Re: question on licensing messages.

[Tommy.Holden@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]

Well it appears we have the license for the product.  I'm sure that we're 
paying for it regardless.  Would this feature be able to work across LPARs 
or just guested LPARs.  (still seems that message is incorrect on the 
licensing bit or am I missing something?).  We have a Notes LPAR on that 
system and if I can set BRMS up to work for saves on both LPARs that would 
be sweet.  I never used BRMS until I got to this shop and am having to 
basically do OJT.  The previous "sys admin" (use that term *very* loosely 
he didn't even know how to apply PTFs fer crying out loud...) never even 
had the software in use.

Thanks,
Tommy Holden



From:   Jim Oberholtzer <midrangel@xxxxxxxxxx>
To:     Midrange Systems Technical Discussion <midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date:   04/08/2011 08:15 AM
Subject:        Re: question on licensing messages.
Sent by:        midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx



Are you actually using the network feature, (one BRMS database with 
multiple machines) or just the base of BRMS?

Most often times I see folks load all three parts of BRMS when they only 
intend to use the base feature.

If you are not using the network feature (an excellent feature that is 
dirt cheap) with multiple instances of IBM i, then I would remove it 
from the system.  I suspect you are not using it since the scratch tape 
pool would not be anywhere near accurate for each of your machines, and 
you would be having other issues.

Jim Oberholtzer
Chief Technical Architect
Agile Technology Architects


On 4/8/2011 7:52 AM, Tommy.Holden@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> Anyone else seen this?  We have *NOMAX usage licensing for BRMS but we 
get
> the message "Grace period expired" even though the proper license key is
> installed.  I'm just curious why I'd get the error message (I can still
> use the BRMS software but the message is disturbing&  annoying).
>
> Message:
> Message ID . . . . . . :   CPF9E71       Severity . . . . . . . :   40
> Message type . . . . . :   Information
> Date sent  . . . . . . :   04/08/11      Time sent  . . . . . . : 
07:49:18
> Message . . . . :   Grace period expired. Requesting user not added.
> Cause . . . . . :   You received this message for one of the following
>    reasons:
>      -- A request was made to add a user, but the grace period has 
expired
> and
>    the requesting user was not added. Any users exceeding the usage 
limit
> of 0
>    have been released for product 5770BR1, license term V7R1M0, feature
> 5101.
>    Users are released, starting with the most recently added user, until
> the
>    number of uses no longer exceeds the usage limit.
>
> License key info:
> Product ID  . . . . . . . . :   5770BR1
> License term  . . . . . . . :   V7R1M0
> Feature . . . . . . . . . . :   5101
> Description . . . . . . . . :   BRMS-Network Feature
>
> Compliance type . . . . . . :   *KEYED
> Usage type  . . . . . . . . :   *REGISTERED
>
> Usage limit . . . . . . . . :   0
> Last update . . . . . . . . :   00/00/00  00:00:00
>
> Threshold . . . . . . . . . :   0
>
> Usage Count Information:
>    All partitions  . . . . . :   7.00
>    Local partition . . . . . :   .00
>
> Peak Usage Information:
>    Peak usage  . . . . . . . :   7.00
>    Last peak . . . . . . . . :   11/23/10  13:24:17
>
> Log violations  . . . . . . :   *NO
>
> Message queue/Library . . . :   *NONE
>
> Keyed compliance information:
>    Expiration date . . . . . :   *NONE
>    Grace period  . . . . . . :   70
>    Date grace period expires :   12/25/10
>
>
> Thanks,
> Tommy Holden
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