Licensing software that you install and run on NetWare servers. This software is contained in the nlslsp.nlm program running on a NetWare 4.11 or later server.
A license service provider provides the actual licensing service. It handles requests from NLS clients and maintains the license certificates, which are stored within eDirectory.
When you install NetWare and licensing certificates, NLS
Installs the license service provider software on the server
Creates an License Service Provider object (NLS_LSP_servername) in the eDirectory tree
You can also use NetWare Deployment Manager to accomplish these two tasks.
IMPORTANT:You must have a license service provider running on a server with a writable replica of each partition. This requirement applies to partitions that contain—or will contain—License Certificate objects. If a partition does not—or will not—contain a license certificate, that partition does not require a server running an license service provider.
The replica can be a master or read/write replica. You can run license service providers on other servers without replicas as long as they can communicate with the license service provider that has a writable replica. The server with the writable replica can make changes to the eDirectory database on the other server’s behalf.