Licensing

About Licensing

Before you can run Tidal Automation, you need to make sure that your TA components are licensed. This topic is covered in the Tidal Automation Installation Guide in these chapters:

• Installation Overview – See the Obtaining the Software section for a list of TA software packages and which components require licenses.

• TA Licensing – Describes the license types and how to license a component using the TA Web.

Registered License Dialog

The Registered License dialog displays by selecting Activities>Registered License. This dialog contains these elements:

• Company Name – Your company name. The company name used here appears in all Scheduler reports. If you have a demo license, this text field displays Demonstration Copy.

• Master License Tab

• Licensed Agents Tab

Master License Tab

This tab displays the information about the Master:

• Company Name – Your company name. No company name displays if you have a demo license. The company name displayed here is used in all TA reports.

• Master License for Machine – The licensed Master machine name.

• Serial Number – The unique identification number of the Master machine.

• Operating System – The operating system of the TA Master machine.

• Database – The type of database used. This field will show either Oracle or Microsoft SQL Server.

• Expiration – The license’s expiration date. You may need to renew your license before the expiration date.

• Options – Displays added purchased software options that complement TA (e.g. fault tolerance).

• Connections – Contains the available connections associated with the license.

Licensed Agents Tab

The Licensed Agents tab displays information about the agents licensed to work with the Master.

Note: Only non-floating agents are displayed on the Licensed Agents tab. If your license has a floating agent provision, you can define your own agents, but the Licensed Agents tab displays no information.

This tab displays the information about the agents:

• Agent – The machine name for the licensed agent.

• Serial – The serial number of the licensed agent.

• Floating – Specifies if the license is floating or not.

• Operating System – The operating system type of the licensed agent. TA supports MVS, z/OS, OS/400, Windows and Unix platforms.

• Expiration – The license’s expiration date. You may need to renew your license before the expiration date.

• Max Jobs – The maximum number of jobs that you can run on the agent concurrently. You can configure a lower value for the agent from the Connections pane, but this value cannot exceed your licensed value.

• Jobs – Displays the current count of jobs, tracking the number of jobs to enforce the license restriction on an agent as shown in the Max Jobs column.

• CPU – The number of CPUs on an agent machine. If the number of CPUs on a machine exceeds the authorized number, the Master disables the agent connection and logs a licensing error. The licensing discrepancy must be resolved by contacting the Licensing Administrator before the agent connection can be re-established.

  Note: Regulatory: Restart the Client Manager after a new license has been loaded.