FLEXIBLE MANAGEMENT PROCESS FOR MULTIPLE ACTIVITIES EXECUTED ON PARTITIONABLE PLATFORMS OF A MULTIPLE PROCESSOR SYSTEM

A method and system for flexible management of a plurality of activities executed within at least one computer hardware resource perimeter configured at least one multicellular computer platform. The activities are executed by identifying an activity using extended serial numbers attributed to the activity, authenticating the serial number of a subsystem on which execution of the activity is authorized, verifying the extended serial numbers, and recording the extended serial numbers as activity licenses.