[cisco-voip]Unity Question (ANSWER)

[Ryan Ratliff]

If you get into this grace period you will be getting events in the app  
log warning you that Unity will be shut down.

-Ryan
On Aug 16, 2005, at 8:29 AM, Erick Bergquist wrote:

I posted the original question on the unified
messaging forum (link below) and got a reply that the
grace period is 4 hours.

http://forum.cisco.com/eforum/servlet/NetProf? 
page=netprof&forum=IP%20Communications%20and%20Video&topic=Unified%20Com 
munications&CommCmd=MB%3Fcmd%3Ddisplay_location%26location%3D.1dd90e99

--- Erick Bergquist <erickbe at yahoo.com> wrote:

> The unity licensing docs state that the server has
> to
> have a license file that matches the servers MAC
> address (primary, virtual, etc).
>
> I couldn't find a doc that states it continues to
> work
> with a license that doesn't match. But I guess it
> may
> depend on how you're restoring and how the license
> gets there maybe. Maybe if you're restoring from
> backup, the files are already there and license is
> not
> being added new. Maybe they let unity run as long as
> there is a license for a bit in case of disasters
> where someone had to restore to another server so
> they
> weren't totally out while the new license was
> coming.
> You could try posting something on the cisco unified
> messaging forum , there are a few cisco unity folks
> that reply out there frequently.
>
>
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/sw/voicesw/ps2237/ 
products_white_paper09186a008019c743.shtml
>
> License Files and MAC Addresses
>
> Each license file (except the default license file)
> is
> registered to the MAC address (physical address) of
> the network interface card (NIC) on the Cisco Unity
> server. The license file for one computer cannot be
> used on a second computer (for example, because you
> want to replace the Cisco Unity server). You must
> obtain a replacement license file registered to the
> MAC address on the second computer. See the
> "Replacing
> License Files When Replacing a Cisco Unity Server"
> section.
>
> --- Lelio Fulgenzi <lelio at uoguelph.ca> wrote:
>
>> I wouldn't mind confirmation of this. When we were
>> researching backup options we decided to buy
>> hardware to backup our two Unity servers (7855s)
> and
>> were told we could simply plug in the harddrives
> and
>> it would work. We tested this and it did, but I
>> don't think we did any sort of time trial.
>>
>>   ----- Original Message -----
>>   From: Erick Bergquist
>>   To: Burton, Jason ; cisco-voip at puck.nether.net
>>   Sent: Tuesday, August 16, 2005 12:29 AM
>>   Subject: Re: [cisco-voip]Unity Question
>>
>>
>>
>>   What version of Unity? Unity 4.x has license
> tied
>> to
>>   MAC file. Maybe the other machine was not
> plugged
>> in
>>   and at one time someone programmed the NIC to
> have
>>   same MAC as other machine perhaps?
>>
>>   I think unity will run for a few hours also (or
>>   perhaps days) before it stops due to licensing
>> issues.
>>
>>   --- "Burton, Jason" <Jason.Burton at CoreBTS.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Recently the our Unity server had a hardware
>>> failure, long story short.
>>> We had a machine sitting in the rack that we
>>> restored Unity onto, its
>>> working fine.  Now the question is why is it
>> running
>>> alright?  Isn't the
>>> license file based on the MAC of the NIC?  We
>> have
>>> request in to Cisco
>>> for a new license file, but I'm curious as to
>> why it
>>> is working now.
>
>
>
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