MultiSite licensing

A MultiSite license is required to access an object in a replica by a MultiSite command or GUI, by a Rational® ClearQuest® command or GUI, or by a standard operating system command.

You calculate the number of MultiSite licenses that you need by determining how many developers will access replicated Rational ClearQuest databases. If all developers will access these databases, then you need the same number of Rational ClearQuest MultiSite licenses as Rational ClearQuest licenses. If some developers will not access replicated databases, then you can purchase fewer MultiSite licenses.

For example, a company has two sites, with 20 developers at site A and five developers at site B. The company has three Rational ClearQuest databases at site A; two are replicated to site B and one is not replicated. Five developers at site A access only the unreplicated database; the other 15 work in all databases. The five developers at site B work in the replicated environment. Therefore, the company purchases the following number of licenses:

Site	Number of Rational ClearQuest licenses	Number of MultiSite licenses
A	20	15
B	5	5

Attention: This example assumes that you purchase one Rational ClearQuest license for each developer. If you have fewer Rational ClearQuest licenses than developers, you can purchase a proportionate number of MultiSite licenses. For example, if the company purchased three Rational ClearQuest licenses for site B, it would also purchase three MultiSite licenses for site B.