[Info-vax] HP Integrity rx2800 i4 (2.53GHz/32.0MB) :: PAKs won't load

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In article <cvu9pc-2um1.ln1 at news.chingola.ch>, Paul Sture <nospam at sture.ch> writes:
>On 2016-02-15, VAXman-  @SendSpamHere.ORG <VAXman- at SendSpamHere.ORG> wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> I'm working with a customer who has 2 HP Integrity rx2800 i4 (2.53GHz/32.0MB)
>> (from $ SHOW CPU output).  Each has a separate system disk because they will 
>> be clustered at disparate sites.  The PAKs on one of the nodes load but they
>> do not load on the other.  I've checked that each node has different/unique 
>> PAKs by authorization numbers.  Listed below:
>>
>
>....
>
>> On NODE_2, a $ LICENSE LOAD returns:
>>
>> %LICENSE-W-NOLOAD, license was not loaded for OPENVMS-I64-BOE
>> -LICENSE-F-EXCEEDED, attempted usage exceeds active license limits
>> %LICENSE-W-NOLOAD, license was not loaded for VMSCLUSTER
>> -LICENSE-F-EXCEEDED, attempted usage exceeds active license limits
>> %LICENSE-W-NOLOAD, license was not loaded for VOLSHAD
>> -LICENSE-F-EXCEEDED, attempted usage exceeds active license limits
>>
>> WTF?
>
>$ LICENSE MODIFY /INCLUDE=(node-name[,node-name,...])
>
>is your friend.
>
>From HELP LICENSE /MODIFY /INCLUDE
>
>   Licenses for the OpenVMS operating system usually specify the
>   NO_SHARE option on their PAKs. In a cluster environment you must
>   restrict each of these OpenVMS licenses to a single node. If
>   you did not do this when registering with VMSLICENSE.COM, enter
>   LICENSE MODIFY/INCLUDE=node-name, specifying one SCS node name
>   for each OpenVMS license.
>
>-- 
>There are two hard things in computer science: cache invalidation,
>naming, and off-by-one errors.

It's NOT a NO_SHARE issue and the two nodes have -- I'm pretty sure I stated
it in the initial post -- their OWN separate system disks.  The two systems
are perfect clones of each other save for unique PAKs on each, SCSSYSTEM_ID,
and DECnet and TCP/IP addresses.

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