Obtaining a License

For simple installations, follow these instructions to obtain and install a SySAM license.

Prerequisites

Before you install your product, obtain your license files from the Sybase Product Download Center (SPDC) before you install.
Decide which SySAM license model to use:
- The unserved license model – obtains licenses directly from the license file. To use an unserved license, save the license to the same machine on which you are installing the Sybase product.
- The served license model – uses a license server to manage the license allocation to multiple machines.

Task

To use a served license, you must have a license server. You can run the license server on the same machine or a different machine with a different operating system and architecture. To use an existing license server, you must know the server host name and port number.

Note: There can be only one instance of a SySAM license server running on a given machine. To setup a SySAM 2.0 license server on a machine that is already running a SySAM 1.0 license server, you must migrate the old license server to SySAM 2. A migrated license server can serve licenses for both SySAM 1.0 and SySAM 2-enabled products.

Refer to the Sybase Software Asset Management Users Guide for more information about:

Served and unserved licenses, and to decide which license model is best suited for your environment.
Choosing a license server host.
License server administration.
Migrating a license server.
If your installation is complex, for example it uses three-server reduncancy, high availability, or virtualization, Sybase recommends that you see the Sybase Software Asset Management Users Guide about correctly setting up your license model.

Accessing SPDC
Once you have purchased a Sybase product, download the product and generate the licenses from the online Web portal, the Sybase Product Download Center (SPDC.)
Installing a New License Server
Before installing a new license server ensure that your system is updated with the correct operating system patches for your platform.

Parent topic: Planning the Installation

Created June 18, 2010. Send feedback on this help topic to Sybase Technical Publications: pubs@sybase.com