From: Hans Vlems [hvlems@iae.nl]
Sent: Sunday, June 17, 2001 8:11 AM
To: Info-VAX@Mvb.Saic.Com
Subject: Re: openVMS concurrent user licences (v7.2 on MicroVAX)

Your system has two VMS licenses loaded: a type A license, which allows
unlimited use
as well as a type C license for 12 users. But the type C license in this
case is useless,
assuming that the type A license is valid/legal for the 3185.

Hans

Jon Pickup <jpickup@bocs.com> wrote in message
news:EQ1W6.20568$jd1.1064127@monolith.news.easynet.net...
> Can anyone help me out with how to establish how many concurrent user
> licences I have on my system?
>
> SHOW LIC /CHARGE shows...
>
> VMS/LMF Charge Information for node BELF1
> This is a MicroVAX 3100-85, hardware model type 490
> Type: A, Units Required: 60 (VAX/VMS Capacity or OpenVMS Unlimited or
Base)
> Type: B, * Not Permitted * (VAX/VMS F&A Server)
>
>    ---->   Type: C, Units Required: 100 (VAX/VMS Concurrent User)
>
> Type: D, * Not Permitted * (VAX/VMS Workstation)
> Type: E, Units Required: 230 (VAX/VMS System Integrated Products)
> Type: F, Units Required: 20 (VAX Layered Products)
> Type: G, * Not Permitted * (Reserved)
> Type: H, * Not Permitted * (Alpha Layered Products)
> Type: I, Units Required: 20 (Layered Products)
>
> ...and SHOW LIC shows....
>
> Active licenses on node BELF1:
> ------- Product ID -------- ---- Rating ----- -- Version --
> Product Producer Units Avail Activ Version Release Termination
> BASE-VMS-250136 DEC 60 0 A 0.0 (none) (none)
> NET-APP-SUP-200 DEC 200 F 0 0.0 (none) (none)
> PWLMDOSCC05.01 DEC 100 0 100 0.0 (none) (none)
> PWNWXXXFP05.00 DEC 100 0 100 0.0 (none) (none)
>
>   ---->  VMS-USER DEC 1200 0 100 0.0 (none) (none)
>
> Compaq reckoned that I divide the 1200 by the 100 to get 12, then add one
> for the base user, to get 13 as an upper limit. But then they couldn't
> explain how come we seemed to be routinely exceeding 13. Which leaves me
> nowhere again...
>
> OpenVMS User Processes at 12-JUN-2001 12:25:25.79
> Total number of users = 16, number of processes = 17
> Username Interactive Subprocess Batch
> AINE 1
> BOCSMANAGER 1
> CAROLYN 1
> GOFIONA 2
> GOJOE 1
> GOJOSEPH 1
> IAN 1
> JACKIE 1
> JANINE 1
> LYCAROL 1
> PIPPA 1
> ROBIN 1
> ROSALEEN 1
> SPACETIME 1
> SUSAN 1
> VALERIE 1
>
> Many thanks in advance,
>
> Jon.
>
>