CHF@CORNELLA.BITNET (Karen Fromkes) (01/17/90)
Has anyone heard of this problem? A second server was added to an existing Omninet Network, on twisted pair. The servers are AST 286 Premiums. The two servers worked as expected the first day. The second day we started having problems. People who logged in to the old server, after first attaching to the new one, could not log back in to the old server if they logged out. They got a "Server not found" message. Some people couldn't log in at all. Checking the new file server's error log revealed the message "Novell copywrite violationhas occurred. Please call your supervisor." The error was timed and dated at the time we first brought up the new server. I tried to check the serial number through SYSCON, but File Server Information was missing the last two entries, the serial number and the application number. I checked the two different boxes of Netware, and they are marked with different serial numbers. Does this sound like a case of bad software? Any comments are appreciated. PS: the local LAN administrator swears he did not mix up the boxes, and that I actually installed the new Netware in the new server.
Fund@RELAY.PROTEON.COM (01/17/90)
>Has anyone heard of this problem? >A second server was added to an existing Omninet Network, on twisted >pair. The servers are AST 286 Premiums. >The two servers worked as expected the first day. The second day we >started having problems. People who logged in to the old server, after >first attaching to the new one, could not log back in to the old server >if they logged out. They got a "Server not found" message. Some people >couldn't log in at all. Checking the new file server's error log >revealed the message "Novell copywrite violationhas occurred. Please >call your supervisor." The error was timed and dated at the time we >first brought up the new server. I tried to check the serial number >through SYSCON, but File Server Information was missing the last two >entries, the serial number and the application number. I checked the >two different boxes of Netware, and they are marked with different >serial numbers. Does this sound like a case of bad software? Any >comments are appreciated. PS: the local LAN administrator swears he >did not mix up the boxes, and that I actually installed the new Netware >in the new server. Copyright violation means that there the two servers are using the same GENDATA serial number. You should reNETGEN and make sure you are using the correct GENDATA disk for each server. Just reload the operating system from the Miscellaneous Options selecton. If you just bring up one server at a time, then go into SYSCON (as a Supervisor or equivalent, of course), you should be able to confirm the serial numbers. Glenn Fund Internet: Fund@Relay.proteon.com Principal Research Specialist CompuServe: 75170,1060 Sanders Associates cc:Mail Fund at Proteonwebo DW Highway South Phone: (603) 885-6242 MS NHQ4-0138 Director of The Greater Boston Area Nashua, NH 03061 Novell Users Group. Co-Founder and President of the Affiliation of NetWare Users "ANU Day Is Dawning"