Licence error Alfha server

[migvzla3011]

hello i have a problem, i cant loggin with non-root user, the error ouput is:

"Too many users logged on already.
Try again later"

I have read that is a licence problem, i have done a new inslation, before the new instalation worked perfectly.


Product Status Users: Total Active

OSF-BASE enabled
OSF-BASE enabled, multiple
OSF-BASE enabled, multiple
OSF-SVR active unlimited
OSF-USR active unlimited



lmf> list full
Product Name: OSF-BASE
Producer: DEC
Issuer: DEC
Authorization Number: ALS-NQ-2003OCT14-67
Number of units: 100
Version:
Product Release Date:
Key Termination Date:
Availability Table Code: A
Activity Table Code:
Key Options: MOD_UNITS, ALPHA
Product Token:
Hardware-Id:
License status: enabled
Cancellation Date:
Revision Number: 0
Comment:

Product Name: OSF-BASE
Producer: DEC
Issuer: DEC
Authorization Number: ALS-NQ-2003OCT14-63
Number of units: 3000
Version:
Product Release Date:
Key Termination Date:
Availability Table Code: A
Activity Table Code:
Key Options: MOD_UNITS, ALPHA
Product Token:
Hardware-Id:
License status: enabled, multiple
Cancellation Date:
Revision Number: 0
Comment:

Product Name: OSF-BASE
Producer: DEC
Issuer: DEC
Authorization Number: ALS-NQ-2003OCT14-68
Number of units: 100
Version:
Product Release Date:
Key Termination Date:
Availability Table Code: A
Activity Table Code:
Key Options: MOD_UNITS, ALPHA
Product Token:
Hardware-Id:
License status: enabled, multiple
Cancellation Date:
Revision Number: 0
Comment:

Product Name: OSF-SVR
Producer: DEC
Issuer: DEC
Authorization Number: ALS-NQ-2003OCT14-65
Number of units: 1300
Version:
Product Release Date:
Key Termination Date:
Availability Table Code: H
Activity Table Code:
Key Options: MOD_UNITS, ALPHA
Product Token:
Hardware-Id:
License status: active
Cancellation Date:
Revision Number: 0
Comment:
Cache Total Units: 1300
Activity Charge: 0

Product Name: OSF-USR
Producer: DEC
Issuer: DEC
Authorization Number: ALS-NQ-2003OCT14-64
Number of units: 1300
Version:
Product Release Date:
Key Termination Date:
Availability Table Code: H
Activity Table Code:
Key Options: MOD_UNITS, ALPHA
Product Token:
Hardware-Id:
License status: active
Cancellation Date:
Revision Number: 0
Comment:
Cache Total Units: 1300
Activity Charge: 0

[migvzla3011]

and another point is i put lmf reset the error output is:



Combine OSF-BASE ALS-NQ-2003OCT14-67 with OSF-BASE ALS-NQ-2003OCT14-63
Combine OSF-BASE ALS-NQ-2003OCT14-67 with OSF-BASE ALS-NQ-2003OCT14-68
Not enough units to load OSF-BASE DEC

[migvzla3011]

The system has 4 CPU and before the system crash had the output


The following products are registered with LMF on the system:

Product Status Users: Total Active

OSF-BASE enabled
OSF-BASE enabled, multiple
OSF-BASE enabled, multiple
OSF-USR active unlimited
OSF-USR active, multiple unlimited
OSF-SVR active unlimited



Full display of LMF products:

Product Name: OSF-BASE
Producer: DEC
Issuer: DEC
Number of units: 100
Version:
Product Release Date:
Key Termination Date:
Availability Table Code: A
Activity Table Code:
Key Options: MOD_UNITS, ALPHA
Product Token:
Hardware-Id:
License status: enabled
Cancellation Date:
Revision Number: 0
Comment:

Product Name: OSF-BASE
Producer: DEC
Issuer: DEC
Number of units: 100
Version:
Product Release Date:
Key Termination Date:
Availability Table Code: A
Activity Table Code:
Key Options: MOD_UNITS, ALPHA
Product Token:
Hardware-Id:
License status: enabled, multiple
Cancellation Date:
Revision Number: 0
Comment:

Product Name: OSF-BASE
Producer: DEC
Issuer: DEC
Number of units: 3000
Version:
Product Release Date:
Key Termination Date:
Availability Table Code: A
Activity Table Code:
Key Options: MOD_UNITS, ALPHA
Product Token:
Hardware-Id:
License status: enabled, multiple
Cancellation Date:
Revision Number: 0
Comment:

Product Name: OSF-USR
Producer: DEC
Issuer: DEC
Number of units: 1300
Version:
Product Release Date:
Key Termination Date:
Availability Table Code: H
Activity Table Code:
Key Options: MOD_UNITS, ALPHA
Product Token:
Hardware-Id:
License status: active
Cancellation Date:
Revision Number: 0
Comment:
Cache Total Units: 1700
Activity Charge: 0

Product Name: OSF-USR
Producer: DEC
Issuer: DEC
Number of units: 400
Version:
Product Release Date:
Key Termination Date:
Availability Table Code:
Activity Table Code: CONSTANT=100
Key Options:
Product Token:
Hardware-Id:
License status: active, multiple
Cancellation Date:
Revision Number: 0
Comment:

Product Name: OSF-SVR
Producer: DEC
Issuer: DEC
Number of units: 1300
Version:
Product Release Date:
Key Termination Date:
Availability Table Code: H
Activity Table Code:
Key Options: MOD_UNITS, ALPHA
Product Token:
Hardware-Id:
License status: active
Cancellation Date:
Revision Number: 0
Comment:
Cache Total Units: 1300
Activity Charge: 0

[Steven Schweda]

> [...] i have done a new inslation, before
> the new instalation worked perfectly.

Are you installing this on the same system
where it worked before, or on some different
system? What is this system? How many
CPUs (now and before)? Did you save the old
license data base?

> Not enough units to load OSF-BASE DEC

On VMS, one can use a "SHOW LICENSE
/UNIT_REQUIREMENTS" command to show the
information in the License Unit Requirement
Table (LURT). I don't see a way to do that
on Tru64, so the actual requirement may
remain a mystery.

As a practical matter, all your OSF-BASE
PAKs seem to have the MOD_UNITS option, so
you could probably use "lmf" to modify one or
more of them to any number of units you might
like to have. Doing that may be your only
diagnostic tool. Increasing your license
units values for normal operation without
sending money to HP may violate your license
agreement, however.

[Steven Schweda]

> The system has 4 CPU [...]

That's three more than I ever had in a Tru64
system, so I know nothing, but "lmf" does
seem to offer an "lmf reset cpus n" command,
which may let you reduce the number of active
CPUs.

lmf reset cpus


urtx# lmf reset fred
Invalid argument fred
Usage : lmf reset [ cpus [ n ] ]

(On a single-CPU system, all values of "n"
seem to be invalid, so I can't do much
experimentation.)

[Rob Leadbeater]

Hi,

Your OSF-BASE licenses are enabled rather than active, which will cause the error you're seeing.

This is probably because you should have 4 of them with a 4 CPU system, rather than just 3 - however it already looks as though one of the licenses "ALS-NQ-2003OCT14-63" has had the Number of units increased to account for this.

If an "lmf reset" doesn't sort things out, then you can try modifying that license again, to increase the number of units further.

There used to be a list of machines and license requirements online here:

http://licensing.hp.com/slm/swl/view.slm?page=alpha&jumpid=reg_R1002_USEN

but that now gives not found error, unfortunately.

Regards,

Rob

[Steven Schweda]

> [...] you should have 4 of them with a 4
> CPU system, rather than just 3 - however it
> already looks as though one of the licenses
> "ALS-NQ-2003OCT14-63" has had the Number of
> units increased to account for this.

I'd say that the "units" total is more
important than the number of PAKs. With my
weak psychic powers, I don't know if any of
these PAKs has had its "units" value
"increased", of if it simply had a large
value when it was issued.

Also, a PAK is not a license, and a license
is not a PAK. A license is a legal
agreement, which (probably) entitles you to
get (and use) a PAK.

[migvzla3011]

Thank you a lot for your help


i have done the follows steps

1) lmf modify and icremenet the units

2) lmf reset

and the system work perfectly

thank you for your fast answer

[migvzla3011]

work perfectly

[Rob Leadbeater]

Please remember to assign points to replies...

Cheers,
Rob