RE: Any takers? Repeat: Client Access Licensed Programs

Thank You Larry,

I was afraid of that.  60 PCs and 100 licenses on AS400 "A", I still need a
license for each remote AS400.  We are actually connecting via remote data
queue API's using a VB program to executed from an ASP script.  Does this
need a license?  We will not be performing OBDC or 5250 emulation and the
connection is via TCP/IP.

(I know, sound like a round about way, but hey, a contractor did this and I
had no idea about what was happening.  I am currently working on going to
TCP/IP Sockets which would eliminate CA all together.  Unfortunately I will
not get to the PC side before it is in place at our DR site.)


Christopher K. Bipes            mailto:ChrisB@Cross-Check.com
Sr. Programmer/Analyst          mailto:Chris_Bipes@Yahoo.com
CrossCheck, Inc.                http://www.cross-check.com
6119 State Farm Drive           Phone: 707 586-0551 x 1102
Rohnert Park  CA  94928         Fax: 707 586-1884



-----Original Message-----
From: Larry Bolhuis [mailto:lbolhui@ibm.net]
Sent: Tuesday, June 29, 1999 10:03 AM
To: MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com
Subject: Re: Any takers? Repeat: Client Access Licensed Programs


Chris,

  Your sales rep (unfortunately in my opinion) is correct.  Each PC
needs a license for EACH AS/400 it is connected to.  As a Rochester
spokesman told me once, "It's not so much HOW to count, but rather
WHEN to count that gives is so much grief".  It appears they answered
the WHEN with ALWAYS.

 Note that a) The usage is concurrent. So the license is in use only
when 5250 or File Transfer is in use to that particular machine. and
b) If the PC is using say ODBC to connect to all 3 of the machines and
5250 to only one of them then a license is needed only on the one the
5250 connection is made to. Also note that the licenses are to the
AS/400 not to the PC - That is, you can't use a license on AS/400 "A"
today and use that same license to connect to AS/400 "B" tomorrow (at
least not without doing entirely too much IBM paperwork.)

 - Larry

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