License information for IBM i Access
IBM® i Access Client Solutions is a licensed program. Some features require an IBM i Access Family (5770-XW1) license before you can use them.
To use the IBM i Access Family licensed program (5770-XW1), you must determine the usage limit of the license, update the usage limit on your IBM i platform, and enter the license key information.
- 5250 Display and Print Emulator
- Data Transfer
- IBM i Access for Web
All features other than 5250 Display and Print Emulator and Data Transfer features require only an IBM i license before you can use them.
Usage limit for a license
IBM i Access Client Solutions clients are licensed by the number of concurrently active PCs accessing IBM i platforms. A PC running IBM i Access Client Solutions holds a license through the duration of the licensed function plus additional time that is specified in the IBM i Access Client Solutions Preferences panel. When this time expires, the license is available for another PC to use. If a PC accesses a licensed program on more than one IBM i platform, that PC requires a license on each IBM i platform to which it connects using a licensed function.
When using IBM i Access Client Solutions on a PC, more than one session to the IBM i platform can be established on that PC, but only one IBM i Access Family license is used. For example, you can start many 5250 emulation or Data Transfer sessions, but the PC requires only one license.
IBM i Access for Web (5770-XH2) is another product that requires IBM i Access Family licenses. Be aware that if the IBM i Access for Web product is being used on the same PC as IBM i Access Client Solutions, each of those products will use a separate license. Therefore, when using both products, one PC will use a minimum of two IBM i Access Family licenses. For more information about license usage for IBM i Access for Web, see the License information for IBM i Access for Web topic.
Licensing is managed at the IBM i Access Family level. Therefore, any combination of the IBM i Access Client Solutions and IBM i Access for Web clients is allowable up to the license limit.
To determine the IBM i Access license usage limit, do the following:
- Type the
WRKLICINF
command on the IBM i platform to which you intend to connect. A list of products appears. - Type
5
in the entry field next to the product 5770-XW1, Base, Feature 5050. This will display the details for the IBM i Access Family License product, including the usage limit. The usage limit should be equal to the number of licenses that are purchased for IBM i Access Family. Any number exceeding the purchased limit violates the IBM license agreement.
Use the IBM i Access Family licensed program
To use the IBM i Access Family licensed program (5770-XW1), you must update the usage limit and enter the license key information.
- To update the usage limit for the 5770-XW1 product on your system,
do the following:
- Type the
WRKLICINF
command on the IBM i platform to which you intend to connect. A list of products appears. - Type
2
in the entry field next to the product 5770-XW1 Base, Feature 5050. Change the usage limit to the number of licenses that you have purchased for IBM i Access. If you have purchased the processor-based option for IBM i Access, enter the value*NOMAX
for usage limit. Entering any number that exceeds the purchased limit violates the IBM license agreement.
- Type the
- To enter the license key information, do the following:
- Type the
WRKLICINF
command on the IBM i platform to which you intend to connect. A list of products appears. - Type
1
in the entry field next to the product 5770-XW1 Option 1, Feature 5101. - Enter the license key information. Notes: ADDLICKEY values for Usage Limit and Processor Group for Feature 5101:For information about entering license key information, see Required and optional programs to install.
- Always enter the value
*NOMAX
in the Usage Limit field for Feature 5101. The usage limit value*NOMAX
is required as part of the software key. The value*NOMAX
is not a representation of the number of users licensed under a user-based license. - For a user-based license, enter the value
*ANY
in the Processor Group field. A processor-based license has a processor group value that corresponds to the processor group licensed.
- Always enter the value
- Type the
ENDPJ SBS(QUSRWRK) PGM(QSYS/QZSCSRVS) OPTION(*IMMED)
STRPJ SBS(QUSRWRK) PGM(QSYS/QZSCSRVS)