topic Re: Informix License Number Viewing in Operating System - HP-UX

Informix License Number Viewing

nibble — Thu, 09 Oct 2003 02:11:21 GMT

guys, how can i view the contract/license number of our informix dbase? its installed in an UX 11.00 box...

thanks

Re: Informix License Number Viewing

T G Manikandan — Thu, 09 Oct 2003 02:23:28 GMT

you can view this in the
INFORMIXDIR/logs/online.log

The logs are updated when the server is started up!

Re: Informix License Number Viewing

Keith Bevan_1 — Thu, 09 Oct 2003 07:19:43 GMT

Check in the product installation directory for the following file hidden file:-

/etc/.snfile

IT has the Informix Versions and Serial Keys.

Your default install location is normally /usr/informix so the 1st place to look is in /usr/informix/etc/.snfile, and if its not in there then you can search for the .snfile

Keith

Re: Informix License Number Viewing

Rainer von Bongartz — Thu, 09 Oct 2003 07:50:14 GMT

Look at $INFDORMIXDIR/etc/.snfile

Interestingly the will be no serial number for the new 9.40 release in .snfiles it says

Informix Dynamic Server Serial Number AAA#B000000

Regards
Rainer

Re: Informix License Number Viewing

T G Manikandan — Thu, 09 Oct 2003 07:57:15 GMT

Roiner,
Last week i had a eval copy downloaded from the informix site.
I have the same serial number as yours.

Not sure whether this points to eval copy.

Is yours a licensed one!

Re: Informix License Number Viewing

Rainer von Bongartz — Thu, 09 Oct 2003 08:30:59 GMT

Yes it's a licensed copy.

The same number was printed on the license sheet and the installation script never asked me for a
Serial number and key.

Regards
Rainer

Re: Informix License Number Viewing

Sam Gentsch — Wed, 05 Jan 2005 09:22:10 GMT

I talked to IDS support, apparently this is the new IBM licensing schema, the guy said that all the new products will no longer ask for Serial/key.