CONTENTS Title Page Copyright Page Preface License Management Facility and License Agreements LICENSE DESCRIPTION 1 License Registration Tasks 1.1 When You Must Register a License 1.2 Which License Registration Method to Use 1.3 Steps to License Registration 1.3.1 Registering a License with VMSLICENSE.COM 1.3.2 Registering a License with the LICENSE REGISTER Command 2 License Management Tasks After Registration 3 Licensing Route for Software Products on the VMS Operating System 3.1 Getting a Product Authorization Key (PAK) 3.2 Registering a PAK in the LICENSE Database 3.3 Activating a License in the LICENSE Database 3.4 Activating a License in a VAXcluster Environment LICENSE Database 3.5 Controlling License Registration and Product Installation Sequence 4 Restricting the Use of Registered Licenses 5 Managing Multiple Licenses for the Same Product 6 The LICENSE Database 6.1 History Records 6.2 Database Location 7 License Units and License Unit Requirement Tables 8 License Types 8.1 Availability Licenses 8.1.1 Providing Enough Availability License Units 8.1.2 Providing More Availability License Units 8.1.3 Providing Availability in a VAXcluster Environment 8.1.4 Providing More Availability in a VAXcluster Environment 8.2 Activity Licenses 8.2.1 Providing Enough Activity License Units 8.2.2 Providing More Activity License Units 8.2.3 Sharing Activity License Units in a VAXcluster Environment 8.3 Compound Licenses 8.4 Group Licenses 9 License Combination 10 Modifying Licenses in a VAXcluster Environment 11 Using Data Files with VMSLICENSE 11.1 Invoking VMSLICENSE.COM with a VMSLICENSE Data File 11.2 Creating VMSLICENSE Data Files 11.3 Using VMSLICENSE.COM Default Value Rules 12 LMF$CONFIG Command Procedure LICENSE USAGE SUMMARY LICENSE COMMANDS LICENSE AMEND LICENSE CANCEL LICENSE CREATE LICENSE DISABLE LICENSE ENABLE LICENSE ISSUE LICENSE LIST LICENSE LOAD LICENSE MODIFY LICENSE REGISTER LICENSE START LICENSE UNLOAD LICENSE EXAMPLES A Messages Glossary activity license . . . license registration license sharing . . . Software Producer Software Product Description (SPD) . . . token EXAMPLES LICENSE-1 Displaying License Database Information FIGURES LICENSE-1 Sample DECnet-VAX Product Authorization Key (PAK) LICENSE-2 PAK Transfer Methods LICENSE-3 From a PAK to the LICENSE Database LICENSE-4 Activating a License LICENSE-5 Activating a License in a VAXcluster Environment LICENSE-6 The PAK and Software Routes to a License LICENSE-7 Sample VMSLICENSE Data File LICENSE-8 Sample Volume Shadowing Product Authorization Key (PAK) LICENSE-9 Sample VAX-VMS Product Authorization Key (PAK) TABLES LICENSE-1 Sample License Unit Requirement Table F (Layered Products) LICENSE-2 Parameters Used with VMSLICENSE.COM