Re: IBM i LPAR Licensing configuration

[Mike Garrison <garrison@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Thanks Jim.  I will have to research it further to see if I can follow 
what you are saying.  Thanks for the response.

On 3/24/2015 2:47 PM, Jim Oberholtzer wrote:
> Can't you use the APIs to know how many copies are active at once; therefore
> you know how many partitions would be active?  It's a variation on the
> concurrent model if you will.  Also you should be able to pull the partition
> information from any active license and know what partitions are using the
> software.  Compare that against the table of allowed partitions according to
> your key and off you go.
>
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> Jim Oberholtzer
> Chief Technical Architect
> Agile Technology Architects
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> Garrison
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> Subject: IBM i LPAR Licensing configuration
>
> Would anyone have any thoughts on how to create a licensing scenario using
> the IBM i Licensing system that would allow us to create licensing for a
> specific number of LPAR's but allow the Licensee's systems administrator to
> assign the licenses to various LPAR's on their system?
> Sort of a floating LPAR or LPAR License Pool.
>
> Thanks
>
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