License types
After the evaluation period, you must acquire agent licenses before you can use all product features. There are two types of licenses, that is, license for typical agents and license for z/OS agents.
If you are using a license monitoring tool, you must ensure that agents are connected to the server so that the correct license usage is reported. The agents get their license type from the connection to the HCL Launch server. Therefore, if the agents cannot connect to the HCL Launch server, the .swidtag files in the agent directory might be incorrect, and as a result, the license usage reports from the license monitoring might not reflect actual usage. Check firewalls and other agent connectivity issues to be sure that licenses are available and accurately accounted for.
The following license types are available.
Licensing for agents
HCL Launch agents require a license in order to be used to run deployment or import build artifacts. Note that the HCL Launch server does not require any licenses in order to connect to and interact with the Web UI.You must configure HCL Launch to
connect to license server that contains the Authorized
licenses.
Licenses are applied to agents via the Web UI, or the server can be configured to
automatically apply licenses to unlicensed agents as they connect. For information
about how to apply licenses, see Applying HCL licenses to agents.
The licenses are released when the agents are deleted.
Licensing for z/OS® agents
Agents on z/OS® use different licensing than agents on distributed systems. However, the z/Linux™ agents use the same licensing as agents on distributed systems. Each agent requires a license, even if multiple agents are running on a single logical partition (LPAR). One agent is required on each environment, even if the environments are on a single z/OS sysplex.To run deployments, agents on z/OS® must have the Authorized
zos
license.