Specifications

OpenVMS Operating System for Alpha and VAX (Versions 7.1, 7.1–1H1, 7.1–1H2, and 7.1–2) SPD 41.87.06
These licenses grant the right to use the same version
of the operating system software as permitted for the
corresponding Operating System Base License at the
time when the User License is installed.
Notes: Not all VAX VMS license types are available for
all versions of VMS, OpenVMS, or all VAX models.
The OpenVMS VAX Individual Use Licenses are not
supported by the VMS or OpenVMS VAX operating sys-
tem releases prior to Version 5.5.
OpenVMS VAX License Information
There are five types of OpenVMS VAX licenses:
1. OpenVMS VAX Operating System Base License
(QL–005A*–**)
LMF Product Name: BASE-VMS-250136
OpenVMS VAX Operating System Base License grants
the right to unrestricted, noninteractive use of the Open-
VMS VAX operating system for the execution of re-
motely submitted requests for batch, print, application,
and computing services, on a designated, single proces-
sor. This license authorizes one direct login for system
management purposes only.
The OpenVMS VAX Base License does not include
the license right for the DEC Rdb Run-Time Option for
OpenVMS VAX.
The Operating System Base License is a prerequisite
for all Interactive User Licenses and all SMP Base Ex-
tension Licenses.
Interactive use of systems licensed with an OpenVMS
VAX Operating System Base License requires the ad-
dition of an OpenVMS User License (for one or more
users). Refer to the section on Ordering Information for
further information.
This license grants the right to use the same version
of the operating system software as permitted for the
corresponding Operating System Base License at the
time when the User License is installed.
The OpenVMS VAX Operating System Base License
also includes the license for DECprint Supervisor for
OpenVMS VAX. The DECprint Supervisor for OpenVMS
VAX has separate documentation, media kits, and ser-
vice products. Refer to SPD 44.15.xx for further details.
2. Symmetric Multiprocessing (SMP) Base Extension
License (QL–005A9–6*)
LMF Product Name: BASE-VMS-250136
SMP Base Extensions extend the Operating System
Base License to enable symmetric multiprocessing ca-
pability on a select number of OpenVMS VAX systems
supporting SMP. SMP Base Extensions are permanently
tied to the Operating System Base License and cannot
be separated from the Operating System Base License
if an SMP board is removed from the system.
SMP Extensions grant the right to use the same version
of the operating system software as permitted for the
corresponding Operating System Base License at the
time when the SMP Extension is granted.
3. OpenVMS VAX Individual User License
(QL–XULA*–**)
LMF Product Name: VMS-USER
The OpenVMS VAX Individual User License provides
the right to interactively use the operating system by the
specified or unlimited number of concurrent users on a
designated, single processor. A user is an individual
who is logged in to a processor and is interactively us-
ing the operating system software by means other than
a login. An OpenVMS VAX Operating System Base Li-
cense or one of the five types of VAX VMS Licenses
(QL–001A*–**) is a prerequisite for the OpenVMS User
License.
This license grants the right to use the same version
of the operating system software as permitted for the
corresponding Operating System Base License at the
time when the User License is installed.
The OpenVMS VAX Operating System Base, the SMP
Base Extension, and Interactive User licenses are not
supported by the VMS or OpenVMS VAX operating sys-
tem releases prior to OpenVMS VAX Version 5.5.
4. OpenVMS VAX Distributed Interactive User License
(QL–09SA*–**)
LMF Product Name: ADL-USER
This license grants the right to interactive use of the
OpenVMS VAX operating system, provided the appro-
priate Operating System Base License or one of the
five types of VAX VMS Licenses has been previously
installed on a VAX system. The Distributed Interactive
User licenses are concurrent use licenses and are avail-
able in any quantity, except unlimited. Distributed In-
teractive User licenses are mobile (redesignatable) and
may be installed and used on a single OpenVMS VAX
processor or shared in a single OpenVMS VAXcluster.
A distributed interactive user is defined as an individ-
ual who is logged in to an OpenVMS VAX processor or
OpenVMS VAXcluster system or is interactively using
the operating system, software by means other than a
login.
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