Patent ID: 6959291
Filing Date: 2005-10-25
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method of managing a concurrent use software license in a logically partitioned computer, the method comprising: (a) tracking concurrent uses of a computer program across a plurality of logical partitions in the logically partitioned computer using a partition manager accessible by the plurality of logical partitions, wherein each logical partition includes an operating system resident therein, and wherein the partition manager is configured to allocate hardware resources in the logically partitioned computer, to each of the plurality of logical partitions; and (b) with a license manager resident in a first logical partition among the plurality of logical partitions, accessing the partition manager in response to a request to use the computer program in the first logical partition and selectively denying the request to use the computer program in the first logical partition if permitting the requested use would violate a concurrent use software license associated with the computer program.