My licensed software fails because the host ID is 0. What's wrong?

My licensed software fails because the host ID is 0. What's wrong?

Intel processor machines don't have an IDPROM, so Sun generates a serial
number, hostid command or sysinfo()'s SI_HW_SERIAL, pseudo-randomly during
installation. The number is stored in /kernel/misc/sysinit,
whose only function, it appears, is to provide the serial number.
If serialization information is tampered or sysinit fails to load,
the host ID will be 0.
If you reinstall Solaris, sysinit will be regenerated and your host ID
will change. So be careful about reinstalling Solaris if you have
licensed software that depends on your host ID. Backup your sysinit file.


To preserve the same ID (and therefore licenses), copy file
/kernel/misc/sysinit to the replacement system. I understand the
Sun Workshop Manual says this is allowed twice per calendar year
(please verify this yourself).


For more information, see the Sun NVRAM/hostid FAQ, available at
http://www.squirrel.com/squirrel/sun-nvram-hostid.faq.html
and elsewhere. This also has tools to fake hostids.



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