Release notes for IBM Common Licensing
Before you install or upgrade IBM® Common Licensing, learn about system requirements, installation, and known issues. Also, be sure that you know how to contact IBM Software Support if needed.
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Known problems and limitations
Description
IBM Common Licensing offers a license management solution for IBM Engineering Lifecycle Management (ELM) or IBM Rational® products. With IBM Common Licensing, your organization can track or monitor licenses and evaluate the licenses of various products that organization uses.
New features and enhancements
For a list of new features, go to the IBM Common Licensing download links technical document and click the link for the download document. The What's new section of the download document contains details and descriptions of any new functions or enhancements.
System requirements
Before you begin your installation or upgrade, ensure that you understand the system requirements. You can generate an up-to-date list of system requirements at http://www.ibm.com/software/reports/compatibility/clarity/softwareReqsForProduct.html. To generate the system requirement list for IBM Common Licensing, type and search for IBM License Key Server in the Full or partial product name text field.
Installing the product
Known problems and limitations
Known problems and limitations are documented in individual technical notes in the Support Portal. As problems are discovered and resolved, the portal is updated with new information. Search the portal to find workarounds or solutions to problems.
For information about known problems and limitations in the current release, see the fix list.
Contacting IBM Software Support
IBM Software Support provides you with technical assistance.
For contact information, guidelines, or reference materials that you need when you require support, read the IBM Software Support Handbook.
For FAQs, lists of known problems and fixes, and other support information, see the product support page for IBM Common Licensing.
For product news, events, and other information, see the product community page for IBM Common Licensing Support Community.
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