Hi,
I originally asked:
: I have been going through our license files to try to make sure we
: are legal on everything here, and I have come up with a few questions:
:
: 1) How do you tell what number of units are needed for a given
: product/machine combination? For example, I have a 3000/500 that has
: 800 units for OSF-USR (8 users, of course), 50 units for OSF-BASE, 1050
: for NAS-250, 1050 for X25-NATIVE, but 1100 for DECNET-OSI-END. Is there
: a definitave list for how many units are needed for which product for
: which machine?
:
: 2) What does MOD_UNITS and NO_SHARE mean in the key options line? I
: kinda have a vague idea about the MOD_UNITS thing, but is it legal to
: just increase the units willy-nilly? If so, why even bother to have it
: listed?
:
: 3) What is the availabilty table code?
:
: 4) What is contant=100?
Lewis L. Lasser <lewis_at_dmi.stevens-tech.edu> had the most comprehensive
answer which I quote here:
: I can shed some light on questions 2-4 since I have the Software License
: Management book at hand.
:
: For (2)
:
: The MOD_UNITS option allows use to modify (via the
: modify command of lmf) the Number of Units field.
:
: The NO_SHARE option means you can not combine two
: or more licenses for the product on the same
: processor.
:
: For (3)
:
: The availabilty table code represents the number of
: units required to give unlimited use of a product
: on a particular hardware system model. Its value
: can be a letter or the string CONSTANT=n where n
: is an integer. If the value is a letter it references
: an internal table called the License Unit Requirement
: Table (or LURT). You can not display or modify the
: LURT.
:
: For (4)
:
: Both the availabilty table code and the activity table
: code can contain entries of the form CONSTANT=n.
: (The activity table code can also contain a letter
: which again references the LURT). For the activity table
: code n specifies the number of units the product requires
: for each user, regardless of the hardware system model.
:
:
"Peticolas, Anne 512-326-6105" <AXP_at_mail.va.gov> had this to say about
the legality question:
: Cliff, this is only a guess, but I would guess it's for situations where you
: have legally paid for the required number of units or are about to do so,
: but they haven't gotten it together to get you the right license, then
: they'll ask you to increase the units if you have MOD_UNITS. (At least,
: with things falling thru the cracks a lot between our central office and
: Digital, that's what we used it for.)
It sounds reasonable to me.
I appreciate the answers. If anybody has the answer to #1 that would be
greatly appreciated.
-cliff
Received on Wed Jun 25 1997 - 18:08:09 NZST