1.4 mvEnterprise PICK License Management
The mvEnterprise implementation requires Raining Data licensing
agreement with Raining Data. The total number of ports allowed on an
mvEnterprise virtual machine is governed by this licensing agreement.
Questions concerning the impact this licensing agreement has on
mvEnterprise installations can be directed to Raining Data Customer
Support in Irvine at 949-261-1875 or call your local office.
In order to control the number of terminals running mvEnterprise, a
security system has been added. This ensures that a hardware machine is
properly configured and that the appropriate license is in place with
Raining Data.
Before installing mvEnterprise, it is necessary to acquire a master
mvEnterprise configuration control code from Raining Data Customer
Support. This record is unique to each machine and contains the
maximum number of mvEnterprise processes (excluding Phantoms) that
are licensed and allowed to run at one time.
mvEnterprise/ODA requires a separate master control code and contains
the maximum number of mvEnterprise/ODA server processes that are
licensed and allowed to run at one time.
The installation program prompts for the codes and create the necessary
file on a new installation. The configuration control file contains one or
two lines composed of 13 characters that make up a control code. The
first line contains the mvEnterprise master control code. The second line
contains the (optional) mvEnterprise/ODA master control code, if
applicable. The UNIX file path is:
/usr/config/config.pick
After mvEnterprise is installed, the system is able to run the specified
number of real processes on any ports and on any logical mvEnterprise
machine.
For example, if a machine is licensed for 256 ports and has 240
processes running on a production machine, 16 ports would be left to run
on a development machine. Attempting to initiate a 17th process would
display the message:
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