MultiSite licensing

A MultiSite license is required to access an object in a replica by a MultiSite command or GUI, by a DevOps Code ClearCase® command or GUI, or by a standard operating system command.

You calculate the number of MultiSite licenses that you need by determining how many developers will access replicated VOBs. If all developers will access these VOBs , then you need the same number of DevOps Code ClearCase MultiSite licenses as DevOps Code ClearCase licenses. If some developers will not access replicated VOBs, then you can purchase fewer MultiSite licenses.

For example, a company has two sites, with 20 developers at site A and five developers at site B. The company has three VOBs at site A; two are replicated to site B and one is not replicated. Five developers at site A access only the unreplicated VOB ; the other 15 work in all VOBs . The five developers at site B work in the replicated environment. Therefore, the company purchases the following number of licenses:


Site	Number of DevOps Code ClearCase licenses	Number of MultiSite licenses
A	20	15
B	5	5

Attention: This example assumes that you purchase one DevOps Code ClearCase license for each developer. If you have fewer DevOps Code ClearCase licenses than developers, you can purchase a proportionate number of MultiSite licenses. For example, if the company purchased three DevOps Code ClearCase licenses for site B, it would also purchase three MultiSite licenses for site B.