[Info-vax] Hobbyist license expiry and transition to new license

[Dymaxion Development]

On Thursday, December 9, 2021 at 12:16:50 PM UTC-4, Volker Halle wrote:
> John. 
> 
> the OPENVMS-HOBBYIST license is just a 'placeholder', it does not have any licensing functions at all. No OpenVMS I64 product will ever check that license name ! 
> 
> I tested this by unloading OPENVMS-HOBBYIST, I can still login. If I then unload the OPENVMS-I64-FOE license, I cannot login anymore over the network, only console login works. Loading the OPENVMS-HOBBYIST license again does NOT change this. Only loading OPENVMS-I64-FOE allows login over the network again. 
> 
> Did you install the OPENVMS-I64-FOE license yourself ? If not, the person who has entered this license has probably deleted or disabled the old OPENVMS-I64-FOE (with a termination date of 1-JAN-2022), that came with the OpenVMS Hobbyist license kit. You can probably check with LICENSE LIST/HISTORY OPENVMS-I64-FOE 
> 
> So just disable the OPENVMS-HOBBYIST in the LMF database and issue a LICENSE UNLOAD OPENVMS-HOBBYIST - and you're done. No more warning notices every week and the system will continue to work after 1-JAN-2022. 
> 
> Volker.

No I did not load the licenses. They were done by someone else who is no longer here. I was asked to look at things. I know nothing about VMS license manage except the manuals tell me. But it didn't say about anything about what happens if licenses expire and what if there were multiple licenses.

I will give your suggestion a try. I do not have access to the system at the moment but will let you know how it went. Thank you.