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LICENSE UNLOAD

Unloads a license, making the product unavailable from the current node. The product license or licenses must be registered in the License Database and must have been previously loaded with an interactive or automatic LICENSE LOAD command. Running processes are allowed to continue to completion.

To use this command, you need CMKRNL, SYSNAM, and SYSPRV privileges.


Format

LICENSE UNLOAD product-name[,...]


Parameter

product-name[,...]

Name of the product to be unloaded. You can unload only licenses that have been loaded. Enter each product name exactly as it appears on its Product Authorization Key (PAK). You cannot use wildcard characters for product-name.

Qualifiers

/LOG

/NOLOG (default)

Controls whether LICENSE UNLOAD lists the name of each unloaded license.

/PRODUCER=string

Positional qualifier.

Specifies the name of the company (for example, DEC) that owns the product for which you have a license. The default string for this qualifier on Alpha and VAX is DEC. On I64, the default string is HP. If DEC or HP is not the producer of the product, you must use this qualifier to identify the product. This qualifier affects only the product name that immediately precedes it in the command string. Wildcard characters are not allowed.


Description

LICENSE UNLOAD affects all units for a single product even if the loaded units are combined from multiple licenses. In such a case, you cannot unload the units from a single license. You must unload all the units.

You are not required to unload a loaded license before modifying data in the License Database. To maximize product availability, modify licenses in the License Database first, and then load the changes by entering a LICENSE UNLOAD command followed by a LICENSE LOAD command.


Examples

#1

$ LICENSE UNLOAD /PRODUCER=DEC FORTRAN
      

This command unloads the HP Fortran license on the node from which it is entered.

#2

$ LICENSE UNLOAD PASCAL,FORTRAN

      

This command unloads the HP Pascal and HP Fortran licenses on the node from which it is entered.

SHOW LICENSE

Displays software product licenses active on the current node and lists the names attached to a license (known as the RESERVE list). The SHOW LICENSE command displays the license database information currently in your system's memory. Use the License Management utility command, LICENSE LIST, when you want to view the license database information that is on disk.

Format

SHOW LICENSE [product-name [,...]]


Parameter

product-name

Specifies the name or names of activated software product licenses to display. The asterisk (*) and the percent sign (%) wildcard characters are allowed. If you do not specify a product name, information is displayed about all active product name licenses. The product-name parameter is incompatible with the /UNIT_REQUIREMENTS qualifier.

Description

The DCL command SHOW LICENSE displays software product licenses active on the current node. An active license is one that has been registered in the LICENSE database and has been loaded into system memory. To register and activate software product licenses, use the License Management utility (LICENSE) or VMSLICENSE.COM. Some licenses are registered automatically during product installation.

To display licenses registered in the LICENSE database, use the LICENSE LIST command.


Qualifiers

/ALL

(IA64 only) Use with /HIERARCHY to display all OE licenses defined in the LMF database

/BEFORE

Use with /TERMINATION_DATE and /RELEASE_DATE qualifiers. Selects only those licenses whose times are before the time specified with the other qualifiers.

The /BEFORE qualifier cannot be used with the /SINCE qualifier.

/BRIEF (default)

Displays a summary of information about the specified active product licenses. Use the /FULL qualifier to obtain a complete product license listing.

/CHARGE_TABLE

Synonym for the /UNIT_REQUIREMENTS qualifier.

/CLUSTER

Use with the /UNIT_REQUIREMENTS qualifier to display the license unit requirements for every node in an OpenVMS Cluster.

/EXACT

Use with the /PAGE=SAVE and /SEARCH qualifiers to specify a search string that must match the search string exactly and must be enclosed with quotation marks (" ").

If you specify the /EXACT qualifier without the /SEARCH qualifier, exact search mode is enabled when you set the search string with the Find (E1) key.

/FULL

Displays a summary of information about the specified active product licenses, including Product Authorization Key (PAK) options and the reserve list (if any). On I64 systems, lists the licenses for OEs currently active on the system.

/HIERARCHY - I64 only

Displays the hierarchy of licenses for operating environments active on the current node.

/HIGHLIGHT[=keyword]

Use with the /PAGE=SAVE and /SEARCH qualifiers to specify the type of highlighting you want when a search string is found. When a string is found, the entire line is highlighted. You can use the following keywords: BOLD, BLINK, REVERSE, and UNDERLINE. BOLD is the default highlighting.

/OE[=OE name] - I64 only

When an OE name is specified, displays the contents the of named operating environment. Currently, valid OE names are FOE, EOE, and MCOE. When no OE name is specified, displays the operating environment currently active on the node.

/OUTPUT[=filespec]

/NOOUTPUT

Controls where the output of the SHOW LICENSE command is sent. By default, the output of the SHOW LICENSE command is sent to the current SYS$OUTPUT device (usually your terminal). To send the output to a file, use the /OUTPUT qualifier followed by a file specification.

The asterisk (*) and the percent sign (%) wildcard characters are not allowed in the file specification. If you enter a partial file specification (for example, specifying only a directory), SHOW is the default file name and .LIS is the default file type.

If you enter the /NOOUTPUT qualifier, output is suppressed.

/PAGE[=keyword]

/NOPAGE (default)

Controls the display of license information on the screen.

You can use the following keywords with the /PAGE qualifier:

CLEAR_SCREEN Clears the screen before each page is displayed.
SCROLL Displays information one line at a time.
SAVE[= n] Enables screen navigation of information, where n is the number of pages to store.

The /PAGE=SAVE qualifier allows you to navigate through screens of information. The /PAGE=SAVE qualifier stores up to 5 screens of up to 255 columns of information. When you use the /PAGE=SAVE qualifier, you can use the following keys to navigate through the information:

Key Sequence Description
Up arrow key, Ctrl/B Scroll up one line.
Down arrow key Scroll down one line.
Left arrow key Scroll left one column.
Right arrow key Scroll right one column.
Find (E1) Specify a string to find when the information is displayed.
Insert Here (E2) Scroll right one half screen.
Remove (E3) Scroll left one half screen.
Select (E4) Toggle 80/132 column mode.
Prev Screen (E5) Get the previous page of information.
Next Screen (E6), Return, Enter, Space Get the next page of information.
F10, Ctrl/Z Exit. (Some utilities define these differently.)
Help (F15) Display utility help text.
Do (F16) Toggle the display to oldest/newest page.
Ctrl/W Refresh the display.

The /PAGE qualifier is not compatible with the /OUTPUT qualifier.

/PRODUCER=producer-name

Displays software product licenses active on the current node and supplied by the specified producer. The asterisk (*) and the percent sign (%) wildcard characters are allowed for the producer-name parameter. You cannot use the /PRODUCER qualifier with the /UNIT_REQUIREMENTS qualifier.

For HP Products Only

On OpenVMS VAX and Alpha systems, the producer is shown as DEC. On OpenVMS I64 systems, the producer is shown as HP.

/RELEASE_DATE=[date_time]

Allows listing licenses using release dates as selection criteria.

/SEARCH="string"

Use with the /PAGE=SAVE qualifier to specify a string that you want to find in the information being displayed. Quotation marks are required for the /SEARCH qualifier, if you include spaces in the text string.

You can also dynamically change the search string by pressing the Find key (E1) while the information is being displayed. Quotation marks are not required for a dynamic search.

/SINCE(default)

Use with the /TERMINATION_DATE and /RELEASE_DATE qualifiers. Selects only those licenses whose times are on or after the time specified with the other qualifiers.

The /SINCE qualifier cannot be used with the /BEFORE qualifier.

/TERMINATION_DATE=date_time

Allows listing licenses using termination dates as selection criteria.

/UNIT_REQUIREMENTS

On Alpha and VAX systems, displays information in the License Unit Requirement Table (LURT). On I64 systems, displays information about the type of system, the number of processor cores active, and the number of sockets. The /UNIT_REQUIREMENTS qualifier is incompatible with the product-name parameter and with the /BRIEF and /PRODUCER qualifiers.

/USAGE

Tells you how many license units are loaded, how many are currently allocated, and how many are currently available, as well as the license type for each product on the system. Use with the /FULL qualifier to display complete information---including the PID, process name, node, or user name---for each instance of use of the product. You need group privilege to see the list of users in your group who have allocated license units; you need world privilege to see the list of users in all groups.

In an OpenVMS Cluster, if you own multiple license types for a single product, you are limited to viewing the usage information for the license type loaded on the node from which you are executing the SHOW LICENSE/USAGE command. To find out the usage of the other license type loaded on another node, issue the command on that node. You can also use the System Management (SYSMAN) utility to do this.

In an OpenVMS Cluster, usage information is limited to the local license type. For example, VAX and Alpha availability licenses are considered by LMF to be different license types. If you are running both VAX and Alpha systems in a cluster, usage information for availability licenses is limited to the local system type. For example, if you have DEC C installed on all nodes in your OpenVMS Cluster, you can display DEC C license allocation on all the VAX nodes in the cluster from any VAX node with DEC C installed, but you cannot display the DEC C license allocation on the Alpha nodes.

Usage information is not available for unlimited licenses (a license with 0 units). Clusterwide usage information is not available for personal use or NO_SHARE licenses. Refer to the HP OpenVMS License Management Utility Manual for more information on license types.

/WARNING_INTERVAL=n

NOWARNING_INTERVAL

Displays a warning stating the number of licenses that will terminate in n days. The default is 30 days.

/WRAP

/NOWRAP (default)

Use with the /PAGE=SAVE qualifier to limit the number of columns to the width of the screen and to wrap lines that extend beyond the width of the screen to the next line.

The /NOWRAP qualifier extends lines beyond the width of the screen and can be seen when you use the scrolling (left and right) features provided by the /PAGE=SAVE qualifier.


Examples

#1

$ SHOW LICENSE/FULL
Active licenses on node WTPOOH:
DVNETEND
        Producer: DEC
        Units: 0
        Version: 0.0
        Release Date: (none)
        Termination Date: 25-DEC-2007
        Availability: 0
        Activity: 100
        MOD_UNITS
        Product Token:

OPENVMS-ALPHA
        Producer: DEC
        Units: 0
        Version: 0.0
        Release Date: (none)
        Termination Date: 22-OCT-2007
        Availability: 0
        Activity: 100
        MOD_UNITS
        Product Token:

      

In this example, the SHOW LICENSE command displays all the active licenses on the current Alpha node, WTPOOH.

#2

$ SHOW LICENSE/FULL

Active licenses on node MACCHU:

C
        Producer: HP
        Units: 3
        Version: 0.0
        Release Date: (none)
        Termination Date: 25-DEC-2007
        Availability: 0
        Activity: 1
        MOD_UNITS
        IA64_ALPHA
        Product Token:

DVNETEXT
        Producer: HP
        Units: 20
        Version: 0.0
        Release Date: (none)
        Termination Date:  6-FEB-2008
        Per Core License
        Activity: 0
        IA64
        Product Token:

OPENVMS-I64-FOE
        Producer: HP
        Units: 2
        Version: 0.0
        Release Date: (none)
        Termination Date:  25-DEC-2007
        Per Core License
        Activity: 0
        IA64
        Product Token:
      

In this example, the SHOW LICENSE command displays all the active licenses on the current I64 node, MACCHU.

#3

$ SHOW LICENSE/BRIEF
Active licenses on node WTPOOH:

--- Product ID ----   ---- Rating ----- -- Version --
Product    Producer   Units Avail Activ Version Release Termination
DVNETEND   DEC            0  0     100    0.0  (none)   (none)
VAX-VMS    DEC            0  0     100    0.0  (none)   (none)

      

The SHOW LICENSE command in this example displays a summary of all the active licenses on the current VAX node, WTPOOH.

#4

$ SHOW LICENSE/UNIT_REQUIREMENTS
VMS/LMF Charge Information for node PICCHU
This is a AlphaServer 8400 5/440, hardware model type 1567

Type: A, Units Required: 2700   (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, * Not Permitted *      (VAX/VMS System Integrated Products)
Type: F, * Not Permitted *      (VAX Layered Products)
Type: G, * Not Permitted *      (Reserved)
Type: H, Units Required: 1150   (Alpha Layered Products)
Type: I, Units Required: 1150   (Layered Products)

      

In this example, the /UNIT_REQUIREMENTS qualifier displays information in the License Unit Requirement Table (LURT) for the Alpha node PICCHU.

#5

$ SHOW LICENSE/CHARGE_TABLE
OpenVMS I64/LMF Charge Information for node MACCHU

This is an HP rx2600  (900MHz/1.5MB), with 2 processor cores active, 2 socket(s)
Type: PCL,   Units Required: 2  (I64 Per Processor)
      

This example displays the CHARGE_TABLE information for an I64 node MACCHU with 2 active processor cores.

#6

$ SHOW LICENSE/CHAR/CLUSTER

VMS/LMF Cluster License Unit Requirements Information    1-APR-2004 13:56:45.61

Node                A     B     C     D     E     F     G     H     I  PPL

FISH                 20     -     -     -     -     -     -  1050  1050    -
SWORD                15     -     -     -     -     -     -  1050  1050    -
SALMON               12     -     -     -     -     -     -  1050  1050    -
MONGER               12     -     -     -     -     -     -  1050  1050    -
GORDON               15     -     -     -     -     -     -  1050  1050    -
ARTIST                -     -     -     -     -     -     -     -     -    2
PAINTS                -     -     -     -     -     -     -     -     -    1

Total Cluster Unit Requirements
Type: A, Units Required: 74     (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, * Not Permitted *      (VAX/VMS System Integrated Products)
Type: F, * Not Permitted *      (VAX Layered Products)
Type: G, * Not Permitted *      (Reserved)
Type: H, Units Required: 5250   (Alpha Layered Products)
Type: I, Units Required: 5250   (Layered Products)
Type: PCL, Units Required: 3  (I64 Per Processor)


      

In this example, the display shows how many license units are required for each license type (A, B, etc. on Alpha and VAX and PPL on I64) on each node in the cluster. If a row of three asterisks (***) is displayed for a node, it means that the node is in the process of booting.

#7

$ SHOW LICENSE/OE

Current Operating Environment on node MACCHU at  1-APR-2004 14:00:09.70:

--------- Operating Environment ---------- ------ Units ------
Name     Description            Type Level   Loaded      Total
MCOE     Mission Critical         H    2          1          1
      

This example shows the currently operating environment (MCOE) on an I64 node MACCHU.

#8

$ SHOW LICENSE/HIER/FULL
                     Operating Environment Hierarchy
                     -------------------------------

--------- Operating Environment ---------- ------ Units ------
Name     Description            Type Level   Loaded      Total
MCOE     Mission Critical         H    3          2          2
  RTR-SVR
  VMSCLUSTER
  VMSCLUSTER-CLIENT
EOE      Enterprise               H    2          -          2
  DECRAM
  RMSJNL
  AVAIL_MAN
  VOLSHAD
  SYSMGT
FOE      Foundation               H    2          2          4
  OPENVMS-I64
  OPENVMS-USER
  DVNETEND
  DW-MOTIF
      

This example displays information about the available operating environments, the hierarchy among them, and the products contained in each OE on an I64 system.

#9

$ SHOW LICENSE/OE=FOE/FULL
--------- Operating Environment ---------- ------ Units ------
Name     Description            Type Level   Loaded      Total
FOE      Foundation               H    1          2          3
  OPENVMS-I64
  OPENVMS-USER
  DVNETEND
  DW-MOTIF
  UCX
  TDC
  DCOM-MIDL
  X500-ADMIN-FACILITY

      

This example shows all the products included in the Foundation Operating Environment (FOE) on an I64 node.

#10

$ SHOW LICENSE OPENVMS-I64-MCOE
Active licenses on node MACCHU:

------- Product ID --------    ---- Rating ----- -- Version --
Product            Producer    Units PCL   Activ Version Release    Termination
OPENVMS-I64-MCOE   HP             20  1     0      0.0  (none)       6-FEB-2005
      

This example shows licensing information for the MCOE environment currently active on an I64 node MACCHU.


Qualifiers

/WARNING_INTERVAL=n

NOWARNING_INTERVAL

Displays a warning stating the number of licenses that will terminate in n days. The default is 30 days.

/WRAP

/NOWRAP (default)

Use with the /PAGE=SAVE qualifier to limit the number of columns to the width of the screen and to wrap lines that extend beyond the width of the screen to the next line.

The /NOWRAP qualifier extends lines beyond the width of the screen and can be seen when you use the scrolling (left and right) features provided by the /PAGE=SAVE qualifier.


Description

The DCL command SHOW LICENSE displays software product licenses active on the current node. An active license is one that has been registered in the LICENSE database and has been loaded into system memory. To register and activate software product licenses, use the License Management utility (LICENSE) or VMSLICENSE.COM. Some licenses are registered automatically during product installation.

To display licenses registered in the LICENSE database, use the LICENSE LIST command.


Examples

#1

$ SHOW LICENSE/FULL
Active licenses on node WTPOOH:

DVNETEND
       Producer: DEC
       Units: 0
       Version:  0.0
       Date:  (none)
       Termination Date: (none)
       Availability: E (System Integrated Products)
       Activity:  0
       MOD_UNITS

VAX-VMS
       Producer: DEC
       Units: 0
       Version:  0.0
       Date:  (none)
       Termination Date: (none)
       Availability: A (VMS Capacity)
       Activity:  0
       MOD_UNITS
       NO_SHARE
      

In this example, the SHOW LICENSE command displays all the active licenses on the current node, WTPOOH.

#2

$ SHOW LICENSE/BRIEF
Active licenses on node WTPOOH:

--- Product ID ----   ---- Rating ----- -- Version --
Product    Producer   Units Avail Activ Version Release Termination
DVNETEND   DEC            0  E     0      0.0  (none)   (none)
VAX-VMS    DEC            0  A     0      0.0  (none)   (none)

      

The SHOW LICENSE command in this example displays a summary of all the active licenses on the current node, WTPOOH.

#3

$ SHOW LICENSE/OUTPUT=SYS$LOGIN:ACTIVE_LICENSES_OCT30.DAT

      

The SHOW LICENSE command in this example writes all the active licenses to the file named SYS$LOGIN:ACTIVE_LICENSES_OCT30.DAT.

#4

$ SHOW LICENSE/FULL PERSONAL
Active licenses on node PICCHU:

PERSONAL
       Producer: DEC
       Units: 100
       Version: 0.0
       Release Date: (none)
       Termination Date: (none)
       Availability: 0
       Activity: 100
       RESERVE_UNITS
       Reserve: RANCE

      

The SHOW LICENSE command in this example displays information about the product PERSONAL, as well as the name RANCE attached to the product license (known as the RESERVE list).

#5

$ SHOW LICENSE/TERM=10-JAN-2014 test0%
Active licenses on node PICCHU:

--- Product ID ----  ---- Rating ----- -- Version --
Product    Producer  Units Avail Activ Version Release    Termination
TEST01     DEC           0  A     0      0.0  (none)      (none)
TEST02     DEC           0  B     0      0.0  10-JAN-2014 12-NOV-2014
TEST03     DEC           0  C     0      0.0  30-DEC-2014 (none)
TEST04     DEC           0  D     0      0.0  (none)      25-AUG-2015
TEST05     DEC           0  E     0      0.0  14-NOV-2016 14-AUG-2016


$ SHOW LICENSE/RELEASE=10-JAN-2014/SINCE test0%
Active licenses on node PICCHU:

--- Product ID ----  ---- Rating ----- -- Version --
Product    Producer  Units Avail Activ Version Release    Termination
TEST02     DEC           0  B     0      0.0  10-JAN-2014 12-NOV-2014
TEST03     DEC           0  C     0      0.0  30-DEC-2014 (none)
TEST05     DEC           0  E     0      0.0  14-NOV-2016 14-AUG-2016


$ SHOW LICENSE/RELEASE=10-JAN-2014/BEFORE test0%
Active licenses on node PICCHU:

--- Product ID ----  ---- Rating ----- -- Version --
Product    Producer  Units Avail Activ Version Release    Termination
TEST01     DEC           0  A     0      0.0  (none)      (none)
TEST04     DEC           0  D     0      0.0  (none)      25-AUG-2015

      

In these examples, the SHOW LICENSE command uses the /TERM, /RELEASE, /SINCE and /BEFORE qualifiers.

#6

$ SHOW LICENSE/UNIT_REQUIREMENTS
VMS/LMF Charge Information for node PICCHU
This is a VAX 6000-420, hardware model type 160

Type: A, Units Required: 93      (VMS Capacity)
Type: B, * Not Permitted *       (VMS Server)
Type: C, * Not Permitted *       (VMS Concurrent User)
Type: D, * Not Permitted *       (VMS Workstation)
Type: E, Units Required: 400     (System Integrated Products)
Type: F, Units Required: 1200    (Layered Products)
Type: G, * Not Permitted *       (VMS Reserved)
Type: H, * Not Permitted *       (Alpha Layered Products)
Type: I, Units Required: 1200    (Layered Products)

      

In this example, the /UNIT_REQUIREMENTS qualifier displays information in the License Unit Requirement Table (LURT).

#7

$ SHOW LICENSE/WARNING_INTERVAL=8000 test0%
Active licenses on node PICCHU:

--- Product ID ----  ---- Rating ----- -- Version --
Product    Producer  Units Avail Activ Version Release    Termination
TEST01     DEC           0  A     0      0.0  (none)      (none)
TEST02     DEC           0  B     0      0.0  10-JAN-2014 12-NOV-2014
TEST03     DEC           0  C     0      0.0  30-DEC-2014 (none)
TEST04     DEC           0  D     0      0.0  (none)      25-AUG-2015
TEST05     DEC           0  E     0      0.0  14-NOV-2016 14-AUG-2016
%SHOW-I-TERMIMM, 3 licenses will terminate in 8000 days

      


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