Knowing the Product License Type

Sybase sells products under different license types, which entitle the customer to different rights of use. For example, whether a product is entitled to be used in production, or standby, or development and test environments.

The license type determines the quantity of licenses required; dictating, for example, whether a license is required for each machine; or for each CPU, or CPU chip; or per terabyte of storage.

For example, a product purchased under the CPU License (CP) type requires one license per CPU on the machine, partition, or resource set where it will run. The same product purchased under the Server License (SR) type requires a single license for the machine, partition, or resource set.

Your account can have the same product licensed under multiple license types. Make sure you select the correct license type when you generate your SySAM license file.

When you generate licenses, each license type is presented on the License Information screen in bold font. For example:

License Type: CPU License (CP)

Note: The End User License Agreement for your region, available from the Sybase Software Licenses Web page at http://www.sybase.com/softwarelicenses, contains a definition for each license type. It also describes rights of use, such as whether licenses can be used only on a specific machine, partition, or resource set, or can float and whether you need more than one license for use on a specific machine, partition, or resource set. In addition, check the Product Specific License Terms Web page at http://www.sybase.com/pslt.

Optional Feature Licenses
Some Sybase applications are offered as base products with optional features that require a separate license.
SySAM Licensing Checkout
If Adaptive Server was licensed using a per-processor license type in versions earlier than 15.7, the license quantity was determined at start-up.
Sub-capacity licensing
Learn about sub-capacity licensing for this version of Adaptive Server.

Parent topic: Obtaining a License