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You do not have a license to run Clearcase

Troubleshooting


Problem

This technote answers why there will be a message indicating that "You do not have a license to run Clearcase" when using IBM® Rational® ClearCase® on Microsoft® Windows®, UNIX® or Linux®.

Symptom


Even though clearlicense shows that there are ClearCase licenses available, the following error occurs:

Error: You do not have a license to run Clearcase.

Here is an example of the clearlicense output:

% clearlicense
Licensing information for ClearCase
LICENSES:
Max-Users       Expires             Password [status]
30                                 none                   10101010101010101
Maximum active users allowed: 30
Current active users: 15
Available licenses: 15

License information for MultiSite
LICENSES:
Max-Users       Expires             Password [status]
15                                 none                   10101010101010101
Maximum active users allowed: 15
Current active users: 15
Available licenses: 0

[{"Product":{"code":"SSSH27","label":"Rational ClearCase"},"Business Unit":{"code":"BU048","label":"IBM Software"},"Component":"Licensing","Platform":[{"code":"PF002","label":"AIX"},{"code":"PF010","label":"HP-UX"},{"code":"PF015","label":"IRIX"},{"code":"PF016","label":"Linux"},{"code":"PF027","label":"Solaris"},{"code":"PF033","label":"Windows"}],"Version":"2002.05.00;2003.06.00","Edition":"","Line of Business":{"code":"LOB77","label":"Automation Platform"}},{"Product":{"code":"SSSH27","label":"Rational ClearCase"},"Business Unit":{"code":"BU048","label":"IBM Software"},"Component":"Licensing","Platform":[{"code":"PF002","label":"AIX"},{"code":"PF010","label":"HP-UX"},{"code":"PF015","label":"IRIX"},{"code":"","label":"Red Hat Linux"},{"code":"PF027","label":"Solaris"},{"code":"","label":"SuSe Linux"},{"code":"","label":"Tru64 UNIX"},{"code":"","label":"UnixWare"},{"code":"PF033","label":"Windows"}],"Version":"2002.05.00;2003.06.00","Edition":"","Line of Business":{"code":"LOB77","label":"Automation Platform"}}]

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Modified date:
29 September 2018

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