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The OpenVMS Cluster Operating Environment
4.3 Installing Software Licenses
4.3.1 Guidelines
Be sure to install all OpenVMS Cluster licenses and all licenses for layered
products and DECnet as soon as the system is available. Procedures for installing
licenses are described in the release notes distributed with the software kit and
in the OpenVMS License Management Utility Manual. Additional licensing
information is described in the respective SPDs.
Use the following guidelines when you install software licenses:
• Install an OpenVMS Cluster Software for Alpha license for each Alpha
processor in the OpenVMS Cluster.
• Install an OpenVMS Cluster Software for VAX license for each VAX processor
in an OpenVMS Cluster system.
• Install or upgrade licenses for layered products that will run on all nodes in
an OpenVMS Cluster system.
• OpenVMS Product Authorization Keys (PAKs) that have the Alpha option
can be loaded and used only on Alpha processors. However, PAKs can be
located in a license database (LDB) that is shared by both Alpha and VAX
processors.
• Do not load Availability PAKs for VAX systems (Availability PAKs that do not
include the Alpha option) on Alpha systems.
• PAK types such as Activity PAKs (also known as concurrent or n-user PAKs)
and Personal Use PAKs (identified by the RESERVE_UNITS option) work on
both VAX and Alpha systems.
• Compaq recommends that you perform licensing tasks using an Alpha LMF.
4.4 Installing Layered Products
By installing layered products before other nodes are added to the OpenVMS
Cluster, the software is installed automatically on new members when they are
added to the OpenVMS Cluster system.
Note: For clusters with multiple system disks (VAX, Alpha, or both) you must
perform a separate installation for each system disk.
4.4.1 Procedure
Table 4–2 describes the actions you take to install layered products on a common
system disk.
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