4.1 OpenVMS Galaxy Licensing Requirements
The following list summarizes OpenVMS Galaxy licensing
requirements:
* One OpenVMS Operating System License for a Galaxy
system
* One SMP Extension License for each CPU after the first
CPU
* One OpenVMS Galaxy License for each CPU in a Galaxy
system
* No changes to how Compaq layered products are licensed:
One capacity license per system
One user license per use
The following sections describe these requirements in more
detail.
4.1.1 OpenVMS Operating System License
When an AlphaServer system is configured as an OpenVMS
Galaxy system, there are no changes in how a system is
licensed for the OpenVMS operating system.
One OpenVMS Base License is required for the Galaxy sys-
tem, plus one SMP Extension License for each CPU after the
first CPU.
4.1.2 OpenVMS Galaxy License
In order to create and run multiple instances, one OpenVMS
Galaxy License is required for each CPU in a Galaxy system.
License rights for running a single-instance Galaxy on any
Alpha system are provided by the OpenVMS Base License.
4.1.3 OpenVMS Layered Products License
Compaq software layered products on OpenVMS Galaxy con-
figurations continue to use standard license types: Traditional,
Concurrent Use, and Personal Use.
* One Traditional capacity License will continue to li-
cense the system, regardless of the number of instances.
The license is based on the system class of the hardware
system.
* Concurrent Use Licenses will continue to license one
concurrent use of the product.
* Personal Use Licenses will continue to license one named
user on the system.