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  • 1.  Command Dsplickey vs view License_info

    Posted Thu June 01, 2023 11:32 AM

    Hi.  Why would the command Dsplickey provide a different count of information than the view License_info?

    For me, I count 43 rows of records with the Dsplickey report.  But I only count 25 rows of records with the License_info view.



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    Joe Koontz
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  • 2.  RE: Command Dsplickey vs view License_info

    Posted Thu June 01, 2023 10:19 PM

    Dear Joe

    DSPLICKEY displays entries from "license repository" that CAN contain license keys from other system or from SW products that are NOT installed in that IBM i LPAR/system.  You may wonder why.  The reason is that this license repository can be used to add license keys to other LPARs without a need to run ADDLICKEY command multiple times for each of all installed SW products.  How to do this can be found in this Technote: Copying Licensed Keys Between LPARs in the Same IBM System i System at  https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/copying-licensed-keys-between-lpars-same-ibm-system-i-system.     

    LICENSE_INFO view should show entries relevant to the SW products installed in that LPAR/system. 



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    Education is not the learning of facts but the training of the mind to think. -- Albert Einstein.
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    Satid S.
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  • 3.  RE: Command Dsplickey vs view License_info

    Posted Fri June 02, 2023 07:45 AM

    Joe,

    Try this instead:  DSPLICKEY SERIAL(*ALL).  The default is *LOCAL.

    I have 446 entries in
    select count(*)
     from qsys2.license_info;

    Satid,

    The most likely reason for so many is that this lpar has been around since V2R1 if not sooner and it has carried over the licenses over all these years.  I just noticed license keys from V5R1, which I believe is when licenses started.  If I was doing a migration I think I could add a license key for the new machine prior to the migration.



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    Robert Berendt IBMChampion
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