dricejb@drilex.dri.mgh.com (Craig Jackson drilex1) (06/22/91)
We have one 3.10 server which has few users. Through the vaguaries of purchasing time and Novell's update policy we now have a 3.11 upgrade in hand with a 250-user license. We have another 2.15C server, with lots of users. We would like to upgrade it to 3.11. There is no real upgrade promotion that applies, so we are looking at a big bill for a 100- or 250-user license. However, a 20-user license upgrade is only $350. But it would be on the 'wrong' server. Does anyone know a reason why I couldn't buy the 20 user upgrade, install it on the present 3.10 server, and then install the 250 user upgrade on the 2.15c server? For that matter, if both server had already been upgraded, would it work to down both servers, swap SERVER.EXEs, and bring them backup up?
bank@lea.csc.ncsu.edu (Belgarath the Sorcerer) (06/23/91)
This is in a response to a Post by dricejb@drilex.dri.mgh.com
regarding Novell upgrades to 3.11:
Quite frankly, I don't see any problems with what you want to do
(get the 2.15c-to-3.11 upgrade and use it on a different server).
It's not like you're running TWO copies of the same upgrade package.
You'll have two SEPERATE AND LEGITIMATE copies of 3.11 - they are
yours to install and run as you see fit.
If you wanted to run the SAME 250-user version of 3.11 (the one
you got from the 3.10 upgrade) on two DIFFERENT servers, I'd say
that wasn't kosher. But what you are contemplating sounds good to
me and I don't see how the boys in Provo could object.
Belgarath the Sorcerer
aka bank@lea.csc.ncsu.edu
Disclaimer: I am not a lawyer, nor do I play one on TV.
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