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How do I find out how many licenses are in use in SCO openserver 5.0.5

Asked by: nicklucas

On my SCO Openserver Enterprise 5.0.5 box, I am running into an issue on logins that tells me that all licenses are in use.  How can I show how many licenses are installed and how many are in use?

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Answers

 

by: gheistPosted on 2009-08-11 at 08:15:44ID: 25070016

scoadmin / License Manager

 

by: nicklucasPosted on 2009-08-11 at 09:26:33ID: 25070774

License Manager only shows the license code.  it shows nothing about how many users are licensed or how many user licenses are in current use.

 

by: gheistPosted on 2009-08-11 at 11:24:48ID: 25071854

 

by: nicklucasPosted on 2009-08-11 at 11:34:01ID: 25071921

This only tells me how to add more.  It doesn't tell me how many I already have licensed or how many are in use currently.

 

by: gheistPosted on 2009-08-11 at 13:35:21ID: 25073120

who | wc

 

by: nicklucasPosted on 2009-08-12 at 06:06:35ID: 25078282

unfortunately, I have more users logged in than "who" reliably reports.  Not sure why this is, but I know users get dropped from a "who" listing.

Even if who did report how many users were logged in, is this an accurate way to determine how many licenses are in use?  Isn't there some way to query the license file?

I also need a way to show how many users the system is licensed for.

 

by: gheistPosted on 2009-08-12 at 08:50:19ID: 25079921

who is what gets counted. website connections or cyrus po3 do not get counted.

 

by: already_usedPosted on 2009-08-12 at 12:56:46ID: 25082239

DO:
#brand -t
for total number of users licensed
and
#brand -u
for number of currently logged in users

 

by: nicklucasPosted on 2009-08-12 at 13:02:37ID: 25082293

In my version of SCO, brand doesn't support the -t or -u switch.  Here's the man listing for brand from my system.  Nothing about user licenses that I can see.

***************************************************************************************************
# man brand
  brand(ADM)
  **********

  ____________________________________________________________________________
  brand -- manage product licenses

  Syntax
  ======

  brand -g [ -a license_data ] license_number license_code
  brand -h license_number license_code
  brand -L
  brand -Q license_number license_code
  brand -R license_number registration_key

  Description
  ===========

  Use the brand utility to manage product licenses on your system. With it,
  you can license products, additional users and CPUs, register them, and
  generate a list of existing licenses and related product information.

  To learn more about SCO licensing and registration, and how to use the
  graphical License Manager, see Chapter 6, ``Licensing and registering SCO
  products'' in the SCO OpenServer Handbook.

  Options
  +++++++

  -g [ -a license_data ] license_number license_code
          License a product using the License Number, License Code, and
          License Data (if provided) from the Certificate of License and
          Authenticity.

  -h license_number license_code
          Check whether the specified License Number/License Code pair
          requires the specification of a License Data string. With this
          option, brand exits with 0 if a License Data string is required,
          with 8 if the string is not required, and with any other value if
          an error occurs.

  -L      Produce a list of existing licenses and product information. This
          list includes information on each license's product ID, version,
          License Number, annotation field, start date, and expiration date.
          This list also includes the product name, version, description and
          default License Data string for all licenses on the system except
          SCO User Licenses and SCO SMP Licenses.

  -Q license_number license_code
          Return the product ID and version, separated by a period (``.''),
          associated with the specified License Number/License Code pair. If
          the specified License Number/License Code pair is invalid, brand
          exits with 13.

  -R license_number registration_key
          Register the product identified by license_number using the
          Registration Key provided by an SCO Registration Center.

  -?      Print out a usage message.

  Exit values
  ===========

  0       Success.

  1       Usage failure.

  8       License Data string is not required.

  10      Product not licensed; system failed to process licensing
          information.

  12      Registration Key is mistyped.

  13      Invalid License Number, License Code, or Registration Key.

  Notes
  =====

  The functionality of brand and debrand in previous versions of SCO software
  has been maintained for backward compatibility.

  Examples
  ========

  To license a product, use the License Number, License Code, and License Data
  in the following manner:

  brand -g -a "b12;u32;mljkad3" BKA123456 wygfqmxs

  See also
  ========

  ifor_pmd(ADM)

  1 May 1995

 

by: already_usedPosted on 2009-08-12 at 13:55:07ID: 25082880

The oldest box that I have access to runs 5.0.7, and it has the -t and -u options.
#uname -X
will display the number of licensed users, among other things.
#who
or
#who |grep -c tty
should give number of logged in users.

You should also know that if your users are using a Windows terminal emulation program and are in the habit of just closing the window to end the connection instead of logging out and then closing the window, they may appear to be stilllogged in as far as the licensing control is concerned.
To determine if this is so, use "ps -leaf" and "who" to see if all interactive processes still have a valid tty.
If you have access to a 5.0.7 machine, you might try copying the brand program from it

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