Netware 5.1 Licensing Problem

[jahistx]

Hi

We have added 40 extra Netware 5.1 licenses to our SBS 5.1 Server which originally had 30 licenses.

These new licenses exist in a different envelope to the original ones, all are in the same tree and container.

Public has read and compare rights to the tree, and yet the new licenses are not being used up. As soon as we hit 30 licenses, users are unable to log in to the server.

These licenses have never been used (envelope properties shows a blank against max used).

Trustees of both envelopes are Public, and the administrator account. Both have compare and read rights.

Any help much appreciated.

 

[marvhuffaker]

5.1 licenses are differernt than 5.1 SBS licenses.

Additionally, it is my understanding that the max # of licenses for 5.1 SBS is 50 users. It won't allow more than that, hence the name small business.



Marvin Huffaker MCNE, CNE
Marvin Huffaker Consulting

http://www.redjuju.com

 

[jahistx]

I had been advised otherwise. Thank you for raising these issues marvhuffaker, I will put these points to my reseller / support team.

Is it the case then that 5.1 licenes will not work with SBS 5.1?

 

[Provogeek]

I thought the max on NWSB was 25 users, but I could be wrong. I do know there is a cap as Marv points out. Almost sounds like you bought from CDW, they seem to screw up a lot with Novell licensing.

Keep in mind that once you go over the Small Business max user cap, it's not just the full NetWare product you will need to purchase. You will also need to purchase the full product for GroupWise, BorderManager and ZENworks.

My sales reps have been able to get cutomers moving from SB to full product a discount on this upgrade from Novell. Ask your reseller to do the same.

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Brent Schmidt Certified nut case
Senior Network Engineer

http://www.kiscc.com

 

[jahistx]

Hi Provogeek

Our SBS server has been happily running with 30 user licenses since installation, but our tech support have verified that indeed there is a 50-user limit on SBS51.

I will have a few strong words for our reseller as I did ask them to check if we were getting the correct license type (although I didn't think there would be the hard-coded user limit).

 

[Provogeek]

Yea, the hard coded user limit can be a pain in the rump, but when you look at what your getting it evens out.

Just have to ask, is your goal to get to 40 users total? or were you trying to go from 30 users add 40 to get to 70 users on your network? If you are just trying to get to 40 users total, you only need a 10 user additive license.

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Senior Network Engineer

http://www.kiscc.com

 

[marvhuffaker]

This is a good example of why you should buy from a qualified Novell Partner that will take the time to understand exactly what it is that you need.

Certain monkeys at large warehouse resellers just don't care enough to do research.

Marvin

Marvin Huffaker MCNE, CNE
Marvin Huffaker Consulting

http://www.redjuju.com

 

[jahistx]

Hi marv

Tell that to my FD. I wanted to use our tech support team (they built the servers in the first place), but we could save a few K by going elsewhere... and look where its got us.

Provogeek - I was trying to go from 30 to 70, but 50 is the limit unless we upgrade from SBS 5.1 which as I mentioned in the previous paragraph is unlikely with our FD.