Software licensing

The types of software licensing that can be implemented in the software purchase are run-time licensing and acceptance of software license agreements.

Normally, software requiring run-time licenses is only selected for installation when you have a license to use that software. Although the System Management Interface Tool (SMIT) allow you to install licensed software even if you do not own a license, you might be prevented from using the newly installed software until you have obtained the appropriate license.

Accepting software license agreements requires that the license agreement be accepted as part of the installation process. If software installed as part of your BOS installation requires accepting a software license agreement, you cannot exit the Configuration Assistant (or the Installation Assistant for non-graphics consoles) until the license agreement has been accepted. You can view as well as accept the license agreement. The BOS installation can be customized to automatically accept software licenses. For more information, refer to Customizing your installation.

For optional software installation, you can preview the license agreements on the installation media using the smit license_on_media fast path or the installp -El command. During the installation process, you can use the menu item to accept the software license, or you can use the installp command with the -Y flag. To view accepted license agreements on a system, you can use the SMIT smit installed_license fast path or the lslpp -E command. When a product is uninstalled, the license agreement acceptance is changed to the inactive state. If the product is reinstalled, you will not be prompted to reaccept the license agreement.

After completing the prerequisites in the next section, your next step is deciding whether to install software with SMIT. Descriptions of both applications are included in this chapter.

Before you install optional software and service updates, refer to the specific instructions that accompany your installation media. If you ever need to reinstall your system, refer to the installation media instructions.

Note: For information about developing software products that are installed using the installp command, refer to Packaging Software for Installation in General Programming Concepts: Writing and Debugging Programs.