Thanks to all who responded especially John Francini and James
Sainsbury.
An "issued" license (done with lmf issue command)is no longer available
to the system to use. And since the system checks for the presence
of the OSF-BASE license PAK at boot time, you'll never know it was
gone until the next reboot.
Just keep a backup copy for the ldb and ldb_history files located in
the /var/adm/lmf directory for future problems.
I will quote the response from James Sainsbury below
"
1.Recover your ldb and ldb_history into a holding directory
eg /var/sadm/recover
2.Make copies into another directory (to save redoing 1)
eg /var/sadm/work
3. Cd /var/sadm/work
4. Check the contents of the ldb with
lmf -d /var/sadm/work list full
5. If the contents are exactly what you need
a. make copies of /var/adm/lmf/ldb and /var/adm/lmf/ldb_history
b. copy the restored files from /var/sadm/recover to /var/adm/lmf
c. lmf reset
d. if (c) fails restore the copies made in (a)and lmf reset
start again
6. If not
a. make copies of /var/adm/lmf/ldb and /var/adm/lmf/ldb_history
b. determine which licenses you require to issue
**NOTE** Issuing licenses DELETES them from the ldb **
lmf -d /var/sadm/work
lmf> issue /var/sadm/work/osf-base OSF-BASE DEC ALS-SN-93183-45
...
The Producer(DEC) and Authorisation(ALS-SN-93183-45) will
distinguish instances of a particular license.
c. Install these licenses
lmf register - < /var//sadm/work/osf-base
...
lmf reset
d. if (c) fails restore the copies made in (a)and lmf reset
start again
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Original question:
Hello all,
A strange thing happened to my system and I thought about sharing it
with you and get some feedback.
I have an ES40 running True64 Unix V 4.0G, has 4 CPU's
I rebooted it after running continously for 6 monthes, when I got the
message:
" Can't find an OSF-BASE, UNIX-WORKSTATION, or UNIX-SERVER license PAK"
I new that there was something related to a missing license, so I got
my license folder and checked, but I didn't find the licenses I needed
there (the MAIN OSF-BASE license that came with the system..(my fault)).
Any way, I called Compaq and they gave me a temp license till I find my
missing one, which me and my Compaq vendor are trying to dig for it.
My concern is, Why it got deleted or got missed from the license
database?
Is there a way to get it back through manipulating the files ldb and
ldb_history?? (I have a backup of them, but I went something like 2
monthes ago, and the files are exactly the same).
Can I do a lmf issue command,?
I have multiple OSF-BASE licenses, which one will it issue?
Any suggestions or expert experience will be highly appreciated..
Thanx
-MKMA
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Received on Wed Nov 14 2001 - 13:59:23 NZDT