Enables an existing license in the License Database so that you can load it with LICENSE LOAD. This command cancels the effect of LICENSE DISABLE, LICENSE COPY, and LICENSE ISSUE, which leave the license disabled. Newly registered licenses are enabled by default. Format LICENSE ENABLE product-name[,...]
1 – Parameter
product-name[,...] Name or names of products with a license to enable. You can enable only licenses that currently exist in the License Database. Enter the product name exactly as it appears on your PAK.
2 – Qualifiers
2.1 /ALL
Positional qualifier. Specifies that all licenses with the given product name should be enabled. This qualifier affects only the product name that immediately precedes it in the command string.
2.2 /AUTHORIZATION
/AUTHORIZATION=string Positional qualifier. Specifies a string that helps identify the license you want to enable. You must enter the authorization string exactly as it appears on your PAK. Use this optional qualifier only if you need it to identify the license. This qualifier affects only the product name that immediately precedes it in the command string.
2.3 /DATABASE
/DATABASE=filespec Specifies the location of the License Database. The default file specification is defined by the logical name LMF$LICENSE, which points to SYS$COMMON:[SYSEXE]LMF$LICENSE.LDB on an unmodified OpenVMS system. Use this optional qualifier only if you do not use the default License Database name and location.
2.4 /ISSUER
/ISSUER=string Positional qualifier. Specifies the name of the company (for example, VSI) that issued the PAK for the product. Use this optional qualifier only if you need it to identify the license. This qualifier affects only the product name that immediately precedes it in the command string.
2.5 /LOG
/LOG /NOLOG (default) Controls whether LICENSE ENABLE displays the name of each license that it enables.
2.6 /PRODUCER
/PRODUCER=string Positional qualifier. Specifies the name of the company (for example, VSI) that owns the product for which you have a license. Use this optional qualifier only if you need it to identify the license. This qualifier affects only the product name that immediately precedes it in the command string.
3 – Description
Use LICENSE ENABLE to reestablish disabled licenses as available for loading with a LICENSE LOAD command. Enabled licenses can combine with other licenses when loaded for use. Do not enable a license that has expired, and be sure that all include, exclude, and reservation lists are up to date. Use LICENSE LIST to inspect each license before you enable it. Use LICENSE MODIFY to change include, exclude, and reservation lists. Because errors do not occur until enabled licenses are loaded, consider entering LICENSE LOAD immediately to load each newly enabled license on each appropriate node in an OpenVMS Cluster. If another combinable license for the same product is already loaded, first unload it with LICENSE UNLOAD. Use the DCL command SHOW LICENSE to see which licenses are currently active on your system. After you unload the other license, enter LICENSE LOAD to load the combination of the newly enabled license and the previously active license.
4 – Example
$ LICENSE ENABLE DECSET /PRODUCER=DEC This command enables the license for DECset software. Because no database is specified, LMF uses the default database. Next, load the license with LICENSE LOAD.