Managing licenses

The management of licenses for your DB2® database products is done primarily through the License Center within the Control Center of the online interface to the product. From the License Center you can check the license information, statistics, and current users for each of the installed products.

In addition to the License Center, the command line licensing tool db2licm can be used to perform license functions. With this command, you are able to add, remove, list, and modify licenses and policies installed on your local system.

To assist you in managing your licenses, a compliance report lists the compliance or noncompliance of DB2 features with your current product entitlement. To be in compliance with your license agreement, you should apply the license key. However, even without applying a license key, your DB2 database product will continue to operate without interruption or restriction, unless you installed a DB2 database product trial image or a DB2 fix pack installation image. A trial DB2 database product will stop working after a 90 day trial period. If you installed a DB2 fix pack installation image over an existing DB2 database product acquired from Passport Advantage®, the fix pack installation image will continue to operate uninterrupted.

DB2 database product trial images include access to all features available in the edition you are using. You can download a DB2 try and buy image from Trials and demos.