Can NetWorker Eval License be Reset

Question

I'd like to essentially 'reset' my eval license I have in my test environment. Can this be done? In more detail... A test environment was setup a few months ago for developing and testing a NetWorker migration from v7.3.2 to 7.x (unsure if going to 7.4.4 or 7.5sp1 yet...). The person heading up this project is gone and now I'm assigned to the project. The eval licenses have expired. I don't want to delete/throw-away what was done. Thus my question of 'resetting' the eval license. Bonus question! Do I need an active license to view the environment? From what I understand, you only need an active license to perform a backup, but you can still do a restore on an expired license. (not sure where I read that...)

cfaller · Answer

only way to reset is to delete both /nsr/res and /nsr/mm and restart, licensing information is contained in both these locations.

If your running an Eval you essentially have a time-limited Enterprise licenses (no restrictions), if one expires, you are correct, restores can still be done, but you wont have any jukebox functionality within networker.

A lot of people are aware of the restore functionality from an NSR server that is disabled/expired, what most dont consider is that the only "storage node" that will enabled devices will be the NSR server itself, all others will be disabled.

basically you will have LAN based recovery functionality

DavidHampson · Answer

If you wish to continue to use this in a test environment, stop Networker, delete the directories under nsr of mm, index and res then restart, but this will be with a newly installed configuration. If this is not good enough you may be able to find another one if you do a search on the web, or you may be able to persuade your EMC account manager to give you an extended temporary enabler if you can convince them there may be some new business as a result of your testing...

Hari5 · Answer

Playing with the system date works sometimes. Depends on what you are trying to do with the test setup.

NWadmin1 · Answer

In Eval mode, NetWorker disables itself if the ssid in the mm is longer than the eval period.

tbirkenbach · Answer

Here's what I found out...You CAN essentially reset the eval license(s) by (as done in UNIX)...1) Stop all NetWorker daemons # /etc/init.d/networker stop2) Use nsradmin to edit the resource configuration file # /usr/sbin/nsr/nsradmin -d /nsr/res/nsrdb/3) Enter visual mode NetWorker administration program. Use the 'help' command for help, 'visual' for full-screen mode. nsradmin> visual4) Select [Select], then select [NSR license] to display licenses5) Select [Next] as needed until you display the base enabler6) Select [Delete] to remove the base enabler7) After deleting the base enabler, quit out of nsradmin8) Restart NetWorker daemons # /etc/init.d/networker start9) Launch /usr/bin/nsr/nwadmin or use /usr/sbin/nsr/nsrcap to install new base enabler

ble1 · Answer

That's not really what you asked. In your example you put base enabler and that is different from what eval is. With base enabler you are limited by features you can utilize (and their number).

DavidHampson · Answer

I'm reasonably certain they plugged this hole a while back!

Holger_Inf · Answer

The eval mode is stored in nsrdb like a base enabler.
If you remove this "eval-base" with nsradmin off line and at the same time 'renew' (delete) the mediadatabase (mm-directory) you can play with your existing configuration.

Another way to extend the test period are the evaluation enabler that comes with the mediakit. And if you use a license server you can extend with the same enabler even more

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