Entitling IBM Spectrum Conductor

Entitlement (licensing) is required only on the primary host. If you do not have an entitlement file, contact your sales representative.

Before you begin

You must have your entitlement file: conductor_entitlement.dat or conductoreval_entitlement.dat. If you do not have an entitlement file, contact your sales representative.

Copy the entitlement file to a location that is accessible from the primary host.
Log in to the primary host (typically, the first host on which IBM® Spectrum Conductor is installed is the primary host), as the cluster administrator operating system user, and run the following command:
```
egoconfig join primary_host
```
where primary_host identifies the primary host by its FQDN.

Set entitlement:

egoconfig setentitlement entitlement_file_path

You have entitled the product and can begin using it.

Start the cluster. You must have root or sudo to root permission to start the cluster if you installed IBM Spectrum Conductor as root. If you didn’t install as root, you must start the cluster with the cluster administrator ID. The root user can grant sudo to root permission by using the egosetsudoers.sh command.
For more information about root or sudo to root permissions, see egosetsudoers.

To start the cluster, see Starting the cluster.
After you start the cluster, confirm entitlement from the command line or the cluster management console:
- To check entitlement from the command line, run the following command:
```
egosh entitlement info
```
- To check entitlement from the cluster management console:
  1. Launch a web browser and clear the browser cache. Check your browser documentation for details.
    Note: All users who connect to the cluster management console must clear their browser cache before accessing the console. As a cluster administrator, ensure that you notify all your users about this requirement.
  2. Log in to the cluster management console and select System & Services > System Entitlement. See Locating the cluster management console.
If you are using a non-evaluation entitlement, you must also set up the IBM® License Metric Tool (ILMT). See Integration with IBM License Metric Tool (ILMT).

You can also set up the primary host for additional configurations, such as failover.