Re: Number of Used Seats Audit

Here's is a link and a partial quote from that link
http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/iseries/v5r4/index.jsp?topic=%2Frzam8%2Frzam8userentitlements.htm

and a partial quote
An i5/OS user is a person who accesses the i5/OS operating system through
one or more connections. The user exchanges credentials (user
identifications) either directly with the operating system, or indirectly
through application or middleware software that is supported by the
operating system. On System i models that offer user entitlements, you must
acquire entitlements for the maximum number of i5/OS users who are
authenticated on the system at the same time (concurrent i5/OS users).

I also have doc called

*System i Express and i5/OS Licensing by User Frequently Asked Questions*
dated 05/2007. Here are 3 questions and answers
79. With Domino on i5/OS, users authenticate with Domino, not i5/OS. My
customer has 30 concurrent Domino users, how many i5/OS User Entitlements
are required?

30 i5/OS User Entitlements.

81. When running SAP on System i, SAP users are invisible to i5/OS. How
many i5/OS User Entitlements are required for 20 concurrent SAP users?

20 i5/OS User Entitlements
82. My customer has an application where users are invisible to i5/OS.
How many i5/OS User Entitlements are required for 50 concurrent application
users?

50 i5/OS User Entitlements

If anyone can find a link to this doc online, please share it


On Wed, Dec 14, 2011 at 9:51 AM, Nathan Andelin <nandelin@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

From: Kirk Goins
Another point a 'user' is someone who has been authenticated by
either the OS or an application that access the OS.

I hate to quibble with an otherwise good point, but a user is an
individual who authenticates against the OS, period. I've read the language
of the license and IBM doesn't bother to qualify it, so why should we?

So a System running say DOMINO where no one other than the
admins log in to the green screen, still need licensing for the number
of 'concurrent' users accessing Domino.

Actually, that may not be the case. It depends on whether the individual
or application is using IBM i authentication or not. Users could be
accessing a Web application and authenticating against a Domino database,
and not be subjected to user based licensing.

A lot of web applications running under IBM i are not subject to extra
license fees because they don't use IBM i authentication, nor do they
require IBM i Access or other client software that is subject to
entitlement.

-Nathan.

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