license question

[Deskin, Bob]

With user based licensing (i.e. counted users), the PowerHouse component will not start once the limit is reached. The license daemon checks users in and out.

On OpenVMS and UNIX a counted user is based on the unique device and the user id. Each terminal session is a unique device, so if I sign on to two terminal sessions with the same userid and start QUICK on each, that's two counted users. On the other hand, if I run QUIZ from QUICK within one session, the device id and the user id are still the same, so it's one user. On the third hand, if I spawn a batch job running QUIZ from my QUICK session, that batch job will require a separate user because the device id won't be the same as my original session.

So in your case, if you log on 7 times, you need at least a 7 user count. You may need more if you also run batch jobs. However, if you run QUIZ from QUICK, which may show up as a separate process, you'll share a count.

Note also that when a PowerHouse component is started, it uses the lowest license type available and upgrades as required. So when QUIZ starts, it tries to check out a runtime license. If that's not available it tries runtime with reporting, and then development. If there is a runtime license available and subsequently the user enters syntax requiring parsing, QUIZ attempts to upgrade the license to runtime with reporting or development, whichever is available.

I don't know about 7.10, but current licensing is documented in the Getting Started books for each platform.

Bob Deskin              
Senior Product Manager, Application Development Tools
Cognos Inc. 3755 Riverside Drive, Ottawa ON K1G 4K9 CANADA
bob.deskin@cognos.com (613) 738-1338 ext 7268

-----Original Message-----
From: powerh-l-admin@lists.sowder.com
[mailto:powerh-l-admin@lists.sowder.com]On Behalf Of Lemin, Graeme
Sent: November 21, 2004 5:02 PM
To: powerh-l@lists.sowder.com
Subject: license question


> 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?  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?  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
>   
> 
> 
> 

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