Getting Started

Network User License Monitor

for UnixWare 7 systems

About The Network User License Monitor

The Network User License Monitor reports the activity of network user licenses (NUL) across a site of UnixWare 7 systems over a period of time. System administrators can determine if they require additional licenses based on their current NUL activity. It is intended for system administrators who are aware of their network configuration and SCO license policies. The Network User License Monitor allows administrators to verify their SCO license conformance by validating NUL usage on a network of systems within a single site.
For more information on SCO license policies, please see the SCO licensing homepage at http://www.sco.com/licensing.

System Requirements

The Network User License Monitor requires:

UnixWare 7 Release 7.0.0 or higher
300KB of hard drive space

Optional requirements include:

Open Source gnuplot 3.7
glibs 2.0 (graphical libraries and headers)
21MB of hard drive space

Installation

Perform the following steps as root:

Download the product file from the Download page.

Move the files to a preferred installation directory:

mv DK40023P000.pkg /tmp1

Change to the installation directory. For example,

cd /tmp1

Use pkgadd or the Application Installer to install the Network User License Monitor.

If you are using pkgadd, type:

pkgadd -d /tmp1/DK40023P000.pkg

where /tmp1 is the preferred installation directory from step 2.

If you are using the Application Installer:

Start the Application Installer in one of these ways:

Run the SCOadmin launcher from the desktop and select Application Installer from the Software Management folder.
Enter scoadmin application installer from the command line.

In the ``Install From'' field, select Other.
Type the full pathname to the .pkg file in the ``Folder'' field. For example, /tmp1/DK40023P000.pkg
Click on Update View to see the packages that are available to install.
Select the Network User License Monitor package (nulmon) and click on Install.
After the package is installed, select Exit from the Actions menu.

NOTE: After the Network User License Monitor is installed, it immediately begins to collect NUL usage on the local system according to the default values.

Viewing Network User License Monitor reports

Display the Network User License Monitor reports in one of these ways:

run the SCOadmin launcher from the desktop and select Network User License Monitor
enter scoadmin network user from the command line

NOTE: You must be logged in as root to configure the Network User License Monitor. If you aren't logged into the system as root, the configuration options will be disabled.

The Network User License Monitor is installed with these default configurations:

collects active NULs every hour from 0810 to 2010, Monday through Friday
the current host is the only system included in the report list
license limit is set to the user license limit of the host system (as reported by uname -X)

Product Documentation

In addition to this document, please read the Network User License Monitor Release Notes which contains information on configuring and using this product. To access the Release Notes,

Open the Network User License Monitor in one of these ways:

run the SCOadmin launcher from the desktop and select Network User License Monitor
enter scoadmin network user from the command line

Select File->Release Notes