Usage_Summary

To use the License Management utility (LICENSE), enter a LICENSE
command and subcommand at the DCL prompt ($).  For example, you can
enter short commands on one line:
   $ LICENSE LIST /FULL VAX-VMS /AUTHORIZATION=USA12345

   Or you can enter long command strings followed by a hyphen (-)
   before pressing Return each time:

   $ LICENSE REGISTER FORTRAN /ISSUER=DEC /AUTHORIZATION=USA-1957 -
   _$ /PRODUCER=DEC /UNITS=1200 /VERSION=7.0 -
   _$ /AVAILABILITY=F /CHECKSUM=1-GEAD-MIDJ-IDNC-DLAC

                                  NOTE

      Enter the LICENSE commands carefully. LICENSE command
      strings can be long. If so, type a hyphen (-) at the end
      of a screen line to continue entering the same command.

      LMF may return only a checksum error when you omit or
      incorrectly enter information. Therefore, before you press
      Return, carefully check the characters you typed on each
      line.

      For most of the LICENSE commands, you can eliminate
      some typing by using the command procedure
      SYS$UPDATE:VMSLICENSE.COM

   All the LICENSE commands except LICENSE START, LICENSE LOAD, and
   LICENSE UNLOAD manipulate only the LMF databases. Thus, to enter
   most LICENSE commands, you need only the privileges required
   to access the License Databases. The License Database is file-
   based; normal file protection applies. LMF provides the License
   Database with a default file access of read and write privileges
   to system-level processes (S:RW).

   To enter the LICENSE START, LICENSE LOAD, and LICENSE UNLOAD
   commands, you need the privilege to change mode to kernel
   (CMKRNL) and to create system logical names (SYSNAM) and system
   privileges (SYSPRV).

   Some commands change license record fields in the License
   Database. LMF writes a history record when you use the following
   commands:

      LICENSE AMEND
      LICENSE COPY
      LICENSE DISABLE
      LICENSE ENABLE
      LICENSE ISSUE
      LICENSE MODIFY

   To display a listing of current and history records of licenses
   registered in the License Database, use LICENSE LIST. To display
   the licenses active on the current node, use the DCL command SHOW
   LICENSE.

   In some special circumstances, OpenVMS licenses are in a separate
   License Database located in SYS$SPECIFIC:[SYSEXE]LMF$SYSTEM.LDB.
   Your LICENSE commands must identify this database with the
   /DATABASE qualifier.

   Many of the LICENSE commands can affect more than one license
   simultaneously. You can control which licenses a command
   affects by adding more than one product name in the product-
   name parameter, using the /ALL qualifier, or using the standard
   DCL wildcard characters (* and %) in your command strings. Using
   the wildcard character (*) in the product-name parameter implies
   the use of /ALL.

   Many of the qualifiers are positional, allowing further control
   for the management of large License Databases. With multiple
   parameters, positional qualifiers affect only the preceding
   parameter. A positional qualifier that precedes every parameter,
   however, affects them all equally.