Overview

When you purchase a product from us, or when we send you a new release of a product, you receive a permanent authorization code. Here we describe how to determine the information you must give us in order to receive a permanent authorization code and how to determine if the permanent authorization code you have received is correct for your installation.

Permanent Authorization Code

The overwhelming majority of licenses purchased from us are System Wide Licenses. The other possibility, a Partition Only License, is described at the end of this section. For a System Wide License, permanent authorization codes are specific to a Serial Number, a Processor Group, and our product's Release. For a Partition Only License, permanent authorization codes are specific to a Serial Number, a Partition ID Number, the partition's Maximum Processor Capacity, and our product's Release.

Permanent Authorization Code Data Elements
Element System Wide License Partition Only License
Serial Number required required
Processor Group required ignored
Gumbo Release required required
Partition Number ignored required
Processor Capacity ignored required

In all cases, our permanent authorization codes are specific to a release of our product. The IBM® i release never makes a difference. To determine the release of our product installed on your System i, run:

DSPPTF LICPGM(2A55SM1) Enter

Where the possible LICPGM numbers are:

LicPgm Product Name Description
2A55RDA Report Designer Edits DDS, RPG, or ILE/RPG print specifications
2A55RM1 Report Manager Automates report distribution, bursting and spooled file management
2A55SM1 SpoolMail Converts IBM® i spooled files into industry standard file formats and sends the resulting PC file to any email recipient
2A55SAM Spool-a-Matic Converts IBM® i spooled files into industry standard file formats and places the resulting PC file in the Integrated File System
2A55XL1 Excel-erator Converts database files into spreadsheets placing the resulting PC files in the Integrated File System or sends the resulting PC files to any email recipient
2A55DCR Dicer Merges/sorts/splits/duplicates spooled files
2A55SM2 Gumbo Mail Sends email from your applications

The 5th line of the panel shows the release you are running. It is V2R6M0 in this example. 

                               Display PTF Status
                                                             System:   GUMBO4
 Product ID  . . . . . . . . . . . . . :   2A55SM1
 IPL source  . . . . . . . . . . . . . :   ##MACH#A
 Release . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . :   V2R6M0
                                                                                
 
 Type options, press Enter.
   5=Display PTF details   6=Print cover letter   8=Display cover letter
 
      PTF                                                   IPL
 Opt  ID       Status                                       Action
 
   (No PTFs found.)
 
 
 
 
 
 
                                                                         Bottom
 F3=Exit   F11=Display alternate view   F17=Position to   F12=Cancel

Note: It is possible that more than one release of a product is installed. To check, press Enter. If you are returned to the command line, only one release is installed.

All of our permanent authorization codes are serial number dependent. For a System Wide License they are also Processor Group dependent. To determine your system's serial number and processor group, run:

WRKLICINF Enter

Lines 3 and 4 of the resulting panel show the serial number and processor group of your system. 

                         Work with License Information                 GUMBO4
                                                             04/06/10  18:08:32
 System serial number . . . . . . . . . :   1234567
 Processor group  . . . . . . . . . . . :   P10
                                                                                
 Type options, press Enter.
   1=Add license key   2=Change   5=Display detail   6=Print detail
   8=Work with license users  ...
 
               License
 Opt  Product   Term    Feature  Description
      5761SS1  V6R1M0    5050    IBM i
      5761SS1  V6        5051    IBM i
      5761SS1  V6R1M0    5103    Media and Storage Extensions
      5761SS1  V6R1M0    5112    PSF 1-45 IPM Printer Support
      5761SS1  V6R1M0    5113    PSF 1-100 IPM Printer Support
      5761SS1  V6R1M0    5114    PSF Any Speed Printer Support
      5761SS1  V6R1M0    5116    HA Switchable Resources
                                                                        More...
 Parameters or command
 ===>                                                                          
 F3=Exit           F5=Refresh   F11=Display Usage Information   F12=Cancel
 F17=Position to   F23=More options
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For a Partition Only License, permanent authorization codes depend on the Partition ID Number and maximum processor capacity. To determine the number and processor capacity of partitions on your system:

  1. Start system service tools by running:

    STRSST Enter

  2. After entering a Service tools user ID and Service tools password, select the option to Work with system partitions.
  3. Select the option to Display partition information.
  4. Select the option to Display partition processing configuration.
  5. Note the Partition ID Number and Total Processor Maximum. 
                   Display Partition Processing Configuration
                                                            System:   GUMBO4
 Number of system processors . . . . . . . . . . . :  2
 Number of available system processors . . . . . . :  0
 Size of system main storage (MB)  . . . . . . . . :  4096
 Size of available system main storage (MB)  . . . :  0
 Interactive feature available . . . . . . . . . . :  0   %
                                                                                
 Partition             ----------Total Processors----------
 Identifier  Name      Current / Pending  Minimum / Maximum
   0         PRIMARY         1 /   1            1 /   1
   1         SECONDARY       1 /   1            1 /   1
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 F3=Exit   F5=Refresh   F6=Print       F10=Main storage
 F11=Display allocated I/O resources   F12=Cancel

Note: A Partition only license is not valid for a machine with only one partition.

Note: Our product's algorithm checks the permanent authorization code against the Total Processors Current value. If the maximum configured is larger than the license, the algorithm will grant usage as long as the current configured is with in the license's limit, and will issue a warning.