Time-limited License vs Perpetual License

Products

• CA 2E

Issue/Introduction

If you already have a perpetual license, if a time-limited license is applied by accident what happens?

Is the thee time-limited license is applied or is the time-limited license NOT applied?

Environment

CA 2E 8.7.x

Resolution

When there is a perpetual license already installed and a time-limited license is applied on top of it, the entries for the matching product code + release are overwritten with the newly applied license in the licensing files.

For example, if you have the following entries on the YDSPLICPRD screen:

Prd Rel Product Description        Release   Expiry    Max#
2R4 70  2E RPGIV ILE generator     7.0        12/31/35  999
2R4 81  2E RPGIV ILE generator     8.1        12/31/35  999

If you apply a time-limited license for product code 2R4, Release 81, with an Expiry date of 08/07/25 using the YGRTLICAUT command, the details for the 2nd entry on the YDSPLICPRD screen are overwritten (since there is a match for Product code - 2R4 and Release - 81). The details for other 2R4 record with Release 70 is NOT modified.

Any components which are not impacted by the time-limited license will still retain the previous perpetual license related timelines for that specific component.

The new time-limited license will then come into action only for the components mentioned in the new time-limited license and which have been re-applied using the YGRTLICAUT command.

It is suggested to take a look at the YDSPLICPRD command output to understand the timelines for each individual component.

Additional Information

• It is advisable to stop the application before applying any license file
• When a time-based license is applied while application is down, the new license will be considered
• When a time-tested license is applied while application is running, the new license will be considered once the model is called into action