License information for IBM i Access for Windows

IBM® i Access for Windows is a licensed program. Some features require an IBM i Access Family (5770-XW1) license before you can use them. All features are installed with the IBM i Access for Windows program.

To use the IBM i Access Family licensed program (5770-XW1), you must determine the usage limit of the license, update the usage limit on your IBM i platform, and enter the license key information.

The following features require an IBM i Access Family license and an IBM i license before you can use them:

5250 Display and Print Emulator
Data Transfer

Important: A software license key is required for IBM i Access Family 5770-XW1. IBM i Access Family is included on the Keyed Stamped Media that comes with all IBM i software orders for the specific release. You receive a license key if you order 5770-XW1. If you have not ordered 5770-XW1, you can evaluate the product from the keyed stamped media for 70 days. At the end of the 70-day evaluation period, the product will be disabled if you have not ordered the product and received a software license key. The software license key is an 18-digit authorization code that allows the software product and feature on the keyed stamped media to be used on a specified IBM i platform.

All features other than 5250 Display and Print Emulator and Data Transfer features require only an IBM i license before you can use them.

The type of installation you choose to perform determines which features are installed. Following are the types of installations you can choose and whether or not the feature requires a license to install:

The Complete and PC5250 User installation types include features that require an IBM i Access Family license.
With the Custom install choice, you can choose which features to install. Depending on the features you select, you might not be required to have an IBM i Access Family license. The setup program lists the features that require a license.

Note: A license is not required to install the 5250 Display and Print Emulator feature or the Data Transfer feature, but a license is required to run these features.

Usage limit for a license

IBM i Access for Windows clients are licensed by the number of concurrently active PCs accessing IBM i platforms. A PC running IBM i Access for Windows holds a license through the duration of the licensed function plus additional time that is specified in the IBM i Access for Windows properties page. When this time expires, the license is available for another PC to use. If a PC accesses a licensed program on more than one IBM i platform, that PC requires a license on each IBM i platform to which it connects using a licensed function.

When using IBM i Access for Windows on a PC, more than one session to the IBM i platform can be established on that PC, but only one IBM i Access Family license is used. For example, you can start many 5250 emulation or Data Transfer sessions, but the PC requires only one license.

IBM i Access for Web (5770-XH2) is another product that requires IBM i Access Family licenses. Be aware that if the IBM i Access for Web product is being used on the same PC as IBM i Access for Windows, each of those products will use a separate license. Therefore, when using both products, one PC will use a minimum of two IBM i Access Family licenses. For more information about license usage for IBM i Access for Web, see the License information for IBM i Access for Web topic.

Licensing is managed at the IBM i Access Family level, not at the individual client level. Therefore, any combination of the IBM i Access for Windows and IBM i Access for Web clients is allowable up to the license limit.

To determine the IBM i Access license usage limit, do the following:

Type the WRKLICINF command on the IBM i platform to which you intend to connect. A list of products appears.
Type 5 in the entry field next to the product 5770-XW1, Base, Feature 5050. This will display the details for the IBM i Access Family License product, including the usage limit. The usage limit should be equal to the number of licenses that are purchased for IBM i Access Family. Any number exceeding the purchased limit violates the IBM license agreement.

Use the IBM i Access Family licensed program

To use the IBM i Access Family licensed program (5770-XW1), you must update the usage limit and enter the license key information.

To update the usage limit for the 5770-XW1 product on your system, do the following:
1. Type the WRKLICINF command on the IBM i platform to which you intend to connect. A list of products appears.
2. Type 2 in the entry field next to the product 5770-XW1 Base, Feature 5050. Change the usage limit to the number of licenses that you have purchased for IBM i Access. If you have purchased the processor-based option for IBM i Access, enter the value *NOMAX for usage limit. Entering any number that exceeds the purchased limit violates the IBM license agreement.
To enter the license key information, do the following:
1. Type the WRKLICINF command on the IBM i platform to which you intend to connect. A list of products appears.
2. Type 1 in the entry field next to the product 5770-XW1 Option 1, Feature 5101.
3. Enter the license key information.
  Notes: ADDLICKEY values for Usage Limit and Processor Group for Feature 5101:
  - Always enter the value *NOMAX in the Usage Limit field for Feature 5101. The usage limit value *NOMAX is required as part of the software key. The value *NOMAX is not a representation of the number of users licensed under a user-based license.
  - For a user-based license, enter the value *ANY in the Processor Group field. A processor-based license has a processor group value that corresponds to the processor group licensed.
  For information about entering license key information, see Required and optional programs to install.

Note:

After installing the 5770-XW1 product and entering the license key information, the Central server jobs (QZSCSRVS) must be restarted. Subsequent license requests might fail if the restart is not done. The QZSCSRVS job can be controlled with the Start Prestart Job (STRPJ) and End Prestart Job (ENDPJ) commands. The IBM i commands to end and restart the Central server jobs (QZSCSRVS) running in the QUSRWRK subsystem:

ENDPJ SBS(QUSRWRK) PGM(QSYS/QZSCSRVS) OPTION(*IMMED)
STRPJ SBS(QUSRWRK) PGM(QSYS/QZSCSRVS)