Domain Controller with new licensing

[Nancy Palmquist]

Walter Vaughan wrote:
> Nancy Palmquist wrote:
> 
>> We found that without the Netware Client the Hard Drive Serial Number 
>> (Mac Address) or whatever it is called that correctly opened the 
>> filePro license was not available.  It displays 0000-0000 as the 
>> serial number.
>>
>> We are trying to switch to a Domain Controller and eliminate the 
>> Netware Client from all the clients.
>>
>> All normal filePro stuff seemed to work just fine, however, on the 
>> computers that are using fpODBC, the licensing is not working if we 
>> eliminate the netware client.
>>
>> Is there any other way to handle this without the netware client?  We 
>> really want to eliminate this software.
> 
> 
> I don't think a Windows Domain controller is the solution or the problem.
>  From my experience with fpODBC license manager, the application looks 
> to the boot drive's serial number.
> 
> If you click "START", "RUN", and type "cmd" you will get a command prompt.
> type "dir", and look for ...
> 
> C:\Documents and Settings\User_Name>dir
>  Volume in drive C has no label.
>  Volume Serial Number is ABCD-1234
> 
> That serial number is what your license should tied to (ABCD-1234).
> 
> Not having been exposed to Novell since the late 80's where the diskless 
> clients actually did boot of the server, I can't imagine each of those 
> workstations all have 0000-0000 as hard drive serial numbers. What you 
> can do is change the hard drive serial number to match the number that 
> you have as a license.
> 
> 

Without the Netware Client running on the Windows Computers that is 
exactly what they see.  Since we certainly can not register filePro with 
that Drive Serial Number, I think it is a problem.

Suggestions to upgrade to 5.6 make me very nervous.  Not that I expect 
issues with filePro running the code but since this installation can not 
afford to be down for more than a Sunday afternoon (when fptech is not 
available.) I am very worried about this kind of upgrade without a test 
system to insure a smooth change over.

I have no test environment for this system, it is live and runs 24/7. 
We have to plan for upgrades very carefully and it is amazing how one 
thing causes unexpected problems with another.

Nancy

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