I can think of any number of things. Processor count to start with. But
don't let that get you thinking "we don't license by processor so we should
be ok". That was just an example.
Heck, even WRKCFGSTS (and all the underlying APIs) are tightened down.
Some options of DSPNETA...
Read the MTU for more info.

On Wed, Jun 24, 2026 at 12:55 PM James H. H. Lampert via MIDRANGE-L <
midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

On 6/24/26 9:39 AM, Rob Berendt wrote:
James,
We had one vendor product which broke simply upon it's startup when it
tried to check it's license. One of the things it retrieved now requires
access to that WRKFCNUSG QIBM_IOSYSCFG_VIEW

My goodness! Why would it need to look up I/O System Configuration info,
just to check its license?

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