Installation guide

Sybase recommends that you use a license server if you run products on more than several
machines, as this simplifies and centralizes license administration providing more control
over software assets.
After you download the unserved licenses, you can install your Sybase products.
Comparing License Deployment Models
Learn about license deployment models.
Unserved Licenses Served Licenses
Licenses can be used only on the machine for which
the license was generated.
Licenses can be distributed from a network license
server to products running on any network machine.
Generate licenses at SPDC or SMP for each machine
that will run the product:
1.
Specify the host ID of the machine where the
product will run.
2.
Generate a license for that machine.
3.
Save the license to the specified machine.
4.
Repeat steps 1 – 3 for each machine where the
product will run.
Generate licenses at SPDC or SMP for products run-
ning on multiple machines:
1.
Specify the host ID of the license server.
2.
Specify the number of required licenses.
3.
Save the licenses to the license server host ma-
chine.
No license administration is required. However,
when new licenses are required for product updates,
you must update and deploy each license for each
machine where the product update will run.
The license server requires administration. When
new licenses are required for product updates, SPDC
or SMP lets you update all licenses for a specific
license server in a single step.
No license reporting or asset management capabili-
ties are available.
Allows license monitoring and reporting of license
use, capacity planning, and asset management using
SAMreport.
Installed locally and always available. Requires a functioning license server and network. If
the license server or network fails, you must fix the
problem or install an alternate license server before
the product grace period expires.
If a machine where the product is running fails, you
must regenerate all of its licenses and deploy those
licenses to the replacement machines.
If a machine where the product is running fails, you
can move the product to a new machine, and it will
acquire licenses from the running license server.
If the license server host machine fails, use the Man-
age License Hosts functionality at SPDC or SMP to
move its licenses to a new network license server
host.
License files are distributed across each machine
running a product, and therefore they are difficult to
manage and control.
License files are centrally located and managed.
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