The Pervasive PSQL licensing components periodically verify that the key for the database engine is still valid. If a key is determined to be invalid, the key changes state from “active” to “failed validation.” The database engine functions normally for a certain number of days, called a “failed-validation period,” so that you have ample time to correct the failures. By default, the failed-validation period for Pervasive PSQL Server and Pervasive PSQL Workgroup is 14 days. The default failed-validation period for Pervasive PSQL Vx Server is 30 days.

Because you need to attend to a failed validation in a timely manner, the state change of the key is brought to your attention as soon as possible through various logging repositories. For details, see Pervasive PSQL Message Logging in Pervasive PSQL User's Guide.