Dell NetWorker 19.11 Licensing Guide

NetWorker 19.11 new installation with served license

The following section provides an overview of the steps that are required to activate the Served Licenses in a new installation of NetWorker.

1. If using a served license, download the License Server package for the appropriate platform from the same location that you downloaded the NetWorker software from. If using an unserved license, go to step five.
2. Install the Windows or Linux 64-bit License Server package. You can install the License Server in the same location as the NetWorker Server. The following table provides the package name for each operating system version.

   Table 1. Package names for operating system versionsThis table contains package names for operating system versions.

   Operating system	Package name
   Windows	EMC_LicenseServer_3.4.0_x64 installer.msi
   RHEL 5 and SuSE 11	emclicenseserver-3.4.1-2.x86_64_lsb.rpm
   RHEL 6,7 and SUSE 11, 12	emclicenseserver-3.5.0-1.x86_64_lsb.rpm
   Windows server 2012/ 2012 R2/ 2016	DellEMC_LicenseServer_3.6.0_x64.msi
   RHEL 6,7, CentOS 7 variants, SUSE Linux Enterprise versions 11 and 12	dellemclicenseserver-3.6.0-0.x86_64_lsb.rpm
   Windows server 2012 R2/2016/2019	DellEMC_LicenseServer_3.6.6_x64.msi NOTE:Recommended package for NetWorker 19.11.
   RHEL 7, 8, SUSE Linux Enterprise versions 12 and 15	dellemclicenseserver-3.6.2-0.x86_ 64_lsb.rpm NOTE:Recommended package for NetWorker 19.11.

3. In the location that you installed the License Server, copy the license file to the following directory:
   NOTE:Do not rename the license file.

   • On Windows: C:\Program Files\DellEMC License Server\elms\licenses
   • On Linux: /opt/dellemc/licenses

   NOTE:On Linux, you might be required to complete this step before you install the License Server package.
4. Complete the License Server configuration, and then start the License Server:
   • On Windows, use LMTOOLS or the command-line interface. An icon for LMTOOLS appears on the desktop after the License Server installation.
   • On Linux, use the lmgrd command-line utility.
5. On the NetWorker server, launch the NMC Administration window, right-click the server, and then select Properties from the list. The Server Properties window appears.
   1. Select the Licensing tab.
   2. In the CLP license text field, click Browse.
   3. Navigate to the location of the license file, and select the license file.
   4. Click Validate license. The Validate license button is disabled until the contents are validated. You can check the status by using the nsrlic -C command.
6. In the Server Properties window, on the Licensing tab, ensure that the following fields have the correct values, and then click OK.
   • CLP license server (served license only)
   • CLP License Server Port (served license only)
   • Solution ID
   • CLP SWID
   NOTE:CLP is the Dell Dell License Server.
7. In the NMC Administration window, click Server, and then select Registrations. Confirm that the right pane displays an entry for CLP Capacity License that indicates the Authorized -No expiration date.
   NOTE:The user can also apply served license from NetWorker Management Web UI (NWUI). Launch NWUI and login. Select Server-> Server Properties and click the Licensing tab and follow the same above mentioned steps.