How Nls Works - Novell NETWARE 6-DOCUMENTATION Manual

Example 3: Metering

How NLS Works

A client workstation requests an application that is not NLS-enabled.
ZENworks, integrated with NLS, requests a license unit on behalf of the
application.
Depending on the response from NLS, Application Launcher in ZENworks
chooses whether or not to load the application. Therefore, Application
Launcher can be configured to request license units for applications that are
not NLS-aware.
The following figure illustrates how NLS Works.
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Licensing-enabled software
requests a license.
The LSP indicates license
availability.
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The following list describes how License Service Providers (license service
providers) handle requests from NLS clients by interacting with the
eDirectory database.
1. An application issues a request to the NLS client.
In NetWare, for example, the server requests a license unit on behalf of
the user that is connecting to the server. The server issues this request to
the NLS client.
2. The NLS client library packages the request from the application and
submits it to an license service provider.
The LSP searches the eDirectory
tree for a License Container
object with available licenses.
License Service
Provider
The LSP checks out a license
from a License Container object
for software to use.
Understanding Novell Licensing Services
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License Container object
License Certificate
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