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All product editions except the Evaluation Edition require a license. Optional features are sold and licensed separately.

Whether you install a licensed or evaluation edition, you have 30-day access to all features and options. To use an option beyond the 30-day evaluation period, you must purchase and install an appropriate SAP Software Asset Management (SySAM) license.

Using an unlicensed option on a licensed server can throw the server into grace mode, which can cause the server to shutdown when the grace period expires. The DBA or other equivalent user must explicitly authorize access to an optionally licensed feature. A server will not attempt to check-out an optional license by default. Unless the DBA grants access to an option, the option will not be available.

Authorizing access to a separately licensed option, grants access to that option by all users system-wide. Separately licensed features continue to be available as licensed options after the grace period expires.

Verifying Your License
To verify your license, connect to the server, start Interactive SQL (dbisql), and run sp_iqlmconfig without parameters to return a set of properties and values that indicate the state of your licenses:
Property                              Value
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Edition                               EE
License Type                          DT
Application Type                      IQ
IQ_CORE License Count in use          2 (CPU core based)
Optional license in use : IQ_UDA      No                    
Optional license in use : IQ_LOB      No
Optional license in use: IQ_SECURITY  No
Optional license in use: IQ_MPXNODE   No
Optional license in use: IQ_VLDBMGMT  No
IQ_VLDBMGMT License Count in use      0 
Optional license in use: IQ_UDF       No
Optional license in use: IQ_IDA       No
Optional license in use: IQ_URIDA     No
Optional license in use: IQ_TS_FSF    No
Email Severity                        NONE
SMTP Host                             smtp
SMTP Port                             25  
Email Sender                          
Email Recipients
Authorizing Optional Features
Run sp_iqlmconfig with the allow or disallow parameter to enable or disable an optional license. The ALL keyword enables or disables all optional licenses, except IQ_VLDBMGT: 
sp_iqlmconfig 'allow', 'ALL'                   // enable all, except IQ_VLDBMGT 
sp_iqlmconfig 'disallow', 'IQ_SECURITY'        // disable IQ_SECURITY
Use the IQ_VLDBMGT and <quantity> parameters to change the number of available IQ_VLDBMGT licenses: 
sp_iqlmconfig 'allow', 'IQ_VLDBMGT', '8'              // increase by 8 
sp_iqlmconfig 'disallow', 'IQ_VLDBMGT', '2'           // decrease by 2
See the sp_iqlmconfig stored procedure in Reference: Building Blocks, Tables, and Procedures for information about authorizing optional features and other issues related to license management configuration.
Note The disallow parameter can only disable an unlicensed option if the option is not in use. If the server checks out an unlicensed option, the option cannot be unauthorized and the server may fall into grace mode.
License Server Issues

All license server status and error messages are written to the SYBASE.log in the log directory. To diagnose issues with a license server, check the $SYBASE/SYSAM-2_0/log/SYBASE.log file. You can use iqdemo.db to perform this task.

A line that begins with “Checked out license...” indicates a successful license configuration. If you see a “Sysam: FLEXnet Licensing error:” message, check with your SAP representative to resolve the issue.

Additional Information
  • SySAM 2 Users Guide > Administering License Servers > Managing the License Server Debug Log
  • Troubleshooting SySAM section and the SySAM 2 Users Guide
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