More sessions than licence permits

Mauddib
Mauddib Member Posts: 269
edited 2007-07-11 in Navision Attain
Just a quick question and associated warning....

I noticed that when starting a server in a certain way the sessions go a little mad... Can anyone explain why it happens so I can avoid it in duture.... here is the procedure

1) The Navision Database Native server is started with a Development license. This license itself is weird and has 1004 sessions on it but actually errors when you hit 255.
2) The license is then overwritten in the Server directory with a normal customer license with 84 sessions. All clients see the server saying there is 84 sessions. HOWEVER the errors now do not happen until there are 255 sessions! So although it apears all the clients are using the customer license, they are reading the allowed sessions off the one the server started with!!!

What makes this all weirder is it does not happen with ALL customer licenses. SOME licenses show 84 sessions as above, but error at 5! So only 5 users can log in.

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  • ara3n
    ara3n Member Posts: 9,258
    after you replace the license, you need to restart the server.
    I've never experienced what you are describing on native server.
    Ahmed Rashed Amini
    Independent Consultant/Developer


    blog: https://dynamicsuser.net/nav/b/ara3n
  • danlindstrom
    danlindstrom Member Posts: 130
    For us it's a common problem on a native server
    after extending the license with extra sessions.

    To be able to take advantage of the sessions the server MUST be restarted. (It could work if all userers and NAS loggs of at night and 'server.exe' is able to close then database, but dont count on that)
    Regards
    Dan Lindström
    NCSD Navision 2.00 since 1999 (Navision Certified Solution Developer)
    MBSP Developer for Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2009
  • ellenmunt
    ellenmunt Member Posts: 1
    Actually, you just need to restart the service
  • Mauddib
    Mauddib Member Posts: 269
    Thanks. I know restarting the service cures it, but I am more interested in the CAUSE rather than the CURE.

    Theoretically it could be used to get more sessions on your license than you are meant to have. By starting the server with a developers license and then switching to the customer license WITHOUT restarting the service.

    If you do this then it LOOKS on the client like you are using the customer license, but the server is allowing MUCH more sessions than it is meant to. I am curious why this happens, and why it only happens with some customer licenses and not others.

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