Installation manual

License Management Supplement
B.3 License Management Facility (LMF) Notes
• If a checksum error is displayed when you register a license, check all the
fields of data that you entered, including the checksum itself.
• After your PAKs are registered, they are activated (loaded) automatically as
part of each system startup.
• If an OpenVMS VAX availability license is registered with insufficient license
units for the specified VAX computer, the system displays a warning message
at system startup but allows normal system use at the console level only.
• If an OpenVMS VAX activity license is registered with insufficient license
units to meet your user requirements, the system displays the following
message when the user (process) attempts to log in:
%LICENSE-F-EXCEEDED, licensed product has exceeded current license limits
A user can always log in to the operator’s console, OPA0, however.
• The default LICENSE database is located in the file
SYS$COMMON:[SYSEXE]LMF$LICENSE.LDB. You can move the database,
although Compaq does not recommend doing so. If you move the database,
you must either define the logical name LMF$LICENSE at the system level
to point to the new database or use the /DATABASE=filespec qualifier with
all LICENSE commands. To redirect LMF to another database location on
a more permanent basis, add the following line to the command procedure
SYS$MANAGER:SYLOGICALS.COM:
$ DEFINE/SYSTEM LMF$LICENSE device:[directory]LMF$LICENSE.LDB
If you specify a device other than SYS$SYSDEVICE, you must also mount
the specified disk from the SYLOGICALS.COM command procedure.
• Each VAX VMS and OpenVMS VAX Base license is restricted to a single
node for permanent PAKs. You must assign a System Communications
Services (SCS) name to the license when you register with the
VMSLICENSE.COM command procedure, or you must enter a LICENSE
MODIFY/INCLUDE=node-name command after you register the license.
Although you can successfully activate an unassigned OpenVMS VAX license
on a standalone system, you cannot activate one in an OpenVMS Cluster
environment.
Note
The SCS node name is not necessarily the DECnet node name. SCSNODE
is a system parameter; it can be a maximum of 6 alphabetic characters.
B.4 Volume Shadowing for OpenVMS License
The following paragraphs describe Volume Shadowing for OpenVMS licenses.
B.4.1 When to Register
After you install OpenVMS VAX Version 7.3, you must register your Volume
Shadowing for OpenVMS license before you can use the volume shadowing
software. If you upgraded to OpenVMS VAX Version 7.3, you do not need to
reregister this license.
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