that the expiration date is
hard-coded.
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| 521.3 | Kits expire in April | TUXEDO::BAKER | | Fri Feb 28 1997 15:34 | 4 |
| The kits loaded from ALARMS were for evaluation until the next release
comes out and they will expire on April 1, 1997. Hard coded that way.
Bob...
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| 521.4 | And now? | MUNICH::BLASCH | | Mon Mar 03 1997 09:14 | 12 |
| Will there be a new kit for internal use?
And a customer called today with the same problem!
He says he installed netview from the official CD.
Is he lying or are there also problems with the kits
customers received on CD?
Thanks
Birgit Blasch
Digital Service Center Munich
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| 521.5 | NO WAY FOR NETVIEW-NT !!!! | EVTAI1::BRUGEL | C. BRUGEL (OMS FRANCE) | Mon Mar 03 1997 12:01 | 9 |
| Hi,
I get the same message from two Netview stations, i use the network kit
from BIKINI. Do you know when the licence will be aborted definitively,
now we receive informational message about future termination of the
product.
WHERE IS THE FINAL PRODUCT, WE USE IT FOR CUSTOMERS AND IT'S VERY
URGENT TO INSTALL A NON TIME STAMP PRODUCT.
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| 521.6 | Official version is OK, Evaluation copies expire | TUXEDO::BAKER | | Mon Mar 03 1997 16:33 | 8 |
| Official copies of NetView that are shipped from SSB do not expire.
Copies down loaded from ALARMS, BIKINI, and/or TUXEDO were
evaluation copies and are hard coded to expire April 1, 1997.
If customers are running versions that are warning of expiration
then they must reload with the version that was received when the
product was purchased.
Bob...
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| 521.7 | And for Internal Use Only? | MBSVAX::SLOAN | Just Another Manic Monday | Tue Mar 04 1997 06:50 | 9 |
| Re .-1
>Copies down loaded from ALARMS, BIKINI, and/or TUXEDO were
>evaluation copies and are hard coded to expire April 1, 1997.
So what about internal use? Will there be an updated version that will
allow its use after April 1st?
/Shaun
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| 521.8 | | TUXEDO::BAKER | | Tue Mar 04 1997 08:02 | 5 |
| Don't know about internal use, hasn't been figured out
yet but obviously is an issue and we are aware of the
need for such a thing.
Bob...
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| 521.9 | | TUXEDO::MINTZ | Erik Mintz | Wed Mar 05 1997 10:31 | 14 |
| The NetView product manager (Suvankar Ghosh) is working the internal
availability issue.
But let me take this opportunity to reinforce:
Internal use kits must NOT be given to customers.
We are allowed to use these kits internally, for demos, shows, etc.
But for ANY revenue generating purpose, whether service or sale based,
the kit must be purchased through SSB. Use of an internal kit for
revenue generating purposes could result in legal action against Digital.
-- Erik
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| 521.10 | How to save the customizations? | MUNICH::BLASCH | | Wed Mar 05 1997 12:53 | 21 |
| re .6 and .9:
"...
If customers are running versions that are warning of expiration
then they must reload with the version that was received when the
product was purchased."
And loose all the configuration?
How can they reload the new version without loosing all the
customizations they have made?
Is there a way to do this?
I know a customer site where the kit from BIKINI was installed,
because the official SSB CD never arrived although ordered and
paid correctly.
This customer would be very angry if he would have to begin from
new.
Regards
Birgit
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| 521.11 | License PB with pnvnt31.zip SSB kit ??? | EVTAI1::VISTA | Renato VISTA/MCS/NS France/ZTO | Thu Mar 06 1997 03:05 | 18 |
| Hi,
Several of my customers are using PNV/NT V3.1 (Intel) from official ways.
Until now, all has being fine... But, since a couple of days, they've
informed me that their NetView product is about to become unavailable
because of LICENSE expiration !! After checking, the expiration date is
set to 31-MAR-1997...
Until now, I've thought that the pnvnt31.zip kit (from 2.16 note) was
an official SSB kit. Of course, my customers have bought their product,
my anticipated Onsite installations were only to start working with a
reliable release..
Is their any kit available via EASYnet ?
Thank you for your replies.
Renato
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| 521.12 | SSB CDs are OK, configurations can be saved, IUO being worked | TUXEDO::BAKER | | Thu Mar 06 1997 14:15 | 15 |
| I have double checked what was given to SSB and there is no
expiration problem. Again, if there is an expiration warning
then reinstall with the SSB CD. The only way the product is
available is via a SSB CD, it is not available via any
network connection.
Configurations can be saved by saving the database files,
installing NetView and then restoring the database files.
I do not have an exact procedure at this time but one is
being worked on.
"Internal use only" issues for v3.1 are still an issue and
we are still addressing it.
Bob...
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| 521.13 | Also license problem | LUX01::lvgdhcp107.lvg.dec.com::lux01::triniane | | Fri Mar 07 1997 03:04 | 14 |
| Hello
I have the same problem with the licence expiration as the kits was the kits
location was mailed to everybody in order to use it. I have then copied it
from the network.
How can we solve this problem taking into account that we don't want to
destroy all the customisation that have been done and that it is urgent.
It seams that we are no more able to get a kit from DIGITAL directly?
Regards
Pierre Triniane
Digital Luxembourg
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| 521.14 | Still available from Digital | TUXEDO::MINTZ | Erik Mintz | Fri Mar 07 1997 07:50 | 7 |
| A new process for acquiring new Digital Internal Use Only kits will
be posted shortly.
For customer use of any kind (including service delivery) the kits must
be ordered through SSB, as always.
-- Erik
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| 521.15 | I've tried this with 3.0a => 3.1 | VNASWS::ANDREAS | | Mon Mar 10 1997 03:41 | 14 |
|
If you follow this steps no customization will be lost.
- backup or copy the full directory usr/ov/databases
- update or install the new pnv version
- restore the directory /usr/ov/databases
I think the installation procedure detect also automaticly if you have pnv
installed allready and will not touch the ..../databases directory.
-Andy
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| 521.16 | Databases AND Traps and Filters | WOTVAX::dhcp20.olo.dec.com::hunt_js | | Tue Mar 11 1997 11:41 | 25 |
| re .15
>If you follow this steps no customization will be lost.
>- backup or copy the full directory usr/ov/databases
>- update or install the new pnv version
>- restore the directory /usr/ov/databases
I have successfully copied this directory (including its sub-directories)
elsewhere (e.g. \temp\usr\ov\databases), re-installed pnv, then copied this
directory (and sub-directories) back into place and everything was fine.
However, if you have changed or added any traps or filters you will have to
save and restore:
\usr\ov\conf for traps
\usr\ov\filters for filters
>I think the installation procedure detect also automaticly if you have pnv
>installed allready and will not touch the ..../databases directory.
Not in my experience! But if you do the above you should be OK either way!
Cheers, Jim
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| 521.17 | kits | MSBCS::HURLEY | | Thu Mar 27 1997 15:12 | 4 |
| I thought I read in this note of a person to contact for the internal
netview kit?? I just looked in note 521 and dont see it.. What was the
fix for getting a kit that wont expire?? I guess I only have 4 days
to resolve it... :-( Any info would help..
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| 521.18 | | TUXEDO::BAKER | | Fri Mar 28 1997 08:30 | 7 |
| Kits for customer use must be ordered through SSB (see note 521.14).
The solution to the expiration problem is to instal using the kit
originally received from SSB.
Kits for Internal use only may also be ordered, (see Note 2.1).
Bob...
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