MCR SYSMAN LICENSE — VMS 5.2
The LICENSE object activates or deactivates licenses, making them available for product authorization. This command provides a subset of the commands available through the License Management Facility (LMF). See the VMS License Management Utility Manual for more information. To use this command you need the privileges CMKRNL, SYSNAM and SYSPRV.
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LOAD
Activates a license or licenses, making them available for product authorization. The product license or licenses must be registered and current in the LICENSE database. That is, they must not have been disabled, issued, or canceled. If the license is already loaded, SYSMAN returns an error message and makes no changes. Format: LICENSE LOAD product-name
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product-nameCommand QualifiersExample
product-name
Name of the licensed product to be activated. You can only load licenses that are currently registered and enabled in the LICENSE database. Enter the product name exactly as it appears on your PAK.
Command Qualifiers
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/DATABASE=filespec
Specifies the location of the LICENSE database. The default file specification is SYS$COMMON:[SYSEXE]LMF$LICENSE.LDB. This qualifier is optional; use it only if you do not use the default LICENSE database name and location.
/PRODUCER=string
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.
Example
SYSMAN> LICENSE LOAD FORTRAN This command activates the product FORTRAN on each node in the environment. Data in the LICENSE database determines whether the product is successfully activated on each node.
UNLOAD
Deactivates a license, making the product unavailable. The product license must have been previously activated. The LICENSE UNLOAD command has no affect on active processes. Format: LICENSE UNLOAD product-name
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product-nameCommand QualifiersExamples
product-name
Name of the licensed product to be deactivated. You can only unload licenses that have been activated. Enter the product name exactly as it appears on your PAK.
Command Qualifiers
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/PRODUCER=string
Specifies the name of the company (for example, DEC) that owns the product for which you have a license. The default string for this qualifier is DEC. If DEC is not the producer of the product, you must use this qualifier to identify the product.
Examples
SYSMAN> LICENSE UNLOAD/PRODUCER=DEC FORTRAN This command deactivates the FORTRAN license on each node in the current environment.