User Guide

12 Novell Licensing Services Administration Guide
Novell Licensing Services Administration Guide
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August 30, 2001
Novell Confidential
Manual 99a38 July 17, 2001
 License Certificate object—An object in eDirectory; represents a
license certificate.
License certificates correspond to the printed license statement that is
typically included in the packaging for software products. The icon for a
License Certificate object looks like a single sheet of paper representing
a license certificate. When you view the object in iManage, the object
typically displays the serial number or certificate name, as shown below:
Certificates can be secure or unsecure:
 A license certificate is a digital license that is secured by secrets. For
additional security, NetWare license certificates are digitally signed.
They cannot be modified. License certificates usually come from a
software vendor.
 A metered certificate does not have secrets; it is an unsecure license
certificate. ZENworks functions as the NLS client and requests
license units on behalf of applications. Metered certificates are
usually created by network administrators.
NLS creates a License Certificate object when you install license
certificates for NLS-enabled applications or when you create metered
certificates.
When you install or create a license certificate, you choose the context
(location in an eDirectory tree) for this object.
License certificates contain policies and are managed by a policy
manager.
 Activation Key—A sequence of numbers and letters; allows you to
complete the installation of a license certificate for a product you
purchased.
All license certificates require an activation key. Software vendors
usually include the activation key in a .KEY file along with the certificate.
This combination enables the Activation Key to be installed
automatically during installation. However, if the installation program
can't locate an Activation Key, a prompt allows you to enter it.
 Envelope—An .NLF file that contains one or more license certificates; a
convenient way of packaging multiple license certificates to be
distributed as a single file.