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LICENSE CREATE

Creates a License Database with no license records. Because LMF provides a default License Database in SYS$COMMON:[SYSEXE]LMF$LICENSE.LDB when OpenVMS is installed, you do not typically need to use this command.

To use LMF, you must have a License Database file and the appropriate number of units for your system. On OpenVMS Alpha and VAX, the units are contained in the License Unit Requirement Table (LURT) file (SYS$COMMON:[SYSEXE]LMF$LURT.DAT), which comes installed with OpenVMS. On OpenVMS I64, the units are based on the number of processors and the class of the machine specified in the PAK you receive with the license.


Format

LICENSE CREATE


Parameters

None.

Qualifier

/DATABASE=filespec

Specifies the location of the License Database. The default file specification is defined by the logical name LMF$LICENSE, which points to SYS$COMMON:[SYSEXE]LMF$LICENSE.LDB on an unmodified OpenVMS system.

Example


$ LICENSE CREATE /DATABASE=SYS$MANAGER:LMF$LICENSE.LDB       

This command creates the License Database named LMF$LICENSE.LDB in the directory SYS$MANAGER.

LICENSE DELETE

Deletes one or more licenses and all history information for those licenses from the License Database.

Format

LICENSE DELETE product-name[,...]


Parameter

product-name[,...]

Name or names of products with a license to be removed from the License Database. You can delete only licenses that have been registered.

Qualifiers

/ALL

Positional qualifier.

Specifies that all licenses with the given product name should be deleted. This qualifier affects only the product name that immediately precedes it in the command string.

/AUTHORIZATION=string

Positional qualifier.

Specifies a string that helps identify the license you want to delete. You must enter the authorization string exactly as it appears on your PAK. Use this optional qualifier only if you need it to identify the license. This qualifier affects only the product name that immediately precedes it in the command string.

/DATABASE=filespec

Specifies the location of the License Database from which the license or licenses should be deleted. The default file specification is defined by the logical name LMF$LICENSE, which points to SYS$COMMON:[SYSEXE]LMF$LICENSE.LDB on an unmodified OpenVMS system. Use this optional qualifier only if you do not use the default License Database name and location.

/ISSUER=string

Positional qualifier.

Specifies the name of the company (for example, HP) that issued the PAK for the product. Use this optional qualifier only if you need it to identify the license. This qualifier affects only the product name that immediately precedes it in the command string.

/LOG

/NOLOG (default)

Controls whether LICENSE DELETE displays the name of each license that it deletes.

/PRODUCER=string

Positional qualifier.

Specifies the name of the company (for example, HP) that owns the product for which you have a license. Use this optional qualifier only if you need it to identify the license. This qualifier affects only the product name that immediately precedes it in the command string.

/STATUS=[(keyword)[,...]]

Positional qualifier.

Selects licenses to be deleted according to the product-name parameter specified and one or more license status keywords from the following list:

  • ALL (default)---Deletes all specified licenses in the database.
  • ACTIVE---Deletes all specified enabled licenses in the database. ACTIVE status means that the registered license is enabled for loading. For backward compatibility, the LICENSE LIST command identifies enabled licenses as having a status of active.
  • DISABLED---Deletes all specified disabled licenses in the database.
  • EXTINCT---Purges specified license information by deleting all extinct license records in the database. Extinct records are history records retained after a license is modified.
  • CANCELED---Deletes all specified canceled licenses in the database. Note that current versions of LMF do not set license status to canceled. Old licenses may have this status.

If you enter more than one keyword, separate them with commas, and enclose the list in parentheses. You can abbreviate each option to the minimum number of characters needed to uniquely identify it.


Description

Use LICENSE DELETE to delete licenses from the License Database. To tailor your command, use options to the /STATUS qualifier and wildcard characters in product name strings.

File space is not released following LICENSE DELETE commands. For information on retrieving Record Management Services (RMS) file space, see the OpenVMS Record Management Utilities Reference Manual.


Examples

#1

$ LICENSE DELETE FORTRAN      

This command deletes the Fortran license from the default License Database.

#2

$ LICENSE DELETE FORTRAN, COBOL, PASCAL      

This command deletes the Fortran, COBOL and Pascal licenses from the default License Database.

#3

$ LICENSE DELETE FORTRAN /DATABASE=MY$DISK:MYDATA.LDB      

This command deletes the Fortran license from the MY$DISK:MYDATA.LDB License Database.

#4

$ LICENSE DELETE FORTRAN /ISSUER=XYLASOFT      

This command deletes all licenses for the product named Fortran issued by XYLASOFT from the default License Database. If there are licenses for products named Fortran issued by companies other than XYLASOFT, they are not deleted.

#5

$ LICENSE DELETE * /STATUS=(EXTINCT)      

This command deletes all license records with a status of EXTINCT from the database. This is effectively a purge of all historical information.

LICENSE DISABLE

Disables a license currently registered in the License Database.

Format

LICENSE DISABLE product-name[,...]


Parameter

product-name[,...]

Name or names of products with a license that you want to disable. You can disable only licenses that currently exist in the License Database. Enter the product name exactly as it appears on your Product Authorization Key (PAK).

Qualifiers

/ALL

Positional qualifier.

Specifies that all licenses with the given product name should be disabled. This qualifier affects only the product name that immediately precedes it in the command string.

/AUTHORIZATION=string

Positional qualifier.

Specifies a string that helps identify the license you want to disable. You must enter the authorization string exactly as it appears on your PAK. Use this optional qualifier only if you need it to identify the license. This qualifier affects only the product name that immediately precedes it in the command string.

/DATABASE=filespec

Specifies the location of the License Database. The default file specification is defined by the logical name LMF$LICENSE, which points to SYS$COMMON:[SYSEXE]LMF$LICENSE.LDB on an unmodified OpenVMS system. Use this optional qualifier only if you do not use the default License Database name and location.

/ISSUER=string

Positional qualifier.

Specifies the name of the company (for example, HP) that issued the PAK for the product. Use this optional qualifier only if you need it to identify the license. This qualifier affects only the product name that immediately precedes it in the command string.

/LOG

/NOLOG (default)

Controls whether LICENSE DISABLE displays the name of each license that it disables.

/PRODUCER=string

Positional qualifier.

Specifies the name of the company (for example, DEC) that owns the product for which you have a license. Use this optional qualifier only if you need it to identify the license. This qualifier affects only the product name that immediately precedes it in the command string.


Description

LICENSE DISABLE does not immediately affect loaded licenses. To affect a loaded license, you must first enter a LICENSE UNLOAD command, which unloads the license, but allows current processes to finish using the product. Note that to immediately disable all loaded licenses, you must shut down the system.

You cannot use LICENSE LOAD to activate a disabled license; you must first use LICENSE ENABLE.

LMF does not display error messages when either you or the system attempts to unload a disabled license.


Example


$ LICENSE DISABLE ABCD /PRODUCER=DEC      

This command disables the license for ABCD software produced by HP. Because no database is specified, LMF uses the default database.

LICENSE ENABLE

Enables an existing license in the License Database so that you can load it with LICENSE LOAD. This command cancels the effect of LICENSE DISABLE, LICENSE COPY, and LICENSE ISSUE, which leave the license disabled. Newly registered licenses are enabled by default.

Format

LICENSE ENABLE product-name[,...]


Parameter

product-name[,...]

Name or names of products with a license to enable. You can enable only licenses that currently exist in the License Database. Enter the product name exactly as it appears on your PAK.

Qualifiers

/ALL

Positional qualifier.

Specifies that all licenses with the given product name should be enabled. This qualifier affects only the product name that immediately precedes it in the command string.

/AUTHORIZATION=string

Positional qualifier.

Specifies a string that helps identify the license you want to enable. You must enter the authorization string exactly as it appears on your PAK. Use this optional qualifier only if you need it to identify the license. This qualifier affects only the product name that immediately precedes it in the command string.

/DATABASE=filespec

Specifies the location of the License Database. The default file specification is defined by the logical name LMF$LICENSE, which points to SYS$COMMON:[SYSEXE]LMF$LICENSE.LDB on an unmodified OpenVMS system. Use this optional qualifier only if you do not use the default License Database name and location.

/ISSUER=string

Positional qualifier.

Specifies the name of the company (for example, HP) that issued the PAK for the product. Use this optional qualifier only if you need it to identify the license. This qualifier affects only the product name that immediately precedes it in the command string.

/LOG

/NOLOG (default)

Controls whether LICENSE ENABLE displays the name of each license that it enables.

/PRODUCER=string

Positional qualifier.

Specifies the name of the company (for example, HP) that owns the product for which you have a license. Use this optional qualifier only if you need it to identify the license. This qualifier affects only the product name that immediately precedes it in the command string.


Description

Use LICENSE ENABLE to reestablish disabled licenses as available for loading with a LICENSE LOAD command.

Enabled licenses can combine with other licenses when loaded for use. Do not enable a license that has expired, and be sure that all include, exclude, and reservation lists are up to date.

Use LICENSE LIST to inspect each license before you enable it. Use LICENSE MODIFY to change include, exclude, and reservation lists.

Because errors do not occur until enabled licenses are loaded, consider entering LICENSE LOAD immediately to load each newly enabled license on each appropriate node in an OpenVMS Cluster. If another combinable license for the same product is already loaded, first unload it with LICENSE UNLOAD. Use the DCL command SHOW LICENSE to see which licenses are currently active on your system. After you unload the other license, enter LICENSE LOAD to load the combination of the newly enabled license and the previously active license.


Example


$ LICENSE ENABLE DECSET /PRODUCER=DEC      

This command enables the license for DECset software. Because no database is specified, LMF uses the default database. Next, load the license with LICENSE LOAD.

LICENSE ISSUE

Produces a replica of a Product Authorization Key (PAK) that is sent to a file or displayed on your terminal (the default). If the terms and conditions of your license contract allow it, you can then enter this PAK replica in the License Database of another processor. When you enter LICENSE ISSUE, LMF disables the license in the current License Database and marks the license DISABLED. To enable a license that has been marked ISSUED, enter LICENSE ENABLE.

For License Databases connected to a network, consider using LICENSE MOVE.


Format

LICENSE ISSUE product-name[,...]


Parameter

product-name[,...]

Name or names of products with a license to be issued. You can issue only licenses that currently exist in the License Database. Enter the product name exactly as it appears on your PAK.

Qualifiers

/ALL

Positional qualifier.

Specifies that all licenses with the given product name should be issued. This qualifier affects only the product name that immediately precedes it in the command string.

/AUTHORIZATION=string

Positional qualifier.

Specifies a string that helps identify the license you want to issue. You must enter the authorization string exactly as it appears on your PAK. Use this optional qualifier only if you need it to identify the license. This qualifier affects only the product name that immediately precedes it in the command string.

/DATABASE=filespec

Specifies the location of the License Database. The default file specification is defined by the logical name LMF$LICENSE, which points to SYS$COMMON:[SYSEXE]LMF$LICENSE.LDB on an unmodified OpenVMS system. Use this optional qualifier only if you do not use the default License Database name and location.

/ISSUER=string

Positional qualifier.

Specifies the name of the company (for example, HP) that issued the PAK for the product. Use this optional qualifier only if you need it to identify the license. This qualifier affects only the product name that immediately precedes it in the command string.

/LOG

/NOLOG (default)

Controls whether LICENSE ISSUE displays the name of each license that it issues.

/OUTPUT[=filespec]

Specifies the name of the file to which your PAK replica is written. If you do not specify the /OUTPUT qualifier, or if you do not supply a file specification with this qualifier, the output is sent to SYS$OUTPUT.

If you specify a file name that already exists, this command creates a new version of the file. If you specify a complete file name and version that already exists, this command appends the PAK replica to the existing file.

/PROCEDURE

/NOPROCEDURE (default)

Specifies that the PAK replica is to be written in the form of a DCL command procedure. Use /PROCEDURE with the /OUTPUT qualifier to create a command procedure in a file. Then you can invoke the procedure to register the PAK replica in the License Database of another processor.

If you do not specify the /OUTPUT qualifier with /PROCEDURE, or if you do not supply a file specification with the /OUTPUT qualifier, the procedure is sent to SYS$OUTPUT.

/PRODUCER=string

Positional qualifier.

Specifies the name of the company (for example, HP) that owns the product for which you have a license. Use this optional qualifier only if you need it to identify the license. This qualifier affects only the product name that immediately precedes it in the command string.


Description

If your license contract allows it, use LICENSE ISSUE to move a license from a License Database on one processor (or OpenVMS Cluster environment) to a License Database on another processor. To move a license, enter LICENSE ISSUE, including enough PAK information to clearly identify the license. LICENSE ISSUE automatically disables the current license but does not immediately unload it; LMF does not terminate any active processes. To unload the license, enter a LICENSE UNLOAD command.

After you issue the PAK replica, read the information, and register it on the new processor as you would any PAK, or, if you used the /PROCEDURE qualifier with the /OUTPUT qualifier, invoke the new DCL command procedure to register the license.

Note that the PAK replica includes only PAK information registered with a LICENSE REGISTER command. The replica does not include any changes made with other LICENSE commands.


Examples

#1

$ LICENSE ISSUE /OUTPUT=SYS$MANAGER:FORTRAN.PAK -_$ /PRODUCER=DEC FORTRAN                                               

This command issues a PAK replica, which you can use to register the Fortran license on a new processor (or OpenVMS Cluster environment), and puts it into the file named FORTRAN.PAK. The next step is to print the file, read the information, and, using a LICENSE REGISTER command or VMSLICENSE.COM, enter the correct information in the License Database of the new processor. The Fortran license in the current License Database is marked ISSUED and is disabled.

#2

$ LICENSE ISSUE /PRODUCER=DEC VOLSHAD      

This command displays, at the current terminal, a PAK replica with the information from the VOLSHAD (Volume Shadowing) license. This display is reproduced below. The license registered in the current License Database is marked ISSUED and is disabled. You can register the data from this replica of a PAK in the License Database of another processor using either VMSLICENSE.COM or LICENSE REGISTER.


Software Product Authorization Key ReplicaIssued by CASPER      Issued on 24-FEB-2001 14:23-----------------------------------Issuer:             DECAuthorization:      ALS-WM-93166-5573Product Name:       VOLSHAD   Producer:           DECUnits:              460Version:            5.4PAK Termination Date:   31-DEC-2001 Availability:       EOptions:            MOD_UNITSChecksum:           1-ADEB-DOCJ-NENC-KDBM
#3

$ LICENSE ISSUE /PROCEDURE /OUTPUT=FORTRAN-USA10.COM -_$FORTRAN /AUTHORIZATION=USA-10       

This command generates a DCL command procedure such as the following to be used for registering the specified license in a License Database:


$! Software Product Authorization Key Replica $! Issued by CASPER $! Issued on 23-Oct-2001 14:23 $ LICENSE REGISTER FORTRAN -  /ISSUER=DEC -  /PRODUCER=DEC -  /AUTHORIZATION=USA-10 -                        /UNITS=400 -  /VERSION=5.4 -  /AVAILABILITY=F -  /CHECKSUM=1-HIDN-INDA-COMP-DAHH  

LICENSE LIST

Displays information from the License Database on disk about the specified license or licenses. Use one or more qualifiers to control the form, content, and location of information displayed.

The SHOW LICENSE command, described in the HP OpenVMS DCL Dictionary and in this appendix, displays information from the License Database in memory.


Format

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


Parameter

product-name[,...]

Name or names of products with a license that you want to list. You can list only licenses that currently exist on disk in the License Database. You can specify one product name or use wildcard characters to display licenses. The product-name parameter is optional; the default is to display all of the licenses.

Qualifiers

/AUTHORIZATION=string

Positional qualifier.

Specifies a string that helps identify the license you want to list. You must enter the authorization string exactly as it appears on your PAK. Use this optional qualifier only if you need it to identify the license.

This qualifier affects only the product name that immediately precedes it in the command string.

/BEFORE

Used with /TERMINATION_DATE and /RELEASE_DATE, 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)

Specifies a listing from the License Database that includes only the license product and producer names.

/DATABASE=filespec

Specifies the location of the License Database. The default file specification is defined by the logical name LMF$LICENSE, which points to SYS$COMMON:[SYSEXE]LMF$LICENSE.LDB on an unmodified OpenVMS system. Use this optional qualifier only if you do not use the default License Database name and location.

/FULL

Specifies a listing from the License Database that includes a full display of the specified license or licenses.

/HISTORY

Specifies a listing from the License Database that includes the history records in the License Database for the specified license or licenses.

/ISSUER=string

Positional qualifier.

Specifies the name of the company (for example, HP) that issued the PAK for the product. Use this optional qualifier only if you need it to identify the license. This qualifier affects only the product name that immediately precedes it in the command string.

/OUTPUT[=filespec]

Specifies the name of the file to which your list is written. If you do not specify the /OUTPUT qualifier, or if you do not supply a file specification with this qualifier, the output is sent to SYS$OUTPUT.

/PRODUCER=string

Positional qualifier.

Specifies the name of the company (for example, HP) that owns the product for which you have a license. Use this optional qualifier only if you need it to identify the license.

This qualifier affects only the product name that immediately precedes it in the command string.

/RELEASE_DATE=date

Used with /BEFORE or /SINCE, specifies a listing from the License Database that includes only licenses with a release date on or after the date specified. The date must be presented in the standard OpenVMS format: dd-mmm-yyyy. The default value is /SINCE /RELEASE_DATE=TODAY.

/SELECTION_WEIGHT

Produces a full display that includes the current selection weights assigned to individual PAKs.

/SINCE

Used with /TERMINATION_DATE and /RELEASE_DATE, selects only those licenses whose times are after the time specified with the other qualifiers.

/SINCE cannot be used with /BEFORE.

/TERMINATION_DATE[=date]

Used with /BEFORE or /SINCE, specifies a listing from the License Database that includes only licenses with a termination date on or after the date specified. The date must be presented in the standard OpenVMS format: dd-mmm-yyyy. The default value is /SINCE /TERMINATION_DATE=TODAY.

/VERSION=nn.nn

Positional qualifier.

Specifies the version number of the product for which you have a license. Versions use the format integer.integer. You can specify wildcard syntax as *.* but not * alone. Use this optional qualifier only if you need it to identify the license. This qualifier affects only the product name that immediately precedes it in the command string.


Description

LICENSE LIST displays license records as they appear on disk in the License Database. LICENSE LIST /BRIEF does not produce a display with history records. You can control the displays as follows:
  • After you enter LICENSE LIST with the /BRIEF qualifier, you can scroll through the display with the arrow keys on your keyboard.
  • After you enter LICENSE LIST with the /FULL or /HISTORY qualifier, which displays the first LICENSE record, you can see the other records one at a time by pressing Return. You can also scroll through the license records using the Previous Screen key (or PF3) and the Next Screen key (or PF4).
For any LICENSE LIST display, use the arrow keys to scroll vertically or horizontally one line at a time. Press Ctrl/Z to exit from the display.

Note that a LICENSE LIST command may display the status of a registered license as Active. This means the registered license is enabled for loading; it has not been disabled. It does not necessarily mean the license was loaded with a LICENSE LOAD command. The LICENSE LIST command displays only information on disk in the License Database; enter SHOW LICENSE to determine all active licenses on the current system.

You can also list licenses using the VMSLICENSE.COM command procedure.


Examples

#1

$ LICENSE LIST /FULL       

This example displays a list of the names of product licenses in the License Database on an OpenVMS Alpha system.Note that the LMF Version shown refers to the software that created the database.


 Use CTRL/Z to exit, PF3-PF4 for Previous-Next Screen, Arrow Keys to scroll.    License Management Facility  V1.2   License Database File:       WORK2:[BACKUP]LMF$LICENSE.LDB;1  Created on:                  20-JUL-2000  Created by user:             USER_1  Created by LMF Version:      V1.1   -----------------------------------  Issuer:                      DEC  Authorization:                Product Name:                OPENVMS-ALPHA  Producer:                    DEC  Units:                       500  Version:                     0.0  Release Date:                 4-MAY-2001  PAK Termination Date:        (none)  Availability:                0  Activity:                     000000100  Options:                     MOD_UNITS  Product Token:                Hardware ID:   Revision Level:              1  Status:                      Active  Command:                     REGISTER 
#2

$ LICENSE LIST /FULL       


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