Re: Number of user license

I'm not sure about the scheme you have shown. But when do an onstat -u I get the following information at the end of the output: 14 active, 128 total, 24 maximum concurrent Does this mean that there is are 24 licenses available? Joe "Mladen Jovanovski" <mladen.jovanovski@cosmofon.com.mk> wrote in message news:1114605820.e26f5cd8417ce7e6a37df2454ed06ec2@teranews... > > On 04/26/2005 05:46 PM, Neil Truby wrote: >> "Joseph Dimech" <joe@tsc-corp.com> wrote in message >> news:MIqbe.13532$716.2544@tornado.tampabay.rr.com... >>> Greetings! >>> >>> I am trying to determine the amount of user licenses exist on a sever. >>> Does Informix stop a connection or send a warning when the user licenses >>> are exceeded? Anybody know what files to find this information? >> >> No, it doesn't. >> If you have a direct, ie Passport Advantage, maintenance contract with >> IBM >> then they will (should, anyway) know for how many users your organisation >> is >> licensed. >> If you have an ISV/OEM agreement your supplier and their distributor (in >> England, OpenPSL) should know. >> But the information is not stored on the server software anywhere. >> > > I don't know if this is still valid (under IBM's umbrella), > but Informix used to contain license information > in the serial number: > > XXX#X999999 > ^ > This letter (letter between the hash sign and > the first digit is the license code: > A or K = 1 (single user) > B or L = 8 users > C or M = 16 > E or N = 32 > F or P = 64 > G or Q = 128 > H or R = 256 > J or S = unlimited > V = unlimited for evaluation > > HTH. > > -- > Mladen Jovanovski > > Phone: +389 2 244 1140 > Mobile: +389 75 400 309 > > > COSMOFON - Mobile Telecommunications Services - A.D. Skopje > _______________________________________________________________ > This e-mail (including any attachments) is confidential and may > be protected by legal privilege. If you are not the intended > recipient, you should not copy it, re-transmit it, use it or disclose > its contents, but should return it to the sender immediately and delete > your copy from your system. Any unauthorized use or dissemination of > this message in whole or in part is strictly prohibited. Please note that > e-mails are susceptible to change. COSMOFON A.D. Skopje shall not be > liable for the improper or incomplete transmission of the information > contained in this communication nor for any delay in its receipt or damage > to your system. > > > > sending to informix-list

Joseph Dimech wrote: > I'm not sure about the scheme you have shown. It was about right at one time. It is no longer relevant. > But when do an onstat -u I get > the following information at the end of the output: > > 14 active, 128 total, 24 maximum concurrent > Does this mean that there is are 24 licenses available? No; it means that at one time, there were 24 concurrent sessions running (out of 128 configured). > "Mladen Jovanovski" <mladen.jovanovski@cosmofon.com.mk> wrote: >>On 04/26/2005 05:46 PM, Neil Truby wrote: >>>"Joseph Dimech" <joe@tsc-corp.com> wrote: >>>> I am trying to determine the amount of user licenses exist on a >>>> server. Does Informix stop a connection or send a warning when >>>> the user licenses are exceeded? Anybody know what files to find >>>> this information? >>> >>> No, it doesn't. If you have a direct, ie Passport Advantage, >>> maintenance contract with IBM then they will (should, anyway) >>> know for how many users your organisation is licensed. If you >>> have an ISV/OEM agreement your supplier and their distributor (in >>> England, OpenPSL) should know. But the information is not stored >>> on the server software anywhere. >> >> I don't know if this is still valid (under IBM's umbrella), but >> Informix used to contain license information in the serial number: >> >>XXX#X999999 >> ^ >> This letter (letter between the hash sign and >> the first digit is the license code: >> A or K = 1 (single user) >> B or L = 8 users >> C or M = 16 >> E or N = 32 >> F or P = 64 >> G or Q = 128 >> H or R = 256 >> J or S = unlimited >> V = unlimited for evaluation -- Jonathan Leffler #include <disclaimer.h> Email: jleffler@earthlink.net, jleffler@us.ibm.com Guardian of DBD::Informix v2005.01 -- http://dbi.perl.org/