Licensing information

Overview

A license file that includes appropriate license articles must be available if you want to run Adabas Audit Data Retrieval.

For a new installation, the license file must be available at the latest when the installation job B97DBFOR runs.

Obtaining a license file

Please contact support if you need a new license file. To be able to generate a valid license file for you, Software AG needs to know:

  • Your name and the name of your company
  • The CPU type (tttt - the last four digits of the serial number) and the number of configured processors (cccc)

    You will find this information in the product STC startup message

    9151I CPU INFORMATION - TYPE: tttt ID: nnnn LPAR: l TLCPU: tccc CLCPU: cccc SLCPU: sccc

    Alternatively, you can also send Software AG the output of the console command D M=CPU:

    IEE174I 10.50.45 DISPLAY M 510
    PROCESSOR STATUS
    ID CPU SERIAL
    00 + 01BCXCtttt
    01 + 01BCXCtttt
    02 +A 01BCXCtttt
    03 +I 01BCXCtttt

    CPC ND = 00XXXX.S08.IBM.XX.00000XXXBCXC
    CPC SI = XXXX.XXX.IBM.XX.000000000XXXBCXC

File transfer to host

Transfer the license file to a PS dataset or to a member of a PO dataset on the z/OS host. File transfer must be in text mode, which means that the file will be converted to EBCDIC.

Important: Do not modify the license file in any other way because this would invalidate it.

The following DCB attributes for the receiving dataset on the z/OS host:

Dataset organization:

PO or PS

Record format:

FB, VB, U

Logical record length:

Minimum value is determined by the longest record in the license file (LRECL=512 recommended)

License check messages

Messages are written to log the result of the license check, which is carried out during product start.

If the license check is successful, the messages look like this:

IRM9009I USED LICENSE ORDER: 'B97.G7 '...
IRM9008I BETA97 LICENSE PRODUCT NAME: B97.G7 - Beta 97 G7...

License check will fail without a valid B97.G7 license and Adabas Audit Data Retrieval will not start.

The following messages indicate that the license check has failed:

IRM9009I USED LICENSE ORDER: 'B97.G7 '...
IRM9004I B97.G7 HAS BEEN LICENSED FOR CUSTOMER: ...
IRM9001E Beta 97 G7 NOT ACTIVE - INVALID INSTALLATION ID ... REASON = 2011 )

Further information

For detailed information on updating a license file, see "License check handling" in BSA Installation and System Guide.