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How to set up License Servers under Novell thick client.
Novell is usually a thick client install. You do not necessarily need a hasp, but you do need a consistent serial number. With the hasp installed on the server you can have the license server started there and all should work, but Novell releases after 3.x won't let you run server applications unless installed as an NLM or similarly.

For Novell installations without a hasp, you can pick a single user's PC to act as the license server. Get the hard drive serial number for the license. Set up to run appx -l=c:/licenselog.txt in the Windows startup. You have to make sure this PC is always the first one to start Appx so the license server finds the right serial number.

On each client, do a full Appx install, then set the Appx environment variables you will need. You MUST have APPX_0SA_PATH=<location of appx on network drive>. That is what lets you maintain one set of system admin files for users and such. Appx runs locally, but access 0SA on the shared drive. Set up an FMS group for your application according to the links: 

    FMS Path:               R:\APPX\data
       (where R is the shared drive and path to the network Appx installation) 

    FMS Group Attributes:   EM=C:\APPX\local_data

This accesses data on the network drive and creates the EMs on the client PC. This makes the app run faster since the EM does not then need to be copied across the network.

To use the GUI client, just run it using the local tab to point to the client's local copy of Appx.

There are several special considerations involved when running APPX on Novell. Some are discussed on the following documents:

www.appx.com/assets/asp/dynamic_generator.asp?pageid=608 www.appx.com/assets/asp/dynamic_generator.asp?pageid=626 www.appx.com/assets/asp/dynamic_generator.asp?pageid=695 www.appx.com/assets/asp/dynamic_generator.asp?pageid=707

As long as the hasp is attached, I would not rely on the serial number reported within APPX. The only sure way is to check the c-drive serial number of the server.

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