VMS Help LICENSE, DELETE  *Conan The Librarian (sorry for the slow response - running on an old VAX)

    Deletes one or more licenses and all history information for
    those licenses from the License Database. Deleted licenses are no
    longer available to the system for any use.

    Format

      LICENSE DELETE  product-name[,...]

1 - Parameter

 product-name[,...]

    Name or names of products with a license to be removed from the
    License Database. You can delete only licenses that have been
    registered.

2 - Qualifiers

 2.1 - /ALL

    Positional qualifier.

    Specifies that all licenses with the given product name should
    be deleted. This qualifier affects only the product name that
    immediately precedes it in the command string.

 2.2 - /AUTHORIZATION

       /AUTHORIZATION=string

    Positional qualifier.

    Specifies a string that helps identify the license you want to
    delete. You must enter the authorization string exactly as it
    appears on your PAK. Use this optional qualifier only if you
    need it to identify the license. This qualifier affects only the
    product name that immediately precedes it in the command string.

 2.3 - /DATABASE

       /DATABASE=filespec

    Specifies the location of the License Database from which
    the license or licenses should be deleted. The default file
    specification is defined by the logical name LMF$LICENSE, which
    points to SYS$COMMON:[SYSEXE]LMF$LICENSE.LDB on an unmodified
    OpenVMS system. Use this optional qualifier only if you do not
    use the default License Database name and location.

 2.4 - /ISSUER

       /ISSUER=string

    Positional qualifier.

    Specifies the name of the company (for example, DEC) that issued
    the PAK for the product. Use this optional qualifier only if you
    need it to identify the license. This qualifier affects only the
    product name that immediately precedes it in the command string.

 2.5 - /LOG

       /LOG
       /NOLOG (default)

    Controls whether LICENSE DELETE displays the name of each license
    that it deletes.

 2.6 - /PRODUCER

       /PRODUCER=string

    Positional qualifier.

    Specifies the name of the company (for example, DEC) that owns
    the product for which you have a license. Use this optional
    qualifier only if you need it to identify the license. This
    qualifier affects only the product name that immediately precedes
    it in the command string.

 2.7 - /STATUS

       /STATUS=[(keyword)[,...]]

    Positional qualifier.

    Selects licenses to be deleted according to the product-name
    parameter specified and one or more license status keywords from
    the following list:

    o  ALL (default)-Deletes all specified licenses in the database.

    o  ACTIVE-Deletes all specified enabled licenses in the database.
       ACTIVE status means that the registered license is enabled for
       loading. For backward compatibility, the LICENSE LIST command
       identifies enabled licenses as having a status of active.

    o  DISABLED-Deletes all specified disabled licenses in the
       database.

    o  EXTINCT-Purges specified license information by deleting all
       extinct license records in the database. Extinct records are
       history records retained after a license is modified.

    o  CANCELED-Deletes all specified canceled licenses in the
       database. Note that current versions of LMF do not set license
       status to canceled. Old licenses may have this status.

    If you enter more than one keyword, separate them with commas,
    and enclose the list in parentheses. You can abbreviate each
    option to the minimum number of characters needed to uniquely
    identify it.

3 - Description

    Use LICENSE DELETE to delete licenses from the License Database.
    To tailor your command, use options to the /STATUS qualifier and
    wildcard characters in product name strings.

    File space is not released following LICENSE DELETE commands.
    For information on retrieving Record Management Services (RMS)
    file space, see the OpenVMS Record Management Utilities Reference
    Manual.

4 - Examples

    1.$ LICENSE DELETE FORTRAN

      This command deletes the Fortran license from the default
      License Database.

    2.$ LICENSE DELETE FORTRAN, COBOL, PASCAL

      This command deletes the Fortran, COBOL and Pascal licenses
      from the default License Database.

    3.$ LICENSE DELETE FORTRAN/DATABASE=MY$DISK:MYDATA.LDB

      This command deletes the Fortran license from the
      MY$DISK:MYDATA.LDB License Database.

    4.$ LICENSE DELETE FORTRAN/ISSUER=XYLASOFT

      This command deletes all licenses for the product named Fortran
      issued by XYLASOFT from the default License Database. If there
      are licenses for products named Fortran issued by companies
      other than XYLASOFT, they are not deleted.

    5.$ LICENSE DELETE */STATUS=(EXTINCT)

      This command deletes all license records with a status of
      EXTINCT from the database. This is effectively a purge of all
      historical information.