License information for IBM i Access for Windows
IBM® i Access for Windows is a licensed program. Some features require an IBM i Access Family (5770-XW1) license before you can use them. All features are installed with the IBM i Access for Windows program.
To use the IBM i Access Family licensed program (5770-XW1), you must determine the usage limit of the license, update the usage limit on your IBM i platform, and enter the license key information.
- 5250 Display and Print Emulator
- Data Transfer
All features other than 5250 Display and Print Emulator and Data Transfer features require only an IBM i license before you can use them.
- The Complete and PC5250 User installation types include features that require an IBM i Access Family license.
- With the Custom install choice, you can choose which features to install. Depending on the features you select, you might not be required to have an IBM i Access Family license. The setup program lists the features that require a license.
Usage limit for a license
IBM i Access for Windows clients are licensed by the number of concurrently active PCs accessing IBM i platforms. A PC running IBM i Access for Windows holds a license through the duration of the licensed function plus additional time that is specified in the IBM i Access for Windows properties page. When this time expires, the license is available for another PC to use. If a PC accesses a licensed program on more than one IBM i platform, that PC requires a license on each IBM i platform to which it connects using a licensed function.
When using IBM i Access for Windows on a PC, more than one session to the IBM i platform can be established on that PC, but only one IBM i Access Family license is used. For example, you can start many 5250 emulation or Data Transfer sessions, but the PC requires only one license.
IBM i Access for Web (5770-XH2) is another product that requires IBM i Access Family licenses. Be aware that if the IBM i Access for Web product is being used on the same PC as IBM i Access for Windows, each of those products will use a separate license. Therefore, when using both products, one PC will use a minimum of two IBM i Access Family licenses. For more information about license usage for IBM i Access for Web, see the License information for IBM i Access for Web topic.
Licensing is managed at the IBM i Access Family level, not at the individual client level. Therefore, any combination of the IBM i Access for Windows and IBM i Access for Web clients is allowable up to the license limit.
To determine the IBM i Access license usage limit, do the following:
- Type the WRKLICINF command on the IBM i platform to which you intend to connect. A list of products appears.
- Type 5 in the entry field next to the product 5770-XW1, Base, Feature 5050. This will display the details for the IBM i Access Family License product, including the usage limit. The usage limit should be equal to the number of licenses that are purchased for IBM i Access Family. Any number exceeding the purchased limit violates the IBM license agreement.
Use the IBM i Access Family licensed program
To use the IBM i Access Family licensed program (5770-XW1), you must update the usage limit and enter the license key information.
- To update the usage limit for the 5770-XW1 product on your system,
do the following:
- Type the WRKLICINF command on the IBM i platform to which you intend to connect. A list of products appears.
- Type 2 in the entry field next to the product 5770-XW1 Base, Feature 5050. Change the usage limit to the number of licenses that you have purchased for IBM i Access. If you have purchased the processor-based option for IBM i Access, enter the value *NOMAX for usage limit. Entering any number that exceeds the purchased limit violates the IBM license agreement.
- To enter the license key information, do the following:
- Type the WRKLICINF command on the IBM i platform to which you intend to connect. A list of products appears.
- Type 1 in the entry field next to the product 5770-XW1 Option 1, Feature 5101.
- Enter the license key information. Notes: ADDLICKEY values for Usage Limit and Processor Group for Feature 5101:For information about entering license key information, see Required and optional programs to install.
- Always enter the value *NOMAX in the Usage Limit field for Feature 5101. The usage limit value *NOMAX is required as part of the software key. The value *NOMAX is not a representation of the number of users licensed under a user-based license.
- For a user-based license, enter the value *ANY in the Processor Group field. A processor-based license has a processor group value that corresponds to the processor group licensed.
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