A license key must be provided for each authorized machine on which Syncsort™ MFX, Syncsort PipeSort, Syncsort PROCSort is used. Syncsort PROCSort and Syncsort PipeSort each invoke Syncsort™ MFX, which performs the license key validation for those products.
To obtain a license key, you will need to run the SYNCCPR program. For more information, see STEP 2: Execute SYNCCPR in in Installation Procedure.
License keys for all three products can be maintained either in the SYNCMAC installation options macro or in a separate data set. To maintain the keys in SYNCMAC, use the SYNCMAC KEY option. To maintain the keys in a separate data set, specify the name of the data set in the KEYDSN option of SYNCMAC. Using a data set eliminates the need to assemble and link modules each time a key is added or replaced and avoids SMP/E involvement. The data set option is recommended for sites that have many license keys and experience frequent key changes.
The data set can also be used to tell MFX to suppress key-related warning messages. As a license nears expiration, or if there has been a change to a machine on which an MFX product is executed, WER901I and WER903I messages may be issued. If you want to suppress these messages, you can do so by using a PARMS statement in the key data set.
The SYNCMAC options KEY, KEYDSN, KEYMSG, and KEYWARN are described below.