Number of virtual processors

[fmartinsferreira]

I will to increase the number of virtual processors in DataStage Server.

I think that license is by number of processors, so can I have some problem if I increase the number of virtual processors?

Regards,

Fernando

[DSguru2B]

I believe you will have too get additional licenses. You jobs will run, but it will give you warning message complaining about how you have x licenses and y cpu's were found.

[fmartinsferreira]

I believe you will have too get additional licenses. You jobs will run, but it will give you warning message complaining about how you have x licenses and y cpu's were found.

Good, if some warning happen I will ask a new Authorization Code.

I cannot only have aborts. :D


Thanks

[DSguru2B]

Good, if some warning happen I will ask a new Authorization Code.

I cannot only have aborts. :D


Thanks

But I am not sure how much grace period you get with those warnings. Someone else can throw some more light on that.

[chulett]

This depends on your licensing that is currently in effect. Newer versions give you two auth codes - one is your entitlement code for Support which shows what you've licensed and the other is what you actually use when you install the product. It has no limits built in. Honor system and all that rot.

[chulett]

But I am not sure how much grace period you get with those warnings. Someone else can throw some more light on that.

None.

[ArndW]

DSGuru2B - there is no "grace" period for exceeding the license terms, but DataStage performance is not affected by doing so.

Craig - how long has this new licensing been in effect? I haven't installed a new license in about 6 months and hadn't seen this variation before.

[DSguru2B]

Hmm. This way a person can increase the cpu's from 2 to 16 and keep running the jobs without fault, except for that one warning.

[chulett]

One warning in every job every time it runs. Problematic for Server jobs that are assumed to run 'error free' every time.

Arnd - not sure. My client ordered licenses for a new 7.5.2 Server install about 6 months ago and it came that way. Very confusing until I had someone at IBM 'splain it to me.

[ray.wurlod]

I will to increase the number of virtual processors in DataStage Server.

I think that license is by number of processors, so can I have some problem if I increase the number of virtual processors?

Regards,

Fernando

What - precisely - do you mean by virtual procesors? DataStage is licensed by the number of physical CPUs (or cores, if we're talking about multi-core CPU chips, since each core operates as a CPU).