RE: Weird problem with 4js BDL licence

Glad I could help.

At 01:11 PM 1/20/2005, you wrote:

>Many Thanks Joe!
>
>I phoned the customer and inquired about it ... it looks as they are 
>having serious problems with system clock, in special when rebooting (or 
>more likely powering off). I am waiting for more exact data about this but 
>I am 90% convinced this is the reason of the licence problem.
>Best Regards
>Paulo Abreu
>
>
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: [email protected] 
>[<mailto:[email protected]>mailto:[email protected]] On 
>Behalf Of Joe Lewinski
>Sent: quinta-feira, 20 de Janeiro de 2005 16:14
>To: [email protected]
>Subject: Re: [fourjs-users] Weird problem with 4js BDL licence
>
>The relicense MAGIC could be caused by one of the following in
>my experience:    New IP, New I-node of key informix files (possibly
>caused by a copy or restore, or a date change).   The date change
>may be culprit in that when you reboot, the BIOS may have an incorrect 
>date, and thus your UNIX clock is off.  The files could be timestamped 
>into the future, which would freak out the BDL License.
>
>At 10:50 AM 1/20/2005, you wrote:
> >Hi all,
> >
> >Does anyone make an idea why a 4js BDL 3.20 runtime on Unixware 7.01
> >expires licence almost everytime the server shuts down? - not always as
> >the custmer reported.
> >
> >The product is installed on a disk over raid5. I had this problem a
> >while ago and thougth I've fixed it when I discovered that the server
> >had a backup network adapter and the licence was gone when the online
> >NIC changed but after all it persists ...
> >(at the time, I removed the second NIC from the kernel and disconnected
> >the cable). The customer assured me he had changed nothing so I guess
> >there must be a problem elsewhere.
> >
> >As far as I know, the licence will expire because a change in IP (not
> >the case), a change on NIC (Doesn't seem to be now) or if product is
> >re-instaled ... is it possible that something is happening with the
> >RAID (some kind of reconstruction) at the time of system boot, and that
> >is affecting the licence?
> >
> >Any ideas will be welcome - TIA and Regards
> >______________________________________
> >
> >Paulo SM Abreu
> ><blocked::<mailto:[email protected]>mailto:paulo.abreu@mccomp 
> utadores.pt>paulo.abreu@mccomputador
> >es.pt
> >Tel: 291000550
> >MCComputadores - Funchal. Tel: 291000500
> >
>
>Joe Lewinski
>ICANON Associates, Inc.
>Phone: 215.822.5519 Fax: 215.822.5523
>
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Joe Lewinski
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