An object in eDirectory. This object’s existence in the tree is one indication that NLS is configured to run on a server and that a server is a license service provider.
Both the NetWare server installation software and NetWare Deployment Manager install the license service provider software on the server and create a corresponding License Service Provider object (NLS_LSP_servername) in the eDirectory tree.
License service provider objects are created in the same context as the server running the license service provider software (nlslsp.nlm). The License Service Provider object stores configuration information about an license service provider running on the server: a transaction database name, information about how to search for a license certificate (whether to search to the partition root or to the root of the tree), notifications concerning unlicensed access and service problems, and other associated data.
NLS adds an attribute on the NCP™ Server object. This attribute points to the license service provider so that NLS has a link between the NCP Server object and the license service provider.