Hi,
We are on Baan Vc with SP18. Porting set is 7.1d.11
We are planning on moving to SP20 and I believe the porting set will be upgraded to 7.1d.15.

Upto SP18, the licensing of Baan is done based on the licmon. Is it true that you HAVE to install/use BCLM to license once you upgrade to SP20 ? Will licmon no longer be used/appplicable ?

***Can we continue to use licmon after upgrading to SP20 ?

Has anyone upgraded to SP20 and not used BCLM ? (In effect not re-licensed their server again). Thanks

All help is appreciated.

LittleJohn

John,

The installation document of SP20 states that it requires portingset 7.1d.12 and that this portingset needs a SSA License manager for validation.

I guess that if you want to get support you have to fulfill this requirement.

We have changed our validation from licmon to bclm. It works fine. However keep in mind that with bclm you can't compile baan sources any longer if you don't have a source license meaning that you have to contact Infor support to debug some issues.

If you want to keep upgrading you need to do this at some time sooner or later.

Regards,
Han

Hi Han,

Thanks for the response.

Does the BCLM eventually call the licmon in the background ?
I mean, After SP20, If you were to go to licmon, does it still list all the users and give you the ability to kill them from there ? (licmon -k).
Does the licderp.exe still work ? Isnt the bentman not available anymore ?

:confused:

Thanks
LittleJohn

John,

No, it doesnot call licmon in the background, that process has gone.
Their are some new command: bclmcmd etc which you can use to retrieve information.
Bentman is still there.

If you want I can send you some screenshots to get a feeling.

Regards,

Does the BCLM eventually call the licmon in the background ?
I mean, After SP20, If you were to go to licmon, does it still list all the users and give you the ability to kill them from there ? (licmon -k).
Does the licderp.exe still work ? Isnt the bentman not available anymore ?

Hi Han,

I would really appreciate if you could send me the screenshots.
Also, Does the bclmcmd give you the option(s) to start/stop the license and kill users ?

Thanks again..
LittleJohn

Here you go-

$ BclmCmd -U
SSA(R) License Manager Command-line Management interface.
Functions:

Submit a new file to the license-server.
BclmCmd -new... <filename> [-p[roduct] <Product-ID>]
-newlic : Submit a License file.
-newdtp : Submit a Desktop file.
-newusr : Submit a User file (Product-ID required).
-newsrv : Submit a Server file (Product-ID required).

Retrieve a file from the license-server.
BclmCmd -get.... <filename> [-p[roduct] <Product-ID>] [-f]
-getlic : Retrieve a License file.
-getdtp : Retrieve a Desktop file.
-getusr : Retrieve a User file (Product-ID required).
-getsrv : Retrieve a Server file (Product-ID required).
-getpreg : Retrieve a Product Registration file.
-f[orce] : Force overwrite on local file.

Add a Desktop-name, User-name or ServerId to the license-server.
BclmCmd -adddtp <desktopName> [-r[ank] <ranking>].
BclmCmd -addusr <userName> -p[roduct] <Product-ID>
[-heavy]][-c[ount] <userCount>][-r[ank] <ranking>].
BclmCmd -addsrv <serverId> -p[roduct] <Product-ID>
[-n[ame] <serverName>][-r[ank] <ranking>].

Remove a Desktop-name, User-name or ServerId from the license-server.
BclmCmd -deldtp <desktopName>.
BclmCmd -delusr <userName> -p[roduct] <Product-ID>.
BclmCmd -delsrv <serverId> -p[roduct] <Product-ID>.

Submit a new Activation-key to the license-server.
BclmCmd -actkey <activation-key>
BclmCmd -actfile <keyfile>

Retrieve the hostId from a specific license-server.
BclmCmd -hostid <host> [-port <portNumber>] [-o <outputFile>]

Retrieve monitoring data from a specific license-server.
BclmCmd -mon... <host> [-port <portNumber>] [-o <outputFile>]
-montts : Retrieve monitoring totals.
-mondts : Retrieve monitoring details.
-monsts : Retrieve monitoring statistics.

Retrieve customer information from a specific license-server.
BclmCmd -getcus [-o <outputFile>]

Retrieve license information of a specific product.
BclmCmd -p[roduct] <Product-ID>

Register a product at the license server.
BclmCmd -register <ProductName> -p <Product-ID> [-dtplic][-cculic][-usrlic][-srvlic]
-dtplic : Register product with Named Desktop license support.
-cculic : Register product with Concurrent User license support.
-usrlic : Register product with Name User license support.
-srvlic : Register product with Server license support.

General arguments:
-set var=val : Set environment variable 'var' to 'val'.
-uUh? : Display this usage/help information message.
-v : Display version information.