Software AG Mainframe Product Licensing (Entire System Server 3.6.3)
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- Kind
- Product documentation
- Format
- HTML
- Applies to
- How mainframe products are licensed: licence file, licence check software, LICUTIL, disaster recovery CPU IDs and the products that require a licence. Documentation page without an effective date.
- Evidence
- Mainframe products need a valid licence file on every platform
- Modifying the licence file invalidates it
- Licence file records machine capacity in MSU
- Licence check ensures use only on licensed machines
- Products that require a mainframe licence
- Licence is checked at initialisation and once a day
- Expiry warnings begin 30 days before the end date
- Licence check covers CPU ID, MSU capacity and LPAR
- Disaster recovery CPU IDs are set in the licence file
- Only the CPU ID is checked in a disaster recovery scenario
- One licence file can define several CPU IDs
- zIIP-enabling products use a longer product code