They only way to free up a license is to delete the client resource that is 
using that license. To verify run nsrlic -v pre and post deletion. This is a 
documented fact by EMC/Networker support. You can grant other hosts permissions 
for recovery right before you attempt to do the recovery. Just recreate the 
client. Recreating or for that matter creating a client does take up a license 
until you successfully back the client up. So if you recreate it but don't 
attempt to back it up it won't use a license.

Thanks,

Dana

-----Original Message-----
From: EMC NetWorker discussion [mailto:NETWORKER AT LISTSERV.TEMPLE DOT EDU] On 
Behalf Of George Sinclair
Sent: Sunday, October 25, 2009 5:57 PM
To: NETWORKER AT LISTSERV.TEMPLE DOT EDU
Subject: License question?

If you keep an NSR client resource listed, even though the client no 
longer exists, does this still use up a license?

The situation is that when we get rid of a machine, I like to still keep 
one NSR client resource listed for that host so that I can give 
permission (Remote access field) to some other machine to recover the 
former host's data if need be. I keep it around for a while. If I don't 
do this, it's a little tricky to add it when it's no longer on the 
network other than playing games with /etc/hosts, etc.

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