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:
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
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
You 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.
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.