SAP offers various editions of Adaptive Server Enterprise.
Enterprise Edition – has no limit on scalability and can run all available options that can be purchased separately.
Small Business Edition – has limited scalability, and runs a limited set of options that are purchased separately.
Developer Edition – has limited scalability and includes many of the options that are included in the Enterprise Edition.
See the Sybase Software Asset Management Users Guide for information about unlocking editions and optional features.
There is a change to the license quantity used by per-CPU and per-chip license types. Adaptive Server version 15.7 SP100 and later checks out the same number of licenses as the number of cores on the machine (or chips, depending on the license type) regardless of any configuration settings. This is a correction from earlier versions of the server, in which if Adaptive Server was licensed per CPU or CPU chip, the requested license quantity was reduced if the max online engines configuration parameter was set to fewer than the number of CPUs on the machine.
The Adaptive Server installer automatically installs a SySAM license server if you choose the full installation option or enter a served license when prompted for the SySAM license key. You can also install the license server using the installer's custom installation option. See the Sybase Software Asset Management Users Guide to generate licenses.