Or you can apply individual keys: For more information about the DS CLI, see the  IBM DS8000 Series Command-Line Interface  User’s Guide , SC27-8526. The BF license bundle needs to be installed before ranks can be formatted for FB (open  systems). The zsS license bundle needs to be installed before ranks can be formatted for  CKD (mainframe). An increase in license capacity is concurrent. A deactivation (or decrease in license capacity)  takes place only after one additional machine IML. Similar considerations apply to the license  scopes: Chapter 9. IBM DS8880 features and licensed functions  265 9.3 Licensed scope considerations dscli> applykey -key f190-1234-1234-1234-1234-5678-1234-5678 IBM.2107-75ZA571 CMUC00199I applykey: License Machine Code successfully applied to storage image  IBM.2107-75ZA571. Figure 9-16 Using the lskey command to list the installed licenses GLYPH<SM590000> The BF license and CS license are available with several license scopes, such as  ALL ,  FB ,  and  CKD .  GLYPH<SM590000> An increase in license scope, for example, changing  FB  or  CKD  to  ALL , is a concurrent  activity.  4. Verify that the keys were activated for your storage unit by running the  lskey  command, as  shown in Figure 9-16. dscli>  lskey Activation Key Authorization Level (TB) Scope ========================================================================== Base function 325 All CSM on HMC 325 All Copy services 275 All Encryption Authorization on All Global mirror (GM) 275 All High Performance FICON for System z (zHPF) on CKD I/O Priority Manager 325 All IBM HyperPAV on CKD IBM System Storage DS8000 Thin Provisioning on All IBM System Storage Easy Tier on All IBM database protection on FB IBM z/OS Distributed Data Backup on FB Metro/Global mirror (MGM) 275 All Metro mirror (MM) 275 All Operating environment (OEL) 325 All Parallel access volumes (PAV) 115 CKD Point in time copy (PTC) 275 All RMZ Resync 275 CKD Remote mirror for z/OS (RMZ) 275 CKD z-synergy services 115 CKD