On solaris and other platforms with a hostid command,
the hostid can be found with typing in
hostid
On solaris is is usually based on the mac adress of the build in ethernet port
Or on modern Sparc hardware on a Creditcard chip
Maarten
On Monday 04 October 2004 16:19, Riaan Louwrens wrote:
> (Insert thumb into mouth here)
>
> As far as I know (read think / was lead to beleive) Legato gets it hostid
> from a combination of MAC , IP , name and SID (if youre using windows).
> This is why I tell myself I have had issues when joining the same computer
> / IP / name to a different domain (new SID).
>
> I must confess that I am not a 100% sure if the same applies to Linux /
> Unix.
>
> Off course if you generated your hostid from your IP only then you wont
> have most of these issues if your IP stays the same.
>
> Regards,
> Riaan
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Legato NetWorker discussion
> [mailto:NETWORKER AT LISTMAIL.TEMPLE DOT EDU]On Behalf Of Matt Temple
> Sent: Monday, October 04, 2004 4:17 PM
> To: NETWORKER AT LISTMAIL.TEMPLE DOT EDU
> Subject: Re: [Networker] Whoa...all my licenses expiring...
>
>
> Riann, et. al.,
>
> Just out of curiosity, if, as a result of the network problem, this
> computer received a different NAME, and dynamic DNS is in use, could
> such a change cause this problem? How does Networker determine
> the machine it was meant to run on? Only from the MAC address and other
> machine-dependent information?
>
> Matt Temple
>
> Riaan Louwrens wrote:
> > again,
> >
> > I would double check my actual hostid on the machine to try and see
> > whether the issue is as a result of something changing in your
> > environment (or Legato thinking it has) - or - perhaps due to a disk
> > corruption or the like. With the latter I dont really have any ideas -
> > but if you can chop the problem up perhaps someone else has an idea, or
> > Legato wuold be able to assist further.
> >
> > Riaan
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Brian O'Neill [mailto:oneill AT oinc DOT net]
> > Sent: Monday, October 04, 2004 4:03 PM
> > To: Legato NetWorker discussion; Riaan Louwrens
> > Subject: Re: [Networker] Whoa...all my licenses expiring...
> >
> >
> > Well, I can say that the IP address and the hardware did not change, nor
> > did I apply for any "grace" period. The system has been running for
> > months without any issues, and didn't even reboot with the outage. I did
> > restart Networker and the license manager daemon, but nothing changed.
> >
> > Riaan Louwrens wrote:
> >>Hi,
> >>
> >>You had a network outage - do you have DHCP ? Did your network server's
> >> IP change perhaps (new IP, new HOSTID). Perhaps a new network card in
> >> you server ?
> >>
> >>I would just compare my current hostid with my previous one (to which the
> >> licenses are registered) to make sure. If it has changed try to figure
> >> out why (so that it doesnt happen again) - BUT - you will have to do a
> >> host transfer with Legato (or your local legato supprot people).
> >>
> >>If I am not mistaken "G" is when you have applied the grace period to
> >> your license before you permanently registered it ...
> >>
> >>Regards,
> >>Riaan
> >>
> >>
> >>-----Original Message-----
> >>From: Legato NetWorker discussion
> >>[mailto:NETWORKER AT LISTMAIL.TEMPLE DOT EDU]On Behalf Of Maarten Boot
> >>(CWEU-USERS/CWNL)
> >>Sent: Monday, October 04, 2004 3:48 PM
> >>To: NETWORKER AT LISTMAIL.TEMPLE DOT EDU
> >>Subject: Re: [Networker] Whoa...all my licenses expiring...
> >>
> >>
> >>are you running a seperate license server ?
> >>is it still reachable
> >>
> >>(is restarting the legato server an option ? )
> >>
> >>Maarten
> >>
> >>On Monday 04 October 2004 15:38, Brian O'Neill wrote:
> >>>OK, the Networker server I administer for a client is suddenly after a
> >>>network outage reporting that a license enabler is going to expire - and
> >>>according to nwadmin, ALL of them are going to expire, showing a
> >>>expiration date of "G Oct 16, 2004". I have no idea what the "G" means.
> >>>
> >>>These are supposed to be fully licensed and showed "unlimited" or
> >>>whatever it was before - what has happened?
> >>>
> >>>Currently running 7.1.1 on Linux...
> >>>
> >>>-Brian
> >>>
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