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NetWorker License Manager (legacy)

Note

If you plan to use the EMC Licensing solution, you do not require the NetWorker License

Manager and EMC recommends that you skip the NetWorker License Manager software installation during the NetWorker 9.0 install. When upgrading to NetWorker 9.0, you can

back up the NetWorker License Manager by following the procedure outlined in Backing up the NetWorker License Manager on page 84 .

This chapter includes the following topics: l l l l

About the legacy NetWorker License Manager

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Using an enabler code

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Using an authorization code

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About the legacy NetWorker License Manager

For the legacy traditional model of licensing, the NetWorker License Manager software provides centralized license management, which enables you to maintain all of an enterprise’s NetWorker traditional licenses from a single computer.

With the NetWorker License Manager, you can move NetWorker software from one computer to another, or change the IP address on an existing NetWorker server without having to re-authorize the software. The NetWorker License Manager can be installed as an option during the NetWorker software installation.

The latest NetWorker License Manager Installation and Administration Guide provides more information on how to install and use the NetWorker License Manager.

Using an enabler code

Use the following procedure to add an enabler code by using the License Manager software.

Procedure

1. From the Console window, click Setup.

2. Right-click Licensing, then select New. The Create dialog box appears.

3. In the Enabler Code attribute, type the enabler code and leave the other attributes blank.

4. Click OK.

Using an authorization code

Follow this procedure to type an authorization code by using the NetWorker License

Manager software.

Procedure

1. From the Console window, click Setup and then click Licensing.

2. Right-click the license to be authorized, then select Properties. The Properties dialog box appears.

3. In the Auth Code attribute, enter the authorization code for the product (the authorization code assigned to the specified permanent enabler or update enabler code).

4. Click OK. The license is now permanently enabled.

Backing up the NetWorker License Manager

This section provides instructions to back up the NetWorker License Manager if at some point you want to restore an earlier version of NetWorker that uses the NetWorker License

Manager. Perform these steps before upgrading to NetWorker 9.0.

On the NetWorker License Manager server platform, two files that are related to the

License Manager appear in the /nsr/lic directory: l l

/nsr/lic/res/lictype.res

/nsr/lic/res/lgtolm.res

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The NetWorker License Manager database is a single file, /nsr/lic/res/ lgtolm.res, and contains all the information for the install base licensing. Note that in most environments this file is typically stored on the platform where you installed the

NetWorker License Manager and not the platform where the NetWorker server is installed.

To retain the lgtolm.res file, back up the NetWorker server and the /nsr/lic directory on the NetWorker License Manager platform before you upgrade to NetWorker

9.0. You can back up the NetWorker License Manager by using a standard NetWorker save command (for example, savegrp) where the NetWorker License Manager platform is created as a client and /nsr/lic is the save set.

Alternatively, you can use the following steps to create a client for the NetWorker License

Manager platform and a group for the platform/save set and then perform the NetWorker

License Manager backup. In this example, a NetWorker License Manager package is installed on the host

yoyodyne.com

:

1. Create a client for the NetWorker License Manager. For example,

yoyodyne.com

.

2. Create a group for the client. For example,

yoyodyne_nlm

.

3. Edit the client yoyodyne.com properties to only use the yoyodyne_nlm group and change the save set for the client to /nsr/lic.

4. Start a save for the client.

5. Back up the /nsr directory and its contents on the existing installation.

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