What happens when the no. of processors on the server exceed the "No. of Licensed processor",does database manager still uses the extra processors beyond the limit defined?

dollar

V7 it does, you'll just keep getting message in your diag.log, On V8 we havn't run into that yet, but it looks like it would, we get the mesages all the time, and it hasn't hurt anything yet

I am using v.8.1.4 on AIX 5.1

The Applícation runs on all processors
even if they're not licensed, but it continuosly
writes error messages to the db2diag.log,
I also have a suspicion that it logs differently

If you have the original installation CD,
just find the .lic file and run the db2licm
command with the -a flag, then read the
password and run it again with the -n option
to set the number of processors.

Tank

db2licm -l

if you see 'Soft Stop' as the Enforcement policy, then you will be able to use all processors ...

BTW, db2licm -n requires root I belive

Sathyaram

I think licm -n only needs instance ownership

Tank

Hi,

You can go ahead and update the number of processors using the LICM command and then after the instance is restarted db2 will go ahead and use the processors.

Regards

Nitin.

C:\Documents and Settings\db2admin>db2licm -l
Product Name = "DB2 Enterprise Server Edition"
Product Password = "DB2ESE"
Version Information = "8.1"
Expiry Date = "Permanent"
Registered Connect User Policy = "Disabled"
Number Of Entitled Users = "5"
Enforcement Policy = "Soft Stop"
Number of processors = "1"
Number of licensed processors = "1"
Annotation = ""
Other information = ""

db2licm [-a filename]
[-e HARD | SOFT]
[-p prod-password
REGISTERED | CONCURRENT]
[-r prod-password]
[-u prod-password num-users]
[-n prod-password num-processors]
[-l]
[-v]
[-?]

The command options are:


-a Adds a license for a product. Specify a file name containing
valid license information. This can be obtained from your
licensed product CD or contact your IBM representative or
authorized dealer.

-n Updates the number of entitled processors. Specify the
number of processors that you are entitled to use this product
with.

-e Updates the enforcement policy on the system. Valid values
are: HARD and SOFT. HARD specifies that unlicensed requests will
not be allowed. SOFT specifies that unlicensed requests will be
logged but not restricted.

-l Lists all the products with available license information.

-p Updates the license policy type to use on the system. The
keywords CONCURRENT, REGISTERED, or CONCURRENT REGISTERED can be
specified.

-r Removes the license for a product. After the license is
removed, the product functions in "Try & Buy" mode. To get the
password for a specific product, invoke the command with the -l
option.

-u Updates the number of user entitlements that have been
purchased. Specify the password of the product for which the
entitlements were purchased and the number of users.

-v Displays version information.

-? Displays help information. When this option is specified,
all other options are ignored, and only the help information is
displayed.

User Response:

Enter the command again using the valid parameters.


Lekharaju Ennam