RE: QLZARTV not returning license info as expected

We developed a similar product a while ago, and if my memory does not trick
me, grace period is always related to the user limit, not to the product as
such. To make your product enter the grace period you have to request the
default number of licences + 1. Needless to say, you have to explicitely
issue licence requests from your application. Only at this point the grace
period starts. In your definition the default number of users is set to 1,
consequently, to enter the grace period you have to concurrently request at
least 2 licences.

There used to be a problem, though, now resolved; alas, I don't remember the
PTF id: if you backup and then restore your system to a differnt CPU, the
default number of users for  user products with key-compliant licence
control is reset to 0.


Lo

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Dave Murvin [SMTP:davem@drme.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, May 30, 2000 5:13 AM
> To:   MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com
> Subject:      QLZARTV not returning license info as expected
> 
> Hi All,
> 
> I am having trouble getting the software product licensing APIs to return 
> an expiration date (other than 9999999) for a trial version of a software 
> product.
> 
> The goal is to be able to send out the product to any AS/400 without 
> knowing the serial number in advance and without having to install a 
> software key for the specific machine.  The product would run for 30 days 
> from RSTLICPGM without having a software key for the specific machine.  I 
> don't care how many users use the product or what size of machine they 
> have.  I am looking for a Go/No Go situation based on the date.
> 
> The following information is used with the Add Product License Info API 
> (QLZADDLI) format LICI0100:
> 
> D 
> LicenseInfoDS   DS 
> 
> D  UsageType                     2    Inz('01') 
> Concurrent limit
> D  Compliance                    2    Inz('03') 
> Must have key
> D  DftUsageLimit                10I 0 
> Inz(*Zero)                           Allowed days w/o key
> D  LicenseTerm                   1    Inz('1') 
> Entire Version
> D  AllowLicRel                   1    Inz('0') 
> Can't be released
> D  VendorPasswrd                10    Inz('xxxxxxxxx')
> D  GracePeriod                  10I 0 
> Inz(30)                              Grace period days
> D  AllowGracePer                 1    Inz('1')
> Yes
> 
> I have also tried GracePeriod of *Zero
> 
> When I use the Retrieve License Info API (QLZARTV), all the fields in the 
> LICR0200 format are returned as expected except for the expiration dates.
> 
> Grace Period expires = 9999999
> Expiration date = 9999999
> 
> What I would expect is that one or both of these dates would reflect a
> date 
> 30 days after the date that the product was restored using the RSTLICPGM 
> command.  I get the same dates with a grace period of zero.
> 
> When I use the WRKLICINF command for the product, it shows the following:
> 
> Keyed compliance information:
> Expiration date *NONE
> Grace period 30 (or 0)
> Date grace period expires *NONE
> 
> I am testing this process on the same machine that I create the product on
> 
> using SAVLICPGM then RSTLICPGM.  I don't think I have a library list 
> problem since the product adds a PRD library to the library list.
> 
> Am I missing something?  Any help would be appreciated.
> Thanks
> Dave Murvin
> DRM Enterprises, Inc.
> davem@drme.com
> 
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