Preparing software license information for central site distribution

To prepare for distributing software license information for licensed programs by using distribution media and central site distribution, follow these instructions.

The software license information you must distribute is the usage limit for each product. The usage limit must be distributed to ensure that the product can be used on the target systems. Keyed products require more care than standard products because they require a unique license key for each target system.

To prepare software license information for distribution, complete the following tasks:

  1. Prepare license information for standard products. To distribute license information for standard products, you must set the usage limit for the target systems. After you complete this task, the usage limit will automatically be included on the distribution media.
  2. Prepare license keys for keyed products:
    1. Run the Add License Key (ADDLICKEY) command to add all the license keys for all the target systems to the license key repository. To learn more about the license key repository, see Adding license key information.
    2. Create the license key file using the Display License Key Information (DSPLICKEY) command: 
      DSPLICKEY PRDID(*ALL) LICTRM(*ALL) FEATURE(*ALL) SERIAL(*ALL)
 OUTPUT(*LICKEYFILE) LICKEYFILE(QSYS/QALZALPKEY) LICKEYMBR(QALZALPKEY)

      The license key file must be called QALZALPKEY in the QSYS library. Any other name results in a failure to install the license keys during the software upgrade.

Next topic: Distributing software license information using System i Navigator or paper.

Parent topic: Checklist: Preparing to distribute software using central site distribution