license question

[Murray Scholz]

Hello Graeme,

Lemin, Graeme wrote:

>>Hi Powerpals!
>>
>>I have a question re licensing.
>>
>>We're running 7.10.G1 under VMS.
>>
>>Can anyone tell me what happens when the number of user licenses is exceeded?  

The Powerhouse component (be it quick, or quiz or qtp etc. perhaps even qshow I think also) 
just dies with an resonably decent error message (something like "exceeded licence limit..." or 
something, when you try to start it.

Our user base is growing (!!!) and we're trying to address the issue by either controlling 
access or increasing licenses before it becomes an issue.  I'm sure that in the past I've seen 
some sort of warning message, with Powerhouse refusing to start for any new sessions over the 
limit.  Is that still the case?
>>
>>Also, if I log on more than once using the same user id, does each individual session count as 

one license instance?

Yes, it is NOT the number of different vms users that is counted.... It is the number of 
'powerhouse processes' executing concurrently that is counted. This includes batch jobs as well 
as interactive processes.

Hope this helps.

Cheers
Murray Scholz
Agricultural Business Research Institute
University of New England
Armidale NSW 2351 Australia
Email murray.scholz@abri.une.edu.au

   See below:
>>
>>	   OpenVMS User Processes at 18/11/04 15:18:57.25
>>	    Total number of users = 2,  number of processes = 9
>>
>>	 Username       Interactive  Subprocess   Batch
>>	 PH_ADMIN            4         -         1
>>	 PH_GLEMIN           3         
>>
>>For a total of 7 sessions, we have a total of 2 users.  Which figure is the license daemon interested in?
>>
>>Thanks in advance.
>>
>>Graeme Lemin
>>Telstra Multimedia
>>Melbourne, Australia