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This appendix provides the following examples of license-related management tasks using the LICENSE commands:
The following example provides a step-by-step procedure for registering a PAK for Volume Shadowing for OpenVMS, which is a System Integrated Product (SIP). This example uses command procedure VMSLICENSE.COM and the following PAK information:
ISSUER: DEC
AUTHORIZATION NUMBER: ALS-WM-45789-6666
PRODUCT NAME: VOLSHAD
PRODUCER: DEC
NUMBER OF UNITS: 400
VERSION: 7.3
PRODUCT RELEASE DATE:
KEY TERMINATION DATE: 31-DEC-2001
AVAILABILITY TABLE CODE: E
ACTIVITY TABLE CODE:
KEY OPTIONS: MOD_UNITS
PRODUCT TOKEN:
HARDWARE I.D.:
CHECKSUM: 2-EBID-GOOD-NIGH-OJJG
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Execute the VMSLICENSE.COM command procedure to register the Volume Shadowing PAK as follows:
$ @SYS$UPDATE:VMSLICENSE |
VMS License Management Utility Options:
1. REGISTER a Product Authorization Key
2. AMEND an existing Product Authorization Key
3. CANCEL an existing Product Authorization Key
4. LIST the Product Authorization Keys
5. MODIFY an existing Product Authorization Key
6. DISABLE an existing Product Authorization Key
7. DELETE an existing Product Authorization Key
8. COPY an existing Product Authorization Key
9. MOVE an existing Product Authorization Key
10. ENABLE an existing Product Authorization Key
11. SHOW the licenses loaded on this node
12. SHOW the unit requirements for this node
99. EXIT this procedure
Type '?' at any prompt for a description of the information
requested. Press Ctrl/Z at any prompt to return to the main menu.
Enter one of the above choices [1]
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* Do you have your Product Authorization Key? [YES]: |
Use the REGISTER option to add a new license to a license
database. A Product Authorization Key (PAK) provides the product
name and information you need to register the license. You must
enter all the information provided by your PAK exactly as it
appears.
Type '?' at any prompt for a description of the information
requested. Press CTRL/Z at any prompt to return to the main menu.
Issuer [DEC]:
Authorization Number []:
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Product Name []:
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Producer [DEC]:
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Number of Units []:
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Version []:
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Key Termination Date []:
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Availability Table Code []:
Activity Table Code []:
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Key Options []:
Product Token []:
Hardware-Id []:
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Checksum []:
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The checksum string always begins with a number. The other 16 characters are always alphabetic characters from A through P. |
Here is a list of the license information just entered:
Issuer: DEC
Authorization: ALS-WM-45789-6666
Producer: DEC
Product Name: VOLSHAD
Units: 400
Release Date:
Version: 7.3
Termination Date: 31-DEC-2001
Availability: E
Activity:
Options: MOD_UNITS
Token:
Hardware ID:
Checksum: 1-EBID-GOOD-NIGH-OJJG
Is that correct? [YES]:
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If you enter any of the information incorrectly, you receive an error message, and the license is not registered. A checksum error can result when you enter incorrect information for other items on the PAK. If you get an error, carefully check all the data that you entered. |
Do you wish to make corrections? [YES]: |
Registering VOLSHAD license in SYS$COMMON:[SYSEXE]LMF$LICENSE.LDB... |
Do you want to LOAD this license on this system? [YES]: |
VMS License Management Utility Options:
1. REGISTER a Product Authorization Key
2. AMEND an existing Product Authorization Key
3. CANCEL an existing Product Authorization Key
4. LIST the Product Authorization Keys
5. MODIFY an existing Product Authorization Key
6. DISABLE an existing Product Authorization Key
7. DELETE an existing Product Authorization Key
8. COPY an existing Product Authorization Key
9. MOVE an existing Product Authorization Key
10. ENABLE an existing Product Authorization Key
11. SHOW the licenses loaded on this node
12. SHOW the unit requirements for this node
99. EXIT this procedure
Type '?' at any prompt for a description of the information
requested. Press Ctrl/Z at any prompt to return to the main menu.
Enter one of the above choices [1]
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This example shows the differences between the LICENSE LIST command, which displays license information stored on disk, and the SHOW LICENSE command, which displays license information stored in memory. The first command registers a Fortran license, as follows:
$ LICENSE REGISTER FORTRAN /ISSUER=DEC /AUTHORIZATION=USA-10 - _$ /PRODUCER=DEC /UNITS=400 /VERSION=6.0 - _$ /AVAILABILITY=F /CHECKSUM=1-HIDN-INDA-COMP-DAHH |
This command adds the license for the product Compaq Fortran to the default License Database. To see the information registered in the database, enter a LICENSE LIST command, as follows:
$ LICENSE LIST /FULL FORTRAN
Use Ctrl/Z to exit, PF3-PF4 for Previous-Next Screen and Arrow keys to Scroll.
License Management Facility V1.2
License Database File: SYS$COMMON:[SYSEXE]LMF$LICENSE.LDB
Created on: 17-AUG-2000
Created by user: GRAHAM
Created by LMF Version: V1.2
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Issuer: DEC
Authorization: USA-10
Product Name: FORTRAN
Producer: DEC
Units: 400
Version: 6.0
Release Date: (none)
PAK Termination Date: (none)
Availability: F (Layered Products)
Activity: 0
Options:
Hardware ID:
Revision Level: 1
Status: Active
Command: REGISTER
Modified by user: LESH
Modified on: 21-AUG-2000 14:32:23.41
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Notice that for status the LICENSE LIST command displays Active. This means the registered license is enabled for loading, that it has not been disabled or canceled. It does not necessarily mean the Fortran license was loaded with a LICENSE LOAD command. Because the LICENSE LIST command sees only the License Database on disk, you must enter a SHOW LICENSE command to refer to the License Database in memory to determine whether a license is active on the current system. For example:
$ SHOW LICENSE/FULL
Active licenses on node BIODTL:
CRYPTICALMENT
Producer: DEC
Units: 400
Version: 7.3
Release Date: (none)
Termination Date: 31-DEC-2001
Availability: E (System Integrated Products)
Activity: 0
MOD_UNITS
VAX-VMS
Producer: DEC
Units: 400
Version: 6.0
Release Date: (none)
Termination Date: (none)
Availability: A (VMS Capacity)
Activity: 0
MOD_UNITS
NO_SHARE
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The SHOW LICENSE command in this example displays all the active licensed products on the current node named BIODTL; the Fortran license has not yet been loaded.
After you load the Fortran LICENSE, the SHOW LICENSE command displays the license. For example:
$ LICENSE LOAD FORTRAN
LICENSE-I-LOADED, DEC FORTRAN was successfully loaded with 400 units
$ SHOW LICENSE /FULL
Active licenses on node BIODTL:
CRYPTICALMENT
Producer: DEC
Units: 400
Version: 7.3
Release Date: (none)
Termination Date: 31-DEC-2001
Availability: E (System Integrated Products)
Activity: 0
MOD_UNITS
FORTRAN
Producer: DEC
Units: 400
Version: 6.0
Release Date: (none)
Termination Date: (none)
Availability: F (Layered Products)
Activity: 0
VAX-VMS
Producer: DEC
Units: 400
Version: 6.0
Release Date: (none)
Termination Date: (none)
Availability: A (VMS Capacity)
Activity: 0
MOD_UNITS
NO_SHARE
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This example illustrates how LMF restricts use of a product when insufficient license units are registered for it. In this example, the product DEC BASIC is installed and its license is registered with zero availability units and the MOD_UNITS option. Zero-unit licenses provide authorization for that product's use on any processor. In the first LICENSE MODIFY command, however, the license is changed to a 1500-unit Availability License:
$ LICENSE UNLOAD BASIC $ LICENSE MODIFY/UNITS=1500 BASIC |
The next command attempts to load the registered license on a system:
$ LICENSE LOAD BASIC %LICENSE-W-NOLOAD, license was not loaded for BASIC -LICENSE-F-EXCEEDED, attempted usage exceeds active license limits |
Because the VAX 6000 system in this example requires 2400 license units to authorize DEC BASIC, the LICENSE LOAD command fails. The next command attempts to invoke DEC BASIC despite the failed LICENSE LOAD command:
$ BASIC %LICENSE-F-NOAUTH, DEC BASIC use is not authorized on this node -LICENSE-F-NOLICENSE, no license is active for this software product -LICENSE-I-SYSMGR, please see your system manager |
Note that the attempt to invoke DEC BASIC fails. Because the LICENSE LOAD command failed, DEC BASIC use is unauthorized on the current node. The solution is to modify the license again using a value obtained by using the DCL command SHOW LICENSE /UNIT_REQUIREMENTS.
$ SHOW LICENSE/UNIT_REQUIREMENTS VMS/LMF Charge Information for node JANINA This is a VAX 6000-540, hardware model type 188 Type: A, Units Required: 170 (VAX/VMS Capacity or OpenVMS Unlimited or Base) Type: B, * Not Permitted * (VAX/VMS F&A Server) Type: C, * Not Permitted * (VAX/VMS Concurrent User) Type: D, * Not Permitted * (VAX/VMS Workstation) Type: E, Units Required: 600 (VAX/VMS System Integrated Products) Type: F, Units Required: 2400 (VAX Layered Products) Type: G, * Not Permitted * (Reserved) Type: H, * Not Permitted * (Alpha Layered Products) Type: I, Units Required: 2400 (Layered Products) |
Issuing the SHOW LICENSE/UNIT_REQUIREMENTS shows that the required number of license units is 2400. Change the number of units with the LICENSE MODIFY command to provide sufficient units to allow a successful LICENSE LOAD command, which authorizes use of the product.
$ LICENSE MODIFY/UNITS=2400 BASIC $ LICENSE LOAD BASIC %LICENSE-I-LOADED, DEC BASIC was successfully loaded with 2400 units |
After the license is loaded, the product can be invoked, as follows:
$ BASIC
DEC BASIC V3.2
Ready
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This glossary defines the LMF-related terms used in the HP OpenVMS License Management Utility Manual.
active license: A license that has been enabled. The
term active appears in displays produced by LICENSE LIST and
has been retained to prevent automated procedures from breaking.
Activity License: A license that defines the allowed
number of concurrent uses of a product. Each product defines an
activity as either an interactive user, a running process, or a job.
For example, a 4-Activity License may have enough license units to
allow four users to access the product simultaneously.
authorization number: The unique number assigned by
the PAK issuer to a specific PAK. The PAK issuer name and authorization
number identify a license.
Availability License: A license that makes a product
available to all the users of a system. LMF can activate a product when
the number of license units on a license matches or exceeds the license
unit rating for the current processor. Every System Marketing Model
(SMM) has a series of license unit requirements, typically related to
performance, that define how many license units are required to make a
product available.
checksum: An encoded number calculated from the other
information supplied with a PAK. The checksum string always begins with
the number 1, which is the only number in the string. The other 16
characters are always alphabetic characters from A through P.
core: The actual data-processing engine within a
cell-based processor. A single processor can contain multiple cores.
hardware identifier: An optional string that
identifies a particular hardware unit.
Integrated Software Business Technologies: The name
for HP's business plan that integrates consolidated software
distribution, online documentation, and software access management.
With this plan more products will be available on compact disc
read-only memory (CD-ROM) where software access is
authorized by PAKs and LMF.
license: (In this manual) PAK information for a
software product that is registered in the License Database.
license combination: A method for using the license
units from two or more combinable licenses to provide more product
availability. Two licenses with 100 units each combine to equal a
200-unit license. You may use license combination, for example, when
you add a new processor to a VAXcluster environment.
License Database: A collection of interrelated data
stored on a disk and accessed through LMF software. The default
location for the database is SYS$COMMON:[SYSEXE]LMF$LICENSE.LDB. Each
record in the License Database corresponds to a license. Sometimes
OpenVMS licenses are registered in a second License Database located in
SYS$SPECIFIC:[SYSEXE]LMF$SYSTEM.LDB.
License Management Facility (LMF): See LMF.
license registration: The entry in the License
Database of a Product Authorization Key (PAK) to add a new license. To
register a license, enter the LICENSE REGISTER command, or respond to
prompts from the VMSLICENSE.COM command procedure.
license sharing: A method to allow more than one
processor to use the license units from a single license. In OpenVMS,
this refers to sharing licenses among nodes in an OpenVMS Cluster
environment. Licenses that specify the NO_SHARE option cannot be shared.
license unit: A basic measurement that HP uses to
specify how much product use a license provides. HP gives each license
intended to be used with LMF a size, specified in license units. For
example, a license can be a 50-unit license, a 200-unit license, or a
700-unit license.
License Unit Requirement Table (LURT): See LURT.
LMF: License Management Facility. A variety of
system-level software components used to maintain software license
information in the License Database of the OpenVMS operating system.
LMF is a management tool; the terms and conditions of your product
contract determine your legal use of software.
LURT: License Unit Requirement Table. Online tables
provided by HP that specify a series of license unit requirements,
essentially performance ratings, for each System Marketing Model.
Processors that provide more performance (other ratings may be
unrelated to performance) have greater license unit requirements. The
default file name for the LMF LURTs is SYS$COMMON:[SYSEXE]LMF$LURT.DAT.
Operating Environment (OE): A collection of products,
including the OpenVMS operating system, that are bundled together under
a single license. Operating environments (also known as OEs) are tiered
in a hierarchy. Each higher-level OE contains everything in the lower
tiers plus additional functionality.
PAK: Product Authorization Key. License information
that you must register in the License Database in order to use the
product. It is produced by a PAK issuer and delivered to you by mail,
electronic transfer, or by telephone.
PAK issuer: The LMF name for the company that creates
the license contract for the software. The PAK issuer name and license
authorization number uniquely identify a license. PAK issuers are
usually the same as software producers but can operate under agreement
with the producer.
Per Core License (PCL): Formerly Per Processor License
(PPL). A per core license authorizes use of a product based on the
number of active processor cores on the system. Each active processor
core requires one PCL unit. A PCL is required to run an operating
environment and many other products on OpenVMS Integrity server
systems. LMF monitors active processor cores on a system for compliance.
Personal Use License: A license that designates the
names of specific users for unlimited use of a product. Each product
defines a user as either an interactive user, a running process, or a
job. LMF requires user names associated with this kind of license.
processor: The component that plugs into a processor
socket. The processor can contain more than one processor core.
processor module: The packaging of one or more
processors to connect into a single socket on a system bus.
processor socket: The system board socket into which a
processor attaches.
Product Authorization Key (PAK): See PAK.
product identification: The software producer name and
product name. Together they uniquely identify a software product for
licensing.
record: A collection of data fields in the License
Database that define a license at any one time.
release level: Uniquely identified by either a product
release date or product release version. To authorize a product for use
by license version number, the product release level (in the form
nn.nn) must be less than or equal to the license version
number. For example, license version number 4.4 allows operation of
product release levels 4.3 and 4.4, but not 4.5.
reservation list: A list that contains the names of
users with authorized access to a product that is registered with a
Personal Use License.
selection weight: An arbitrary attribute of a license,
assigned by LMF, to control the order in which different licenses for a
product are loaded. You can modify the selection weight with the
/SELECTION_WEIGHT qualifier to LICENSE MODIFY.
SMM: System Marketing Model. The model name of a
computer system as used in marketing and pricing. The SMM is generally
the name on the front panel of the processor cabinet. LMF uses this
value rather than hardware processor core-type because different
marketing models may use the same processor core with different pricing
and licensing rules.
socket: A recepticle into which a processor module can
be installed. Each processor module can contain one or more processor
cores. The number of sockets allowed by a license can be specified as
an entry in the HARDWARE_ID field on the PAK.
software license: A contract between a license issuer
(HP) and a license receiver (customer) that grants permission to use a
specific software product as described by the applicable Software
Product Description (SPD) and the terms and conditions of the license
contract. A PAK supplies the information that results from a software
license contract.
software producer: The company that owns the software
being licensed. Software producers are usually the same as PAK issuers
but can operate under agreement with the issuer.
Software Product Description (SPD): See SPD.
SPD: Software Product Description. The legal document
that describes the software product. This document contains the precise
product release level that comprises the product version and official
product release date.
System Marketing Model (SMM): See SMM.
termination date: The date when a license contract is
no longer valid, and when LMF no longer authorizes product use.
token: A text string specific to each product used to
control additional licensing features. HP does not currently use
tokens; however, LMF accepts them for use by certain third-party
products.
user license: The number of users allowed unlimited use of a product. Each product defines a user as either an interactive user, a running process, or a job. LMF requires user names with this kind of license.
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