Conference decwet::networker

675.0. "client/server licensing issue" by USHS05::KENWORTHY () Tue May 13 1997 08:20

    This question may be because of my lack of knowledge of Networker and
    licensing in general but here goes!
    
    I have a customer that in using networker. They have a server that is
    backing up 19 clients, all using Digital UNIX v3.2c. The server has a
    proper server license, a duplicate server license, a server architecture 
    license and each of the client systems has its own client license. The 
    server also has a 19 user client license that has to be entered 19 times! 
    This does not seem correct. If the customer bought a 19 user client 
    license, why does it have to entered 19 times?
    
    When we use the lmf(8) utility to look at the license database I see
    the following:
    
    DECNSR-SRV-ARCH	active		unlimited
    DECNSR-NET-SVR	active		unlimited
    DECNSR-NET-SVR	active,multiple	unlimited
    DECNSR-NET-CLNT	active		19		19
    DECNSR-NET-CLNT	active.multiple	19		19
    	the above line is repeated 18 times
    
    Is ther something that the customer is doing wrong, or is just the way
    that it works??
    
    regards
    jimk
    

NetWorker for Digital UNIX does not have a multi-client PAK.  

Each client license needs to be entered separately.  If a client 
uses archiving, then it requires an additional client license.

Wes