Chapter 1
CD Contents, Licensing , Installation Profiles, and Support
The UnixWare 7 product line is a family of runtime software, development kits, and optional licenses, products, and services that enable you to tailor a system to meet your computing needs. This chapter provides the background information you need to know about this release of UnixWare 7 in order to successfully complete installation, and get help when you need it. For more information on the UnixWare 7 product family, please go to http://www.sco.com/products.
- "CD-ROM Contents"
- "Licensing Software"
- "Registration"
- "Installation Profiles"
- "Obtaining additional media"
- "SCO Global Services"
CD-ROM Contents
Release 7.1.3 includes the following software on CD-ROM. The package or set name used to manually install the indicated software or documentation using the pkgadd command is shown in parentheses in the table below, as appropriate.
Licensing Software
When you install the operating system software, you enter a license corresponding to an "Edition", a collection of software and system limits (such as number of users and processors, and amount of memory) targeted to a specific purpose. A complete list of Editions and their associated software is included below.
The installation conveniently selects the appropriate software sets, services, and packages to install based on your license, allowing you to bypass the software selection phase of the installation. If you want to customize software selection, you can use the licensed defaults as a base from which to install additional services and packages or remove those you do not need.
You can also purchase licenses that increase system limits, such as number of users, number of CPUs, and amount of memory. For information on installing these licenses, see "Using the License Manager".
Evaluation licenses
The license you enter during the installation transparently selects the correct services and packages to install on your system. If you choose to defer licensing during the installation, you will be issued a 60-day Evaluation License (see "License Editions"). If you want to continue to use the software after that time, contact your vendor to purchase a license, then use the SCOadmin License Manager to re-license the operating system. Evaluation licenses are also available for most other products on the UnixWare 7 CDs that are not covered by the operating system license. Installing a software package that requires a license without entering one generally enables a 60-day evaluation version of the package.
License Editions
To install a commercial version of any product contained in the UnixWare 7 Media Kit, you must first obtain the appropriate UnixWare 7 Edition License or License Pack (Base, Business, Data Center, Departmental, or Enterprise Edition). Your Edition License may also include an SCO Update Service Enabling License (see "SCO Update Service Enabling Licenses").
Each license consists of a license number, a license code, and possibly a license data string. The license information should be included with the media kit you obtained from your vendor, or from your vendor's web site.
If you are performing an upgrade from UnixWare 7 Release 7.1.1, you must have an Upgrade License (purchased separately). Upgrades from Open UNIX 8 Release 8.0.0 do not require an upgrade license.
The Media Kit can be used to install as many systems as you wish. Each system installed must be licensed, using either a commercial license or an evaluation license. The following table indicates which products are included with each Edition License.
The first column lists the software on each CD in the media kit that requires a license. The remaining columns indicate which Edition licenses permit use of the software in the first column. The columns correspond to an operating system Edition license according to the following legend:
60d=60-Day Evaluation
Ba=Base
Bu=Business
Dp=Department
Ent=Enterprise
Dc=DatacenterProducts and services are listed in the column on the left as they appear on the Installation CDs (CD #1, #2, and #3), the Development Kit CD, and the Skunkware CD. The values in the columns on the right indicate whether or not the product or service is available with the indicated Edition License. The following legend is used in each row to indicate the availability of the product or service for each Edition:
Y or number=Enabled with indicated edition
N=Not available with indicated edition
O=Available with purchase of an add-on licenseFor example, the row labelled Memory Support shows that a system installed with a Business Edition license is limited to 4GB of RAM. The next row, labelled Additional Memory Support, indicates that you can purchase an add-on license if you want to add more than 4GB of memory to a Business Edition system. By contrast, a system installed with a 60-day Evaluation license will support 1GB of memory only, and no add-on licenses to enable additional memory can be purchased.
Note that when you relicense a system (for example: when you apply an Enterprise Edition license to a system with a 60-day Evaluation license installed), the additional software included in the new license is not automatically installed with the new license. You will need to manually install any additional software you have licensed that is not already on the system. For example; Online Data Manager (ODM) is not licensed or installed if you specify an Evaluation license when you perform a fresh install. If you later purchase and install an Enterprise license (which includes a license for ODM), you will need to install ODM manually from CD after you install the Enterprise license.
See "Using the License Manager" for how to use the License Manager to display and enter license information on an installed system.
60d
Ba
Bu
Dp
Ent
Dc
Advanced File and Print Server
MergeTM
Reliant®HA
Other software on CD #3
60d
Ba
Bu
Dp
Ent
Dc
UnixWare Development Kit
Y
O
O
O
O
O
JavaTM Development Kit
Y
Y
Y
Y
Y
Y
GNU Developer's Tool Chain
Y
Y
Y
Y
Y
Y
Entertainment, Tools, Technology
Y
Y
Y
Y
Y
Y
SCO Update Service Enabling Licenses
The SCO Update Service provides a convenient way for you to keep your system current via access to maintenance and security updates, and optionally to early access to new product features which will be included in the next release. When you register your SCO Update Enabling License, obtain a Registration Key, and enter the information into the License Manager, you will then receive updates over the internet (or, optionally, on CD). Please go to http://www.sco.com/products for more information about the SCO Update Service, including SCO Update licensing terms and obtaining a SCO Update license.
SCO Update Service Enabling Licenses are sold either separately or bundled with an Edition License. If bundled with the Edition License, the Enabling License is part of the license information supplied during installation of the system, and will appear in the License Manager after installation. If purchased separately, use the License Manager to enter SCO Update license information (see "Licensing products").
The SCO Update Service Enabling License must be registered (see "Registration") in order to begin receiving product updates via the SCO Update Service.
Registration
Registering your system software provides these benefits:
- registering the SCO Update Service Enabling License activates the SCO Update Service on your system
- registering any license means that you'll get security bulletins and information about product updates as soon as they are available
- registering all your licenses removes non-registered software warnings displayed on the console when you start up the system or log in
Registering a product is basically a three-part process: first, you use the License Manager to get the information you need to register; second, you visit the Registration Web Site to obtain a Registration Key; then, you use the License Manager again to enter the Registration Key onto your system. See "Registering products" for the complete registration process.
Installation Profiles
During the installation procedure, you can choose to install:
License-Based Defaults
Small Footprint Server
- This choice installs services and packages based on the license you purchased and entered. Selecting this option ensures that only appropriate, fully-licensed software is installed on your system.
Full (All Packages)
- This choice installs a subset of services optimized to work well on systems with limited memory and disk capacity. It contains the base operating system and networking utilities; it does not contain graphics support.
Customize Installation
- This choice enables all services and packages available on the media that are needed by the majority of systems. Some packages (such as supplemental language extensions, multi-processor support, and some other packages) are not selected by this profile; to add these packages, you must select the Customize Installation of Packages profile.
- You decide which services and packages to load (or not load) onto the system. The defaults enabled are based on the license you enter during the installation.
If you choose Customize Installation or Full (All Packages), see "Using the License Manager" if you need to license any software after installation.
Obtaining additional media
UnixWare 7 media, including low-cost versions intended for educational and personal use, can be obtained from your local software supplier or directly from http://www.sco.com/products.
SCO Global Services
SCO Global Services provides traditional and Web-delivered services worldwide including:
Support
Education
Professional Services
Online Services
SCO Global Services works in combination with our channel partners to deliver services to SCO customers, as well as providing our unique services direct to corporate accounts and small to medium businesses. With over 20 years of experience, we have developed skills and expertise enabling us to deliver enterprise class support and services to all our partners and customers, including both standard and customized offerings. SCO Global Services are available for all SCO products.
SCO offers a broad choice of operating systems and added-value software technologies. SCO Global Services matches these choices with unrivalled services that ensure successful development, integration, roll out and maintenance of complete solutions. SCO, in conjunction with its partners, services over 2 million installed systems.
Support
SCO's award-winning Technical Support delivers service 24 hours a day, 7 days a week from its support centers around the world and is industry renowned for quality and professionalism. Technical support is available in a range of convenient standard offerings spanning from incident call packs, annual unlimited contracts through to dedicated single point of contact. A range of response times, on-site reviews, remote dial-in problem analysis, technical account management and 24x7 options are available as integrated or add-on's to these standard offerings.
SCO Support services also include access to your personalized Online Service Manager giving you access to SCO's Support Knowledge Center, account information and support activity, and proactive notification services.
With our Enterprise level of service we can construct a complete customized service offering tailored to your business needs. This can include defined engineering escalation response times for high severity issues.
Education
SCO Education provides courseware for UNIX, offering both instructor-led, self-study options and customized education courses to meet your business needs. All instructor-led courses are offered through a global channel of high-quality Authorized Education Partners. Their instructors are experienced with a variety of platforms and bring real-world expertise to the classroom. Self-study options include access to on-line mentors through eLearning and on-line course materials.
SCO Authorized Education Partners Courseware for SCO UNIX includes topics that prepare you to set up, manage, and maintain SCO UNIX networks. From basic system administration to network infrastructure and services, to enterprise administration and security, you will find the courseware you need to gain the skills required for your success.
SCO Education Services provides courseware and programs that meets the demands of busy IT professionals. Full professional certification programs for UNIX tracks leveraging industry certifications are available.
Professional Services
SCO Professional Services provides expert advice for designing and deploying IT solutions based on UNIX technologies. After more than 20 years of planning and implementing complex IT solutions, SCO has gained a reputation as industry-leading consultants with professionalism, problem-solving skills, innovative solutions, and attention to detail.
With custom engineering and small footprint system development, SCO Professional Services can accelerate the production of your solution. With our experience, we have built a set of methodologies and techniques which speed up and reduce the risks of such projects.
Server Design and Deployment
Server Replication
Application and Server Migration
Clustering Planning and Deployment
Network and Systems Management
Custom Engineering
Drivers
Embedded devices
Small Footprint
Network Architecture Design and Infrastructure
Online Services (Self-Help Support)
SCO provides extensive 24x7 Self-Help technical support services on SCO products, including installation and configuration support through an easy-to-use, single Web view. The Self-Help Web site is located at http://www.sco.com/support/self_help.html.
Other key features include access to Frequently Asked Questions, SCO Certified Hardware, licensing and registration information and support download area where supplements to SCO products are available.
For more information on SCO Global Services, visit http://www.sco.com/services/, or call:
In North America: 1-800-726-8649
In Europe, the Middle East, India, Africa and the Pacific Rim: +44(0)-1923-816344