Merle,

Sorry I took so long in reply:  have you tried coding this statement in
dsm.opt:

exclude "dir:*License ID*"

This worked for me:

02/06/2001 13:01:35 ANS1115W File
'.[Root].O=tivoli.NLS:Publisher=Novell+NLS:Product=NetWare 5 Conn
SCL+NLS:Version=510.NLS:License ID=SN:300589192' excluded by
Include/Exclude list
02/06/2001 13:01:35 ANS1115W File
'.[Root].O=tivoli.NLS:Publisher=Novell+NLS:Product=NetWare 5
Server+NLS:Version=510.NLS:License ID=SN:300589192' excluded by
Include/Exclude list

Jim

In response to:

If you can find out how to exclude the Netware 5.1 license objects (they
always
return an error) I'd appreciate knowing how.

I've tried several different syntaxes, including cutting the line from
dsmerror.log with no success.