NW license timeout value?

[pure8888]

In my NW test environment, there are total 10 client licenses.

But there are 15 systems need to be backup.

NW server deal with licenses as First Come, First Serve.

Can anyone tell me what is license timeout value.
I mean how long the NW server will release the license when
a client is inactive so that other clients can backup?

If we can control the way to assign licenses?

 

[egmweb]

Recently installed:
- Evaluation Mode: 30 Days

Entered the Enabler Codes:
- Enabled Mode: 45 Days

Entered the Authorization Codes:
- Authorized Mode: Permanent

 

[pure8888]

Oh, you misunderstood what I said.

The NW with 10 permanent client licenses but 15 clients need to be backup.

 

[605]

I think the question is: when would NW release a client license? - To do this, you have to:
- delete the client from the resources AND
- to delete his client file index directory /nsr/index/client_name

 

[pure8888]

NO. Delete clients is not a good solution.

In fact, You can define clients as many as you want.
The NW server just limit Maximum client number in specific period. This is why I ask this question.

If you check dynamic data for license:

nsradmin -i - <<!
option hidden;dynamic
show status
print type:NSR
!

The clinet number will be changed. It means NW will release
clients.

 

[605]

You obviously are a nsradmin GURU! )

Nice command, but what does it tell you? I think the output is pretty much the same as "nsrlic -v", displayed a little bit differently. However now i can explain where all the "/x" numbers at the end of a license obviously come from. Compare for example with


C:\> nsrcap -nvv -c xxxxxx-xxxxxx-xxxxxx
Read an enabler:
name: NetWorker Module for Microsoft Exchange Server/11 (2955)
enabler code: xxxxxx-xxxxxx-xxxxxx (0000#000021095)
license type: Z11
demo days: 45 days

nsrcap: License enabler code is valid.

C:\>

 

[pure8888]

you are right. nsrlic -v provides more readable information.

Consider following output of nsrlic -v:

BusinessSuite Module for SAP R/3 Oracle
Available: 6
Used: 5
Remaining: 1
Connected Clients: aaa, bbb, ccc,
ddd, eee;


But in fact, only eee is running backup. All other clients
finished backup.

We reach my original question:

How long NW server think the client still connected so that
it keep the Used number. This is what I mean timeout.

 

[mlmmilkyway]

You can NOT backup 15 clients with only 10 licenses available.
The licenses do not time out. You would have to delete a client to free one up.

 

[605]

A connected client is a client which uses a license. The transfer from 'defined' to 'connected' is done with the first index (when it has been populated).

The word 'connected' does not refer to the fact it is connected to the network. In other words: Of course a client who is physically disconnected will not make the nsrlic status 'connected' disappear.


I cannot tell you about the used number. But license wise it all depends on the number of client indexes which have created through a backup. I don't want to be picky but you could also have a good CFI that you only created by scanning the media.

 

[pure8888]

I don't agree with you.

If fact, either Used number or Connected clients keeping changed.

 

[605]

Well, i have no experience with your method. And i do not know what you really ant to monitor - probly the number of clients which use a license for the current session. But what would that give you?

But i know that my static method worked for me so far.

 

[pure8888]

Because sometimes I ran out of module licenses, I have to
monitor it and try to control it.

 

[605]

Now we come to the point.

Question: I have heard that module licensing has changed silently a while ago. It now also counts by IP address. Unfortunately, i can not prove it. Could this be your a reason for your module license problems?

 

[pure8888]

The only thing we can explain is that:

NW server use IP address to calculate the used module licnese number
but with timeout value. This is why we can backup more
clients than license number. (not at same time).

The license pool just hold or relase license slot for clients.