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License Process  



To ensure that the common license database can share license units among hard and soft partitions, when supported, perform the following steps:

  1. Calculate required units.
    NoteAn SMP license is required for an interactive login; the base OpenVMS license does not allow an interactive login.

  2. Add your licenses to the common license database. For example:
    $ LICENSE REGISTER OPENVMS-ALPHA /ISSUER=DEC -
    _$ /AUTHORIZATION=USA123456 -
    _$ /PRODUCER=DEC -
    _$ /UNITS=1050 -
    _$ /AVAILABILITY=H -
    _$ /OPTIONS=(N0_SHARE) -
    _$ /CHECKSUM=2-BGON-IAMA-GNOL-AIKO

    NoteYou cannot use the /INCLUDE qualifier with the LICENSE REGISTER command to override the NO_SHARE attribute of the license.

  3. Modify the license to override the NO_SHARE attribute of the PAKs with the command LICENSE MODIFY /INCLUDE=(nodename-list). For example:
    $ LICENSE MODIFY OPENVMS-ALPHA -
    _$ /AUTHORIZATION=USA123456 -
    _$ /INCLUDE=(NODEA, NODEb, NODEC)
  4. To make OpenVMS Alpha license units availalbe to the instance of OpenVMS running in each partition, you must ensure that the MBM environment variable SYS_SERIAL_NUM is the same in each partition. To do so, perform the following steps:

    1. From the MBM console, use the SHOW SYS_SERIAL_NUM command to display the system serial number. For example:
      MBM>>>SHOW SYS_SERIAL_NUM
      sys_serial_num G2A105
    2. If the value of SYS_SERIAL _NUM is blank, use the SET SYS_SERIAL_NUM command at the MBM console to set the system serial number. The system serial number is propagated to every partition, hard or soft. For example:
      MBM>>>SET SYS_SERIAL_NUM G2A105

    NoteYou must enter a nonzero value of up to 12 characters. (Earlier systems supported 16-character values.) Ensure that the system serial number that you creae is not used on any other AlphaServer system on this OpenVMS Cluster.

  5. To correctly update the OpenVMS Cluster license database, HP recommends that you completely shut down and reboot all OpenVMS Cluster common nodes. A rolling upgrade does not correctly update the common license database.

For partitionable systems that share NO_SHARE licenses across partitions, the following messages may appear when the system boots:

%LICENSE-E-NOAUTH, DEC OPENVMS-ALPHA use is not authorized on this node
-LICENSE-F-EXCEEDED, attempted usage exceeds active license limits
-LICENSE-I-SYSMGR, please see your system manager
Startup processing continuing...
You can safely ignore these messages. They appear when you
have logged onto a system that is actively sharing the OPENVMS-ALPHA
PAK. This will be fixed in a future release.

For Additional Licensing Information  

For more information about installing and managing license, refer to the OpenVMS License Management Utility Manual.


 
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