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<h1 class="topictitle1">Central site distribution of software license information</h1>
<div><p><span><img src="./delta.gif" alt="Start of change" />You can distribute license information for software
products that use i5/OS™ license management. <img src="./deltaend.gif" alt="End of change" /></span></p>
<p>For these products, the license information includes message queues to
receive messages, the log violations indicator, the usage limit, and software
license keys. The current list of license users is not distributed from the
central system to the target systems.</p>
<p>To display a list of software products and features that use license management,
run the Work with License Information (WRKLICINF) command.</p>
<p>You can include all of the software license information for all of the
target systems on your distribution media. The appropriate license information
for each target system is automatically loaded as part of the installation
process.</p>
<p><img src="./delta.gif" alt="Start of change" />Setting the usage limit is different depending on the type of
product being distributed. The usage limit for standard products that contain
license information must be set on the central system before you create the
distribution media. It is then automatically included on the distribution
media and distributed to the target systems. For keyed products, the usage
limit is part of the license key. Every keyed product on each target system
requires a unique key for the product to run on the target systems. Thus,
you must add all the license keys for all the target systems to the distribution
media before you create the distribution media. <img src="./deltaend.gif" alt="End of change" /></p>
<div class="section"><img src="./delta.gif" alt="Start of change" /><h4 class="sectiontitle">When to distribute license information for licensed
programs</h4><p>The appropriate time to distribute license information
for a licensed program is when you install a new license term for that program.</p>
<p>The <em>license
term</em> is the length of time the authorized usage limit for a licensed program
lasts. The usage limit can last for a version, a release, or a modification
level.</p>
<p>For example, if the license term for product X is by version,
the authorized usage limit is valid for the entire version of the product.
When license information has been installed for product X, it will not be
installed again until a new version of product X is distributed. This original
license information is preserved at the target systems even when new release
and modification levels are installed. When a new version of product X is
distributed, the usage limit may need to be changed on the target systems.</p>
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<div class="section"><img src="./delta.gif" alt="Start of change" /><h4 class="sectiontitle">Software license keys</h4><p>The license keys
file contains the software license keys you want to distribute.</p>
<p><img src="./delta.gif" alt="Start of change" />When
you use option 40 (Create a distribution media) on the GO LICPGM menu or run
the Save System (SAVSYS) command, the system adds the file to the distribution
media. The QALZALPKEY file is deleted from the target systems after the license
keys are loaded.<img src="./deltaend.gif" alt="End of change" /></p>
<p>A warning message that specifies the date that the
grace period expires is sent to the message queue each day a keyed product
is used. The message is sent to the QSYSOPR message queue and any other message
queues that you have defined through the Change License Information (CHGLICINF)
command.</p>
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<div class="parentlink"><strong>Parent topic:</strong> <a href="rzai4concepts.htm" title="Central site distribution is the process of duplicating the software of one iSeries server or duplicating the software of a logical partition, and distributing it to multiple iSeries servers.">Central site distribution concepts</a></div>
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<div class="relinfo"><strong>Related information</strong><br />
<div><a href="../rzam8/rzam8keysetusage.htm">Set the usage limit</a></div>
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