>> 1. Can an unused "NT Cluster client/1" license be used as a "normal"
>> client lic (assuming I am not using clustering anymore, and it's not
>> tied to a system?)
>
>I am not sure, but if you're reasonably current with your NetWorker server
>version, its a moot point because at some point in the past year or two, EMC
>dropped that client type licensing scheme so any NetWorker server can back
>up any type of client (e.g., Linux, Windows, Mac, etc.) without a
>client-specific license.

My understanding: In the old world, in order to back up Unix or Windows
clusters you needed a client license for each node plus a cluster license
for each cluster. So if the nodes aren't clustered any more the cluster
license does you no good.

>> 2. In Networker "Registrations" - There is a number after each license
>> in the list - ie. "Networker Client Connections/5" - (I assume that this
>> is 5 licenses in one enabler/LAC)..  Going further, I have one that is
>> "ClientPaks for LINUX/38" - does this mean I have 38 linux client lic's
>> total?
>
>The number after the client connections does refer to a license that can
>back up five individual clients. I don't know what that 38 means.

There's a difference between Client Connections and ClientPaks. a Client
Connection enabler gives your server the right to back up the number of
clients listed in the license, for example five in the license you cited.

A ClientPak gives your server the right to back up clients of different
operating systems. Without it, a Windows server can back up only Windows
clients, a Solaris server only Solaris clients, etc. If you want to back up
a Linux client on a non-Linux server you need a ClientPak for Linux. Needed,
that is. I should have written that whole paragraph in the past tense. The
latest versions of NetWorker have removed this "feature" and ClientPaks are
no longer required.

>> 3rd and final question - OTOH, I'm not sure the number is always how
>> many client lics - for example, I also have "NetWorker Module for
>> Microsoft Exchange Server/11" , but AFAIK, I do not have 11 networker
>> exch module licenses, so perhaps the above method of thinking is not
>> correct?
>
>Look at the man page for nsrlic. The nsrlic command will tell you how many
>of each license you have and how many client connections you have used and
>have remaining.

I'm pretty sure "/11" is not the number of licenses but I don't have a clue
what it means either. Stan is right that nsrlic will tell you what you have
and that EMC is a good source of information. They *do* tend to know
licensing cold.

Conrad Macina
Pfizer, Inc.

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