Checking DB2 license compliance

1.Start the DB2 Control Center and select License Center from the Tools menu.

2.Select the system for which you are installing a license. Select the instance on your systems. Select the product from installed products. The Installed Products field will display the name of the product that you have installed.

3.Select Add from the License menu.

4.In the Add License window, select the license file:

vOn Windows servers: x:\db2\license\license_filename.lic

vOn Linux or UNIX servers: /cd/db2/license/license_filename.lic

where x: or /cd represents the CD drive or mount point containing the DB2 Activation CD for the DB2 product or feature.

5.Click Apply to add the license key.

Related concepts:

v“License management” in Administration Guide: Implementation

Related tasks:

v“Checking DB2 license compliance” on page 26

v“Registering a DB2 product or feature license key using the db2licm command” in Installation and Configuration Supplement

Related reference:

v“DB2 product license files” on page 25

Each DB2 product and feature has a license file associated with it. The license file should be registered before using the DB2 product or feature. The License Center lists product information on the main panel. DB2 products that do not have the license registered show the License Type as not registered.

To verify license compliance of DB2 features, you can generate a compliance report. The compliance report lists DB2 features out of compliance with your current product entitlement. Each DB2 feature status is listed as either:

vIn compliance: indicating no violations are detected

vViolation: indicating the feature is not licensed and has been used.

Note: Some DB2 functionality is only available under license when purchased as part of a DB2 feature.

You can generate a compliance report using the License Center or the db2licm command.

Procedure:

To generate the compliance report from the License Center, select

License→Generate Compliance Report.

To generate compliance report using the db2licm command, enter the following command from the command line:

vFor Linux and UNIX operating systems: db2instance_path/adm/db2licm -gfilename

26Getting started with DB2 installation and administration

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