Licenses and entitlements

Your deployment of IBM® Cloud Pak for Data includes licenses that determine the components and services that you are entitled to use.

License types

The following three license types are available for Cloud Pak for Data:
  • Trial license for non-production use
  • Standard Edition
  • Enterprise Edition

What is included with your Cloud Pak for Data license

Your purchase of a license for Cloud Pak for Data Standard Edition or Cloud Pak for Data Enterprise Edition, includes the following entitlements:

Images for most of the entitlements that are included with your Cloud Pak for Data license are available through the IBM Entitled Registry, but you must obtain some of the images from IBM Passport Advantage®.

When you register for a 60-day trial license, only Cloud Pak for Data components are included in the license. The trial does not include entitlement to the Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform.

Depending on the Cloud Pak for Data cartridges that you purchase, you might have more entitlements. For more information, see Entitlements for cartridges.

License information

For detailed license information for Cloud Pak for Data Standard Edition, Cloud Pak for Data Enterprise Edition, and Cloud Pak for Data cartridges, see IBM Cloud Pak for Data License Information.

Entitlements for cartridges

Cloud Pak for Data cartridges provide entitlements to use the containerized service software that is installed with and works with Cloud Pak for Data. Existing customers can also benefit from entitlements to use the stand-alone software to help you on your journey toward an integrated and modern cloud deployment. Integrate cartridges with other services to address your most important use cases.

The following table shows Cloud Pak for Data cartridges and provides links to the documentation with instructions for installing and using the containerized software as services on Cloud Pak for Data.

Cartridge Cloud Pak for Data service documentation
IBM Cognos® Analytics for IBM Cloud Pak for Data Cognos Analytics service documentation
IBM DataStage® for IBM Cloud Pak for Data DataStage service documentation
IBM Db2® for IBM Cloud Pak for Data Db2 service documentation
EDB Postgres EDB Postgres service documentation
IBM Informix® for IBM Cloud Pak for Data Informix service documentation
IBM OpenPages® for IBM Cloud Pak for Data OpenPages service documentation
IBM Planning Analytics for IBM Cloud Pak for Data Planning Analytics service documentation
IBM Product Master for IBM Cloud Pak for Data Product Master service documentation
IBM Watson™ Assistant for IBM Cloud Pak for Data Watson Assistant service documentation
IBM Watson Discovery for IBM Cloud Pak for Data Watson Discovery service documentation

Obtaining your IBM entitlement API key

You must have your IBM entitlement API key to access images in the IBM Entitled Registry.

After you purchase Cloud Pak for Data, an entitlement API key for the software is associated with your My IBM account. You need this key to complete the Cloud Pak for Data installation. To obtain the entitlement key, complete the following steps:
  1. Log in to Container software library on My IBM with the IBM ID and password that are associated with the entitled software.
  2. On the Get entitlement key tab, select Copy key to copy the entitlement key to the clipboard.
  3. Save the API key in a text file.

Obtaining Cloud Pak for Data and Cloud Pak for Data services

The IBM Entitled Registry has the latest versions of Cloud Pak for Data and Cloud Pak for Data services. For more information about which services are included with your Cloud Pak for Data license, see Services.

Complete the following steps to obtain Cloud Pak for Data Standard Edition or Enterprise Edition from the registry and set up the platform with supported services:

  1. Ensure that you understand how to set up your Red Hat OpenShift cluster.
  2. Install the IBM Cloud Pak for Data control plane.
  3. Install the services.

Obtaining Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform

You can use your Cloud Pak for Data entitlement to install Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform on the environment of your choice.

You can download Red Hat OpenShift either from IBM Passport Advantage or directly from the Red Hat Customer Portal. See the Cloud Pak for Data readme file on IBM Passport Advantage for details.

Obtaining IBM Spectrum Storage Suite products

Cloud Pak for Data customers are entitled to download and use IBM Spectrum software products with Cloud Pak for Data without a separate license entitlement.

You can download the following IBM Spectrum products from IBM Passport Advantage:

  • IBM Spectrum Scale

  • IBM Spectrum Discover

  • IBM Spectrum Protect Plus

  • IBM Spectrum Virtualize

Red Hat OpenShift Data Foundation

Cloud Pak for Data customers are entitled to use Red Hat OpenShift Data Foundation (previously Red Hat OpenShift Container Storage), fully supported by IBM in production environments (Level 1 and Level 2), with the following limitations:
  • You can use up to 12 TB of Red Hat OpenShift Data Foundation Advanced storage.
  • You can use Red Hat OpenShift Data Foundation Advanced storage for up to 36 months.

If you exceed the terms, you must purchase a separate license. For more information, see Red Hat OpenShift Data Foundation overview.

Obtaining the IBM Cloud Pak foundational services

The IBM Cloud Pak foundational services are a prerequisite for Cloud Pak for Data. However, in some situations the IBM Cloud Pak for Data platform operator can automatically install the IBM Cloud Pak foundational services operators and services on the cluster.

For more information, see Installing Cloud Pak for Data.

The Cloud Pak for Data operator installs the following services:

  • Certificate management service
  • Identity and Access Management Service (IAM Service)
  • Administration hub
If you want to install additional foundational services, such as the License Service, you must install them manually. For more information, see Installing individual foundational services.

Obtaining Execution Engine for Hadoop for Cloud Pak for Data

Cloud Pak for Data customers are entitled to download and use the Execution Engine for Hadoop software with Cloud Pak for Data without a separate license entitlement.

You can download Execution Engine for Hadoop from IBM Passport Advantage. See the following part numbers:
  • M03PHEN: Cloud Pak for Data Enterprise Edition - Execution Engine for Hadoop
  • M03PGEN: Cloud Pak for Data Standard Edition - Execution Engine for Hadoop

Obtaining the Weather Company Data Limited Edition

Cloud Pak for Data customers are entitled to download and use the Weather Company Data Limited Edition software with Cloud Pak for Data without a separate license entitlement.

You can download the Weather Company Data Limited Edition readme file from IBM Passport Advantage for instructions on how to access IBM Weather Company Data Limited Edition. See the following part numbers:
  • CC62KEN: Weather Company Data Limited Edition for Cloud Pak for Data Enterprise Edition
  • CC64DEN: Weather Company Data Limited Edition for Cloud Pak for Data Standard Edition

Non-charged entitlements for Cloud Pak for Data

The following Cloud Pak for Data components are non-chargeable:
  • Cloud Pak for Data control plane (included with the Cloud Pak for Data installation)
  • IBM Cloud Pak foundational services

Reporting

You are required to keep a record of the size of deployments to report to IBM as requested. If you are using Container Licensing, you can use the License Service to measure Cloud Pak for Data usage. For more information about installing the License Service, see Installing individual foundational services.