change host id on HP-UX for license server

[Peter Kielbasiewicz]

Hello Gurus,

we have an old D390 running a legacy flexlm license server under HP-UX 10.
The licenses are bound to the host id derived from uname -i.
Some of the licenses are so old that the companies which issued them do not even exist anymore, i.e. it is not possible to request changed license keys.
Problem is that the hardware is obsolete and might fail some day. We still have a bunch of old 712 and 715 workstations at hand though.

The question is, if it is possible for an HP technician to change the host id (from uname -i) e.g. on a HP712 or HP715 workstation so that the license server can be moved to another machine.

[Jeeshan]

use command
#set_parms hostname

[Ivan Krastev]

This can be changed from HP engineer with ssconfig tool. See previous - http://forums11.itrc.hp.com/service/forums/questionanswer.do?admit=109447626+1199865443413+28353475&threadId=1181650

regards,
ivan

[Dennis Handly · Accepted solution]

This is the same as your thread in servers > 9000:
http://forums.itrc.hp.com/service/forums/questionanswer.do?threadId=1182468

You aren't going to get any different answers here. And you need to talk to HP.

Some old links about this issue:
http://forums.itrc.hp.com/service/forums/questionanswer.do?threadId=85456
http://forums.itrc.hp.com/service/forums/questionanswer.do?threadId=109069
http://forums.itrc.hp.com/service/forums/questionanswer.do?threadId=192895
http://forums.itrc.hp.com/service/forums/questionanswer.do?threadId=1031958
http://forums.itrc.hp.com/service/forums/questionanswer.do?threadId=1072546
http://forums.itrc.hp.com/service/forums/questionanswer.do?threadId=1168777
http://forums.itrc.hp.com/service/forums/questionanswer.do?threadId=1048736
http://forums.itrc.hp.com/service/forums/questionanswer.do?threadId=1138581

[Peter Kielbasiewicz]

Sorry for the duplicate post.
My mail notification was broken and I could not find my previous post when I searched the forum for my name so I thought the post had not been submitted.
Thanks for all of your answers

[Torsten.]

Here is your previous post:

http://forums11.itrc.hp.com/service/forums/questionanswer.do?threadId=1182468

The final answer is no, you cannot change the ID on your workstations, because this is bound to internal hardware (burned on the chips).

[Peter Kielbasiewicz]

Again sorry for the duplicate.
I think the search function is broken though.
When I search the forums for me as an author I only get 3 rather old results but neither my previous post nor this duplicate as can be seen from the attached screenshot.

[Torsten.]

To find your previous posts you should use your personal profile:

http://forums11.itrc.hp.com/service/forums/publicProfile.do?userId=BR654820&forumId=1

As said before, it is not possible to "transfer" the system ID of a D-class to a workstation like the 712.

[Dennis Handly]

>I think the search function is broken though.

Very likely. I remembered a recent thread with the same question and it took forever to find it. Then I found it was yours.

>When I search the forums for me as an author

Instead you could look at your profile. Your most recent 10 threads should be there:
http://forums.itrc.hp.com/service/forums/publicProfile.do?userId=BR654820&forumId=1