We are experiencing a problem backing up the nds on our netware servers. It is 
a known problem, novell claims it is working as designed, and suggest that we 
exclude the license objects from the backup (see below). I have tried several 
ways to exclude these objects but have not been successful. Anyone know how to 
do it?

Thanks in advance,
Cory

from the dsmsched.log:

06/12/2002 01:06:17 ANS1228E Sending of object 
'.[Root].O=HMC.OU=Groupwise.NLS:Publisher=Novell+NLS:Product=NetWare 5 
Server+NLS:Version=510.NLS:License ID=SN:300945821' failed
06/12/2002 01:06:17 ANS1301E Server detected system error

06/12/2002 01:06:18 ANS1228E Sending of object 
'.[Root].O=HMC.OU=Groupwise.NLS:Publisher=Novell+NLS:Product=NetWare 5 
Server+NLS:Version=510.NLS:License ID=SN:300945834' failed
06/12/2002 01:06:18 ANS1301E Server detected system error

06/12/2002 01:06:18 ANS1228E Sending of object 
'.[Root].O=HMC.OU=Groupwise.NLS:Publisher=Novell+NLS:Product=NetWare 5 
Server+NLS:Version=510.NLS:License ID=SN:300945853' failed
06/12/2002 01:06:18 ANS1301E Server detected system error

Novell's reply:

This document (10026730) is provided subject to the disclaimer at the
end of this document.  


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Fact  
Fact  
Novell NetWare 5.1  

Novell NetWare 5.0  

NW5SP4.EXE  

NW51SP3.EXE  


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Symptom  
Symptom  
Cannot backup license objects after applying NW5SP4.EXE.  

Getting error when backing up licenses on NW4.X, during NDS backup:
"<license object> is a corrupted file".  

Getting error backing up licenses on NW5.X during NDS backup: "<license
object> Insufficient rights".  

Error E3125 Failed to read <Object Name> data set, fffdfe83 in ArcServe
log.  

Same error with Backup Exec 8.5  


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Cause  
Cause  
This type of error is the result of some changes in licensing which were
introduced with SP4/SP8 and SP3 for NW5.1. The new version of NLS is
masking out all rights to read the license objects. This will not allow
the licensing object to be backed up as designed.  


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Fix  
Fix  
When preforming a backup the licensing objects will need to be excluded.
Upon making a restore from a backup the licenses will need to be
reinstalled.