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No access to license units

Some NLS clients might not have access to licensing services if License Service Provider objects are not well-placed in the NDS^® tree.

Place license certificates as close as practical to the actual users but high enough in the NDS tree so that everyone who needs to access them can do so.

Consider the following guidelines:

• Place license certificates so that NLS servers do not have to traverse slow WAN links to access license units.
• Place at least one License Service Provider object in a container near the root of the tree. Also, consider loading LSP software on servers that many or most users log in to in the NDS tree. These two actions distribute requests for license units.
• Identify license certificates that many users throughout the NDS tree will use. Place these license certificates in a context near the root of the NDS tree.
• Identify license certificates that a small group will use. Place these license certificates in the same NDS context as those users' objects.
• Identify license certificates that larger groups will use. Place these certificates in the NDS context that represents the root-most context for the group.

The system erroneously reports duplicate licenses

Problem: The system reports that duplicate licenses are installed in the NDS tree.

Possible cause: In a mixed NetWare^® 4 and NetWare 5 environment, you installed a NetWare 5 license certificate, deleted it, and then reinstalled it elsewhere in the NDS tree. When the 4.0 dredge process walks the NDS tree and looks for certificates, the dredge encounters the deleted certificate and considers it a duplicate.

Solution: If that license certificate was the only certificate in the License Container object, delete the License Container object where the certificate was installed and deleted. (Don't delete the License Container object if it contains other license certificates.)

Solution: Deploy NLS 5.02 to all NetWare 4 and NetWare 5 servers in the NDS tree.

The server beeps frequently

Problem: The server base license may not be consuming a license unit.

Possible cause: No license certificate is installed.

Action: Install a license certificate by running NWCONFIG.NLM. Select License Options > Install Licenses.

Possible cause: The server base license certificate is not assigned to a server.

Action: Using NetWare Administrator, make a server assignment. See Make Server Assignments in NLS Administration.