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Release Bulletin Adaptive Server® Enterprise Version 15.0 for Windows

Aquiring SySAM licenses under grace

If the license can be issued under grace, then the issue is logged and Adaptive Server starts, or the optional feature is enabled. The Adaptive Server error log entry looks similar to:

00:00000:00000:2005/07/05 15:46:08.84 kernel  Sybase
Licensing: Using licenses from: /opt/sybase/
SYSAM-2_0/licenses
00:00000:00000:2005/07/05 15:46:08.91 kernel  Sybase
Licensing: Checked out graced license for 1 ASE_CORE
(2005.0703) will expire Tue Jul  5 15:47:02 2005.
00:00000:00000:2005/07/05 15:46:08.91 kernel  Sybase
Licensing: Failed to obtain 1 license(s) for ASE_CORE
feature from license file(s) or server(s).
00:00000:00000:2005/07/05 15:46:08.91 kernel  Sybase Licensing: Cannot find license file

If e-mail notification is enabled, an e-mail with this information is generated. Adaptive Server continues to operate normally until the issue causing license failure is fixed, or until the grace period ends. The error message and e-mail notification indicate the date and time the grace period is scheduled to end. The error log entry and e-mail notifications are repeated with increasing frequency while Adaptive Server operates in grace period. Adaptive Server continues to operate normally during the grace period, but you must fix the issue causing the license failure. When the issue is fixed, Adaptive Server automatically acquires the license and moves from grace period mode into normal mode. If Adaptive Server is unable to obtain the license before the end of the grace period, then Adaptive Server shuts down, or the optional features are disabled.

NoteIf Adaptive Server licenses are obtained from a network license server, Adaptive Server continuously performs a “handshake” with the license server. This is called a “heartbeat.” A successfully acquired license could be invalidated during the heartbeat. When this happens, Adaptive Server enters a grace period. This is logged in the Adaptive Server error logs similar to what is logged at start-up.

Use the sp_lmconfig stored procedure without any arguments to display the current status of various licenses Adaptive Server is using. Licenses that issued under grace are marked “graced.”





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