z/OS USS Installation - Licensing

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Jan 31, 2024
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Licensing Universal Agent for z/OS USS Components

After Universal Agent for z/OS USS has been installed, you must configure the following components with product licenses before they can be used:

  • Universal Command Manager
  • Universal Data Mover Manager

Product License File

For each component, product license information (license parameter keywords and their values) is contained in a separate text file provided by your Stonebranch, Inc. account representative.

Note

Product license information for Universal Agent for z/OS USS components are contained in the Universal Agent for z/OS product license files.

Format

The format of the product license file name is: <component name>_<customer name>_<operating system>_<schedule or solution>.txt. For example: Indesca_Stonebranch_MVS_A1.txt

  • For Universal Command Manager, Indesca is used as the <component name> in the product license file name and as the name of the product in the file itself.
  • For Universal Data Mover Manager, Infitran is used as the <component name> in the product license file name and as the name of the product in the file itself.

Sample

The following is a sample Universal Agent for z/OS product license file (for Universal Command Manager):

License_Product "INDESCA"
License_Customer "STONEBRANCH"
License_OS_Type "MVS"
License_Type "PERPETUAL"
License_Expiration_Date 2029.12.31          YYYY.MM.DD
License_NT_Servers 100
License_UNIX_Servers 100
License_OS400_Servers 10000
License_OS390_Servers 10000
License_Tandem_Servers 10000
License_OS390_Unix_Servers 10000
License_Key ABCD-1234-EFGH-5678-IJKL-MNOP-9999


Entering License Information

Enter each component's product license parameters into its configuration file in the UNVCONF product library:

  • Universal Command Manager configuration file: member UCMCFGU0.
  • Universal Data Mover Manager configuration file: member UDMCFGU0.

It is recommended that you enter license information at the end of the file. (The values are specified in the same syntax as all other configuration options.)

If the Universal Broker STC is running, restart the Universal Broker STC to pick up the configuration file changes.

Restart Universal Broker

For Universal Broker to read the license information, you must stop and restart it.
 

Stop Universal Broker

STOP UBROKER

Start Universal Broker

START UBROKER[,UPARM='options']