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BMC Software, Inc., Confidential and Proprietary Information
Appendix A BMC Software Product Authorization A-1
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Appendix A BMC Software Product
Authorization
This appendix presents the following topics:
Overview. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-2
Product Authorization Tables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-3
Problem Regarding Product-Authorization Table Installation . . . . . A-3
Product Authorization Passwords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-4
Permanent Passwords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-4
Temporary Passwords. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-5
How to Apply Passwords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-5
How Products Are Licensed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-5
Product Trials and Permanent Licensing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-6
CPU Upgrades . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-6
CPU Failures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-6
Product Maintenance or Version Upgrades . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-8
How to Obtain Passwords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-9
CPU Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-10
Online Product Authorization. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-10
Processing a Permanent Password . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-11
Adding Authorization for a Processor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-13
Deleting Authorization for a Processor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-15
Replacing Authorization for a Processor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-17
Modifying Authorization for an Existing Processor . . . . . . . . . . . . A-19
Resetting Authorization for all Processors. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-22
Processing a Temporary Password . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-23
Displaying Product Authorization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-24
Displaying Current Processor Information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-26
Batch Product Authorization. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-27
Running Batch Product Authorization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-27
Control Statements and Keywords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-29
Return Codes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-30