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#1 (**permalink**) 01-05-2008, 05:45 AM

I'm going to be setting up a P170 workstation for training. USers will
be connecting via telnet and doing very basic Unix commands- I'm not
too concerned about load. My concern is user licenses. Am I limited
to 2 user licenses, or can I temporarily change that for 3 days for
non-production use? COuld I temporarily transfer licenses from another
box, or are they locked to that box?
Any comments regarding using this P170 for this purpose would be
appreciated.

#2 (**permalink**) 01-05-2008, 05:45 AM

On Wed, 2 Feb 2005, unixguru wrote:

> I'm going to be setting up a P170 workstation for training. USers will
> be connecting via telnet and doing very basic Unix commands- I'm not
> too concerned about load. My concern is user licenses. Am I limited
> to 2 user licenses, or can I temporarily change that for 3 days for
> non-production use? COuld I temporarily transfer licenses from another
> box, or are they locked to that box?
> Any comments regarding using this P170 for this purpose would be
> appreciated.

You can set the number of licensed users to any number you want (a reboot
is required for the changes to take effect). The number of licensed users
is not tied to a box (this is the way it has been since around 4.1.4,
can't remember prior to that). You can change it as many times as you
want, as long as you don't mind a reboot.

Brandon

#3 (**permalink**) 01-05-2008, 05:45 AM

Brandon <bb@zbeba.com> wrote:
> You can set the number of licensed users to any number you want

.... but of course, if you haven't bought the licenses, it is not ok.

Yours,
Laurenz Albe

#4 (**permalink**) 01-05-2008, 05:45 AM

On 2 Feb 2005 07:57:14 -0800, "unixguru" <unix_guru01@yahoo.com> wrote:

>I'm going to be setting up a P170 workstation for training. USers will
>be connecting via telnet and doing very basic Unix commands- I'm not
>too concerned about load. My concern is user licenses. Am I limited
>to 2 user licenses, or can I temporarily change that for 3 days for
>non-production use? COuld I temporarily transfer licenses from another
>box, or are they locked to that box?
>Any comments regarding using this P170 for this purpose would be
>appreciated.

As of AIX 4.2.1 (about mid-life, IIRC) IBM dropped the concept of selling
licenses for AIX -- set any number you want. With AIX 5.3 (possibly ML 1)
the default is no longer 2; it ships configured at 32,767.

The current concept is that if you own an IBM RS6000 you own a license to
use AIX for as many users as you want. New copies of AIX go for around
$450 per CPU (and a $50 media charge for the CD set).

Tom

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