Specifications

HP OpenVMS Version 8.4 for Integrity and Alpha servers SPD 82.35.19
License Management Facility Support
The OpenVMS operating system supports the OpenVMS
License Management Facility (LMF).
If an OpenVMS license is not registered and activated
using LMF, only a single login is permitted for sys-
tem management purposes through the system console
(OPA0:).
Some of the OpenVMS license types are based on the
number of concurrent users, called an activity license.
Every product has the option to define an activity as re-
lated to the LMF. OpenVMS Interactive User and ADL
Interactive User Licenses define the number of concur-
rent users who have activity licenses as defined by the
LMF. OpenVMS defines activities, sometimes referred
to as an OpenVMS user, as follows:
• Each remote terminal connection is considered an
activity. This is true even if users set host to their
local nodes (SET HOST 0).
• Each connection from a terminal server is considered
an activity.
• A multiple window session on a workstation is con-
sidered one activity, regardless of the number of win-
dows.
• A batch job is not considered an activity.
• A remote network connection (a connection other
than a remote terminal connection) is not considered
an activity.
For more information about HP’s licensing terms and
policies, contact your HP account representative.
Virtualization Licensing on Integrity Servers
Customers who want to run OpenVMS and/or layered
software in a virtualized environment have to purchase
appropriate license to use. The part numbers and or-
dering process for OpenVMS Operating Environments
and layered products in a virtualized environment is the
same as that for OpenVMS in a standalone mode. For
more details on virtualization licensing and the appro-
priate number of licenses to be purchased, please refer
to Virtualization FAQ document.
Software License Information (OpenVMS for In-
tegrity Servers Only)
OpenVMS are offered with Per Socket License (PSL)
on HP Integrity server Blades (BL8x0c i2 server blades
and rx2800 i2 servers) and Per-Processor Core License
(PCL) on HP Integrity servers. OpenVMS for Integrity
servers licenses are also packaged differently, using Op-
erating Environment (OE) bundles. The License Man-
agement Facility (LMF) has been updated to support
these changes.
The OE bundles are groups of individual products of-
fered together under a single license. OEs are offered
with PCLs/PSLs. One PCL/PSL is required for each ac-
tive processor core/active socket in the system or hard
partition. If additional processor cores/sockets are later
added to the system or hard partition, each requires an
additional PCL/PCL.
An OE license grants the right to use all the components
included in the specified OE.
For OpenVMS for Integrity servers, once a customer
purchases a new license, the only way the customer
can obtain rights to new versions of the product are:
• Through a Support Agreement
• Through a purchase of a new, full priced, license for
that product
Other differences from OpenVMS Alpha licensing prac-
tices:
• User licenses are not required. The Base Operating
Environment (BOE) license includes unlimited Open-
VMS users.
• Version update licenses are not available. Update
services are available only through a Support Agree-
ment.
• Trade-in allowances are offered as license "options"
rather than as separate licenses.
For more information regarding OpenVMS for Integrity
servers licensing terms and policies, contact your local
HP sales office, or find HP software licensing informa-
tion on the World Wide Web at:
http://h18000.www1.hp.com/products/software/
info/terms/swl_sld.html
Software License Information (Alpha and Integrity
servers)
The right to use Capacity On Demand for OpenVMS
is included with the OpenVMS Operating System Base
License.
Beginning with OpenVMS Version 8.2, the OpenVMS
operating system license includes the right to use
Open3D Graphics Software. With this version of the
operating system, the right to use Open3D graphics dis-
play software is bundled with the OpenVMS operating
system license. Media and documentation are bundled
with the operating system software. For more informa-
tion, see the HP OpenVMS Version 8.2 Release Notes.
The OpenVMS Alpha operating system license includes
the right to use OpenVMS Alpha licenses for multiple in-
stances of OpenVMS on the first and then once again on
each subsequent hard partition of a single AlphaServer
ES80 or GS80/160/320/1280 system.
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