You will be asked for keys, but it shouldn’t be required to enter them. You will be reminded regularly via QSYSOPR and possibly elsewhere depending on what is used. Once the grace expires for a license, the associated product may continue to work or not.

In the past, the OS has continued to run past grace as long as the the system isn’t IPL’d. Assuming it still works that way nowadays, if an IPL is needed after that, it’s back to a scratch install.

Other products, e.g., SQL Dev Kit, will stop allowing development (though DB2 SQL function will execute).

Sorry for misunderstanding. The system will request keys. You just have some time before they’re required to be entered.

Tom

Thanks for the info.

Stephen

As long as they are keys for the serial number of the new box, there shouldn’t be any problem.

Tom

Okay, we have the keys, I was just trying to see if i should be prepared to call IBM for assistance in case we have license key errors. In the past i have always restored the opt 21 to the same box without any issues with registration.

Thanks
Stephen

Stephen

Yes.

…without it asking me for the license keys or registration?

No. (If you could, what would stop you from restoring on as many boxes as you wanted to run simultaneously?)

Tom