[Info-vax] VSI CE License PAKs

[David Jones]

On Saturday, July 17, 2021 at 1:06:31 AM UTC-4, Martin Vorländer wrote:
> Phillip Helbig (undress to reply) <hel... at asclothestro.multivax.de> schrieb:
> > In article <scsag6$1al$1... at dont-email.me>, Chris Townley 
> ><ne... at cct-net.co.uk> writes: 
> > 
> >> ------- Product ID -------- ---- Rating ----- 
> >> Product Producer Units Avail Active Termination 
> >> ALPHA-LP VSI 1050 H 0 22-SEP-2022 
> >> ALPHA-SYSTEM VSI 150 A 0 22-SEP-2022 
> > 
> > I'm no expert on the matter, but I suspect that 150 units should be 
> > enough for most or all hobbyists. 
> > 
> > Does one need a separate license for each system in a cluster (i.e. 
> > /INCLUDE) or not? The old hobbyist licenses were sometimes per machine, 
> > sometimes not.
> The ALPHA-SYSTEM is _not_ a NO_SHARE license, so I think it is good 
> for all cluster nodes as long as the sum doesn't exceed 150 units. 
> 
> cu 
> Martin

I tested in my cluster, and the units are pooled. Loading ALPHA-SYSTEM on an HP
OpenVMS system still allocates the units even if nothing requires them.

A DS20 is 75 units, so 2 of those would max out a hobbyist cluster.