HP Advanced Server V7.3B for OpenVMS and HP PATHWORKS V6.1 for OpenVMS (Advanced Server)

HP Advanced Server V7.3B for OpenVMS

The Advanced Server License Registrar, which must be run on the same system as the ﬁle

server, veriﬁes the licenses for clients requesting access to the server functions. Clients

that can produce a valid Client Access license are allowed access to the services offered

by the Advanced Server.

• Server-based license management. The Advanced Server also allows client access

based on the availability of Client Access licenses in the local LMF database being used

in server-based mode. If a client requesting access to the server fails to produce a valid

client-based license, the Advanced Server License Registrar software checks for the

availability of a valid Client Access license being used in server-based mode. If one is

available, the client is allowed access.

Client Access licenses can be put into server-based mode in one of two ways:

– If the Advanced Server License Server was not conﬁgured for the system where

Advanced Server is executing, then all Client Access licenses loaded into the local

LMF database on that system will be used in server-based mode.

– If the Advanced Server License Server was conﬁgured for the system where Advanced

Server is executing, then all Client Access licenses loaded into the local LMF database

will, by default, be used in client-based mode.

To allow some or all of these licenses to be used in server-based mode, use the

Advanced Server License Manager to allocate a portion of those licenses to the special

predeﬁned Server-Based group. Licenses available in the Server-Based group will

then be available for use in server-based mode.

Note: The Advanced Server allows you to simultaneously use Client Access licenses in both

client-based and server-based mode. However, because clients using Client Access licenses

in client-based mode are already licensed to use the server software, they never consume

additional Client Access licenses allocated for use in server-based mode.

LAN Manager and PATHWORKS Compatibility

The Advanced Server maintains compatibility with LAN Manager client and server software.

The Advanced Server also maintains compatibility with PATHWORKS for OpenVMS (Advanced

Server).

A PATHWORKS V5.x for OpenVMS (LAN Manager) server:

• Can be upgraded to an Advanced Server. (You can upgrade PATHWORKS V5 for

OpenVMS (LAN Manager) to PATHWORKS V6.1 for OpenVMS (Advanced Server), then

upgrade PATHWORKS V6.1 for OpenVMS (Advanced Server) to Advanced Server V7.3B

for OpenVMS.)

• Can continue running PATHWORKS for OpenVMS (LAN Manager) and act as a BDC,

member server, or standalone server in a domain where the PDC is an Advanced Server

or a Windows NT Server computer.