Activating Your SySAM Sybase IQ License

To convert your existing Sybase IQ database to use a RAP license, activate your SySAM Sybase IQ license after you obtain the license file and install Sybase IQ on your host machine.

Prerequisites

Obtain a RAP license from SPDC or SMP.

Task

Change the directory to <Sybase IQ Installation Directory>/.
Source the environment variables: source IQ.csh or . IQ.sh.
Log in to the Sybase IQ server.
- To check the license type, enter:
  sp_iqlmconfig
  The valid license types for RAP are:
  
  CP (CPU license for Production)
  
  DT (Development and Test, not CPU dependent)
  
  SF (CPU license for Stand By Production)
- To change the license type, run the appropriate command:
  sp_iqlmconfig ‘Edition’, ‘EE’
  where EE is the Enterprise Edition, and:
  sp_iqlmconfig ‘license type’, ‘LT’
  where LT is a valid license type.
To shut down the Sybase IQ server, run the stop_iq script.
If you are running in served mode, copy the license file to <license_server_install_dir>/SYSAM-2_0/licenses on the license server.
Sybase recommends the use of the served license model with RAP.
If you are running in unserved mode, copy the license file saved from SPDC or SMP to <Sybase IQ Installation Directory>/SYSAM-2_0/licenses on the host machine.

If you use the ftp utility to transfer the license file, be sure to specify ASCII mode.
Change to <license_server_install_dir>/SYSAM-2_0/bin. Start the license server, if neccessary:
```
sysam start
```
If the license server was started before you copied the license information to <license_server_install_dir>/SYSAM-2_0/licenses run:
```
sysam reread
```
SySAM reloads all licenses located in <license_server_install_dir>/SYSAM-2_0/licenses.

You must have at least one served license in <license_server_install_dir>/SYSAM-2_0/licenses, or you see “License Manager: Can’t initialize...” when you attempt to start the license server.
Create a sybase.lic file in <Sybase IQ Installation Directory>/SYSAM-2_0/licenses.
The sybase.lic file specifies the port number of the license server, so SySAM can retrieve the appropriate license. The contents of the sybase.lic file is:
```
SERVER <license_server_host_name> ANY 27000
USE_SERVER
```
where 27000 is the default port. You can use a different port number.
Restart the Sybase IQ server.

Note: To verify your license, you can run the sp_lmconfig stored procedure in Interactive SQL (isql) or check the Sybase IQ error log.

In the Sybase IQ error log, a line beginning with “Checked out license...” indicates that the license configuration is successful. If you see a “Sysam: FLEXnet Licensing error:” message, check with your Sybase technical support or customer service representative to resolve the issue.