Appendix A
Licensing Information

The Sun™ Open Net Environment (Sun ONE) Application Server 7 uses a number of different licenses depending on the product distribution you are installing.

The following topics are addressed here:

About Licensing
Types of Licenses
Displaying License Information
Transitioning a License

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About Licensing

When you download the Sun ONE Application Server software from the product web site or purchase the product CD, a license file is included with the product. Your rights to the product are governed by the license that was accepted at installation, or when you transition your license to another type of license.

After installing the Sun ONE Application Server product, you can later transition your license to another version. For example, you can transition a Platform Edition license to a development Standard Edition license.

You can manage your license as described in "Displaying License Information" and "Transitioning a License".

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Types of Licenses

The licenses available for the Sun ONE Application Server are described in the following sections:

Evaluation License
Development License
Platform Edition License
Standard Edition License
License Summary

Evaluation License

This license expires in 60 days.

The evaluation license is initialized at installation time. The expiration date is calculated based on the current date. When you restart the server, a warning message is issued every day for 14 days before the license expires. The server cannot be restarted after the expiration date of the license.

On Microsoft Windows, you can upgrade an evaluation license to Platform Edition, development, or Standard Edition licenses.

Note	The Solaris evaluation license cannot be upgraded to any other type of license.

Development License

This license does not expire.

This development license allows you to perform the same functions as the Standard Edition license, with one exception: you cannot deploy an application to a production server. You must upgrade your license to Standard Edition or Platform Edition before deploying your applications for production.

Platform Edition License

This license does not expire.

The Platform Edition of Sun ONE Application Server imposes the following limitations:

Only local requests to the Admin Server are accepted.
Only one server instance per Admin Server is allowed.
You cannot send requests from a web server plugin that also sends requests to another application server.
You cannot send alerts to a remote system using SNMP.

A warning message is displayed when you attempt to perform either a remote request to the Admin Server or to create additional server instances. You must upgrade to the development license or Standard Edition license to perform these tasks.

Standard Edition License

This license does not expire.

The Standard Edition license is installed with the full-featured version of the Sun ONE Application Server software and imposes no limitations on the functionality of the product.

License Summary

The following table summarizes the licenses offered for Sun ONE Application Server product.

Table A-1  Sun ONE Application Server Licenses 

Type	Time restriction	Multiple instances allowed?	Remote administration allowed?	Upgradable?
Evaluation on Microsoft Windows, Solaris (package-based)	60 days since the date of install	Yes	Yes	Yes on Microsoft Windows, to Platform, development or Standard Edition license No on Solaris
Evaluation on Solaris (not packaged-based)	60 days since the date of install	Yes	Yes	No
Development	Unlimited	Yes	Yes	Yes, to Standard Edition license or to operational Platform Edition license.
Platform Edition	Unlimited	No. Only one instance per Admin Server.	No. Only local user can access Admin GUI and CLI.	Yes, to development or Standard Edition license.
Standard Edition	Unlimited	Yes	Yes	N/A

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Displaying License Information

Use the display-license command to get information on your license.

Syntax

asadmin display-license [--user admin_user] [--password admin_password] [--passwordfile password_file][--host localhost] [--port admin_port] [--local=true/false]

This command can be run locally or remotely, depending on the value of the local option. For example, the following command is run from the local machine, taking the defaults for the host and the port number:

asadmin display-license --local

The following information is returned to you:

Type of license currently installed (for example, evaluation)
Expiration date, if it has one
Number of instances per Admin Sever your license allows
Whether remote administration is allowed or not.

For additional information on using the asadmin command, see the Sun ONE Application Server Administrator’s Guide.

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Transitioning a License

When you installed the Sun ONE Application Server, you accepted a license which was automatically installed. After installation, you can transition your license to another type of license.

To transition your license, you must first download the new license key from this location:

http://www.sun.com/as7upgrade

The asadmin and pkgadd commands are used for transitioning the license on your Sun ONE Application Server. Which command you use depends on what type of installation you have.

The following license situations are discussed here:

For Package-Based UNIX Installations
For Non-Packaged-Based UNIX Installations
For Microsoft Windows Installations

For Package-Based UNIX Installations

Package-based UNIX installations can be either unbundled or bundled with the operating system. The pkgadd command is used for installing licenses in these installations.

For Unbundled Solaris Package-Based Installations

Download the new license key from this location:

http://www.sun.com/as7upgrade

Stop any running Sun ONE Application Server software.
Install the license using the following syntax:

pkgadd -d full_path SUNWaslco

For example:

pkgadd -d /install_dir/pkg SUNWaslco

At the prompt, accept the terms of the license.
Enter the new license key.
Restart the Sun ONE Application Server software.

For Solaris 9 Bundled Installations

Download the new license key from this location:

http://www.sun.com/as7upgrade

Stop any running Sun ONE Application Server software.
Use the following syntax for license installation:

pkgadd -d full_path SUNWaslc

At the prompt, accept the terms of the license.
Enter the new license key.
Restart the Sun ONE Application Server software.

For Non-Packaged-Based UNIX Installations

The asadmin command is used to install a license for a non-package-based UNIX installation.

Download the new license key from this location:

http://www.sun.com/as7upgrade

Stop any running Sun ONE Application Server software.
Run the following command:

asadmin install-license

At the prompt, accept the terms of the license.
Enter the new license key.
Restart the Sun ONE Application Server software.

For Microsoft Windows Installations

The asadmin command is used to install a license for a Microsoft Windows installation.

Download the new license key from this location:

http://www.sun.com/as7upgrade

Stop any running Sun ONE Application Server software.
Run the following command:

asadmin install-license

At the prompt, accept the terms of the license.
Enter the new license key.
Restart the Sun ONE Application Server software.

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