How to Obtain Passwords
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Appendix A BMC Software Product Authorization A-9
How to Obtain Passwords
Table A-2 describes the situations in which you need to obtain passwords.
For each scenario, the table indicates the type of password that you need
(temporary or permanent), what the password does, and how to obtain it.
Table A-2 Password Scenarios
Scenario
Password
Type Password Function How to Obtain
You want to begin a
free trial period.
temporary temporarily bypasses
authorization checking and
allows you to run the product on
any CPU for a limited time
BMC Software sales
representative
You purchase a
license for a new
product.
permanent adds a designated CPU to the list
of CPUs that are authorized to
run a licensed product
BMC Software Contracts
Administration (which issues a
password after processing the
license agreement)
You stop using an
authorized CPU.
permanent removes a designated CPU from
the list of CPUs that are
authorized to run a licensed
product
BMC Software sales
representative or Contracts
Administration
You upgrade to a new
CPU.
permanent authorizes the transfer of a
license from one CPU to another
BMC Software sales
representative or Contracts
Administration
You want to run the
product on an
additional CPU.
permanent adds a designated CPU to the list
of CPUs that are authorized to
run a licensed product
BMC Software Contracts
Administration (which issues a
password after processing the
license agreement)
The authorized CPU is
not available because
of an emergency
(such as hardware
failure).
temporary temporarily bypasses
authorization checking and
allows you to run the product on
any CPU for a limited time
BMC Software sales
representative, Contracts
Administration, or Product
Support
The grace period has
been triggered and
needs to be reset.
permanent resets the grace period BMC Software sales
representative or Contracts
Administration
