RE: [FW1] Licensing

[Rogue Bolo <roguebolo@yahoo.com>]

Save yourself the trouble by binding the license to an
ip address instead of a resolvable name. Then, when
you have an outage put the license on a box with the
same ip. Easier than changing the hostname on a Sun
box.

--- Steve Hindmarsh <sth@itss.nerc.ac.uk> wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I agree that this is very convenient but what
> happens if the machine
> blows up? Presumably you would need to update the
> licence for the new
> hostid - if so is there a way of faking the hostid
> to restore
> connectivity until the new licence code is granted?
> From experience of
> getting a new code when changing IP number this can
> take a while.
> 
> Steve Hindmarsh
> 
> >>> <Karel.De-Groote@bsf.alcatel.fr> 17/03/00
> 10:57:36 >>>
> 
> 
> ;-) hi
> best practice:work with a license on your external
> interface with the
> host id so you have no problems with your license
> when you have to change the ip adress
> kind regards
> K@rel
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Tim Cullen <tcullen@baydatacon.com> on 16/03/2000
> 16:02:15
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> To:   "'THELLIER, Francis'"
> <Francis.THELLIER@9telecom.fr>, "'Peter
> Tan'" <petercy@singnet.com.sg>, Jerald Josephs
> <jjosephs@pacbell.net>
> cc:   fw-1-mailinglist@lists.us.checkpoint.com (bcc:
> Karel
> De-Groote/BE/BSD/ALCATEL)
> Subject:  RE: [FW1] Licensing
> 
> 
> 
> 
>
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