Obtaining Licenses

Before installing your product, choose a Sybase Software Asset Management (SySAM) license model, determine license server information, and obtain license files.

Sybase RAP is licensed through SySAM and supports both served and unserved licenses. Sybase recommends the use of served license models with RAP so that the RAP package license, which includes Event Stream Processor, Sybase IQ and Adapter Server Enterprise licenses, as well as other RAP licenses (the PowerDesigner floating license), may be shared by all RAP machines. Because the primary RAP package license includes these other license keys, you do not need to generate additional individual license keys for these components, unless you purchased add-on or optional licenses separately.

If you are migrating to RAP 5.0 from a previous version of RAP, you may need to obtain additional license files to preserve your existing entitlements. See the Migration Information section in the Sybase RAP Release Bulletin for more information on obtaining these additional licenses.

These steps summarize the actions required to install a Sybase Software Asset Management (SySAM) license. Refer to the Sybase Software Asset Management Users Guide for details.

Choose a SySAM license model.

License model	Description
Served license model	A license server manages the allocation of licenses among multiple machines. Sybase recommends the use of served license models with RAP.
Unserved license model	Licenses are obtained directly from a license file. If you are using an unserved license, save the license file to the machine on which you install the product.

For the served license model, decide whether to use an existing or new license server.

The license server and your product installation do not need to share the same machine, operating system, or architecture.
If you chose the served license model, do one of the following:
- Install the new license server on a machine that does not have an existing license server.
- To install on a machine that is running a SySAM 1 license server, follow migration instructions in the Sybase Software Asset Management User's Guide to migrate to SySAM 2.
Before installing your product:
- If you purchased your product from Sybase or an authorized Sybase reseller, go to the secure Sybase Product Download Center (SPDC) at https://sybase.subscribenet.com and log in to generate license keys. The license generation process may vary slightly, depending on whether you ordered directly from Sybase or from a Sybase reseller.
- If you ordered your product under an SAP contract and were directed to download from SAP Service Marketplace (SMP), you can use SMP at http://service.sap.com/licensekeys to generate license keys for Sybase products that use SySAM 2-based licenses.
From SPDC or SMP, download the appropriate license keys for the following:
- Base IQ VLDB Option for RAP - download the license file for the amount of terabytes of VLDB provided as a base to all RAP licenses.
- RAP - The Trading Edition - download the RAP software and RAP package license.
- PowerDesigner for RAP - download the software and license for PowerDesigner. One floating license is provided with RAP.
- If applicable, download the license keys for any additional options or add-ons purchased for Sybase RAP.

Next

For more information on SySAM licensing, see the Sybase Software Asset Management Users Guide on the Sybase Product Manuals Web site at http://sybooks.sybase.com.