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NLS client—Software that requests licensing services from license
service providers.
An NLS client runs on client workstations and on NetWare servers. (The
client can run on either a workstation or a server or on both the
workstation and the server.) This software supports 32-bit Windows* and
NetWare Loadable Module
on a server, all of the files that enable an application to use NLS are
copied to the SYS:\PUBLIC and SYS:\SYSTEM directories on the
server.
Other than the client software, no additional files need to be installed on
client workstations. Applications written to use NLS load client libraries
that communicate with NLS components running on a NetWare server.
If a 32-bit Windows NLS client has an existing connection to a NetWare
server running an license service provider, the client communicates
directly with the license service provider. If the client does not already
have a connection to a server running an license service provider, the
client searches from the server's context upward in the eDirectory tree for
an license service provider.
An NLM client does not search. It simply examines the current
connection.
See "Examples of NLS Clients" on page 16
License unit—A component of a license certificate.
When you purchase a product, you purchase one or more license units for
it. For example, a 100 Additive User License for Novell
BorderManager Firewall Services 3 contains 100 license units,
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allowing 100 users to access BorderManager services.
NLS supports digital license units that are available from installed
License Certificate objects. NLS also supports metered license
certificates that are managed through ZENworks
License certificates are installed from files. Typical filename extensions
are
.NLF (for NetWare, BorderManager, and other Novell products)
.CLS (for NetWare for Small Business)
.KEY (activation keys)
IMPORTANT:
A license unit or a license certificate is not the license itself.
Licenses are specified in your license agreement. Although NLS helps you stay in
compliance with the license agreement, you are bound by the terms and conditions
of your software agreement.
(NLM ) platforms. When you install NLS
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Understanding Novell Licensing Services
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functionality.
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