License information for iSeries Access for Web

 

IBM® eServer™ iSeries™ Access for Web is a licensed program. All components of iSeries Access for Web require an iSeries Access Family (5722-XW1) license before you can use them.

For V5Rx systems, a software license key is required for iSeries Access Family 5722-XW1. iSeries Access is included on the V5Rx Keyed Stamped Media that comes with all i5/OS® V5Rx software orders. You receive a license key if you order 5722-XW1. If you have not ordered 5722-XW1, you may 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 system.

Licensing is managed at the iSeries Access Family (5722-XW1) level, not at the individual client level. Therefore, any combination of the iSeries Access for Windows® clients and iSeries Access for Web clients is allowable up to the license limit. Customers who acquire iSeries Access licenses are entitled to use the iSeries Access for Windows and iSeries Access for Web clients in any combination.

To determine the iSeries Access Family usage limit:

  1. Type the WRKLICINF command on the system to which you intend to connect. A list of products appears.

  2. Type a 5 in the entry field next to the product 5722XW1 Base, Feature 5050. This will display the details for the iSeries Access Family, including the usage limit. The usage limit should be equal to the number of licenses that are purchased for the iSeries Access Family. Any number exceeding the purchased limit violates the IBM license agreement.

To update the usage limit for the 5722-XW1 product on your system, follow these steps:

  1. Enter the WRKLICINF command on the system to which you intend to connect. A list of products appears.

  2. Enter 2 in the entry field next to the product 5722XW1 V5, Feature 5050. Change the usage limit to the number of licenses that you have purchased for iSeries Access. If you have purchased the processor-based option for iSeries 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, follow these steps:

  1. Enter the WRKLICINF command on the system to which you intend to connect. A list of products appears.

  2. Enter 1 in the entry field next to the product 5722XW1 Option 1, Feature 5101. Enter the license key information.

 

WebSphere Application Server or ASF Tomcat

iSeries Access for Web running under WebSphere® Application Server or ASF Tomcat is licensed by the number of concurrently active HTTP sessions. How sessions behave depends on the browser's implementation. For example, each new instance of Internet Explorer results in a new session, thus a new, unique license is used for each instance of Internet Explorer. Each new instance of Mozilla uses the same session, therefore, only one license is used.

iSeries Access for Web expires licenses at five minute intervals. A session that is idle for more than five minutes will have its license released. Activity (retrieving a new Web page) after the license has expired will result in a new license being used. For example, when a user uses iSeries Access for Web to request some data from i5/OS, a license is retrieved and "held" by the session. If the browser is then left idle for five to ten minutes, the license being used for the session will be released. When another action is performed to iSeries Access for Web from this browser, a new license is requested and used.

Only activity to iSeries Access for Web would result in a license being used. Browsing other Web sites in the same browser window would not result in a new license being requested.

 

Portal environment

The iSeries Access portlets running under a portal environment can be used one or more times on a page, or across multiple pages. Each instance of a portlet is configured to connect to a system with a specific i5/OS user profile. A license is used for each unique system and user profile combination within a portal session.

A license is requested when a page containing configured iSeries Access portlets is visited. A license is requested for each portlet only if a license for the configured system and user profile has not been requested during this portal session. Licenses are held until the portal session ends.

 

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iSeries Access for Web
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iSeries software requirements