Setting up a backup machine

[Peter Clarke]

Right i have finally got this server up and running thanks for all your help everyone but have now gone to login and get this message below anyone know how i sort this licensing issue:

*E* Licensing: PH8-ALPHA-RUNTIME PH8-ALPHA-RUNTIME-W-REPORTING
PH8-ALPHA-DEVELOPMENT PH8-TEMPORARY PH8-DEMO Cannot find license file (-1,73:6)
no such device or address

Thanks
Peter

[John Gillings]

Peter,

>*E* Licensing: PH8-ALPHA-RUNTIME PH8-ALPHA-RUNTIME-W-REPORTING
>PH8-ALPHA-DEVELOPMENT PH8-TEMPORARY PH8-DEMO Cannot find license file (-1,73:6)
>no such device or address

That's not a normal OpenVMS licensing error.

My guess is it's from 3rd party software, possibly called "PH8"? and the license mechanism is expecting to see a device or file which doesn't exist on your new system.

You'll need to contact the vendor to determine how their licensing works (and, indeed, if you're legally allowed to run their software on a backup system).

[Phil.Howell · Accepted solution]

cognos powerhouse?
have a look for license.dat under
[cognos.license]

[Peter Clarke]

Yes i have the license.dat file on that directory.
Do you know what i need to change to get it to work on the new machine all i can see is a server name that i have changed but still doesn't work...

[Peter Clarke]

Its working!! thanks Phil i had missed a logical that that pointed to the license directory...