Setting up a per core constant based license

The per core constant based license type is computed based on a constant factor for each processor core. The value for each processor is then summed to determine the number of licenses consumed. The following diagram illustrates how to set up a per core constant based license: 

To set up a per core constant based license and calculate compliance

1. On the IT Home page, select Product Catalog > Product Catalog console.
2. Create a new Product Catalog entry for Product Type = Software and CI Type = Product.
3. Click the Model/Version tab and enter values for the Model/Version and Market Version, and set Requires Contract to Yes.
4. On the IT Home page, select Product Catalog > Product Catalog console, and create a new product catalog entry for Product Type = Hardware and CI Type = Processor.
5. On the IT Home page, select Asset Management > Manage CI and create a new Product CI for the product categorization in step 2.
6. On the IT Home page, select Asset Management > Manage CI and create a Computer System CI.
7. On the IT Home page, select Asset Management > Manage CI and create a Processor CI. Complete the product categorization using the values in step 4 as well as fields on the Specification tab (Processor Family - optional, Processor Type - required, Number of Cores - required).
8. On the IT Home page, select Asset Management > Manage CI and search for the Computer System CI that you created in step 6. From the Relationships tab, relate both the Product and Processor CIs as components or hosted system components.
9. On the IT Home page, select Contract Management > Contract Console and create a new software contract for your software. From the newly created software contract create a license certificate. Use the product categorization from step 2. Choose the license type Per Core Constant based.
10. On the IT Home page, select Asset Management > SAM console > Manage License Jobs.
11. Create a new license job for the Per Constant Based license.
12. On the IT Home page, select Administrator Console > Application Administrator Console > Custom Configuration tab > Asset Management > Advanced Options.

13. Open the Configure Processor Multipliers screen. Populate the value for constant based for your processor from steps 1 and 3. The Processor Type on the Advanced options has to match the Processor Type on the Processor CI. The Software manufacturer should match the manufacturer of your Software Product CI and the Calculation Type should match the License Type if using Multiplier or Constant Based. Values can be obtained from the vendors.

    Note

     BMC does not supply these values.

14. Run the license job. The Product CI is connected. \\ This number deployed on the certificate will use the value in the lookup table for each processor and then sum the total of all processors.

    Example

    The value in the lookup table is 50. Two CPUs with four cores each are related to a computer system CI. Each core is given a value of 50 and then all the values are summed. The number of licenses deployed is 400.

    CPU1: 50 + 50 + 50 + 50 = 200

    CPU2: 50 + 50 + 50 + 50 = 200

    200 + 200 = 400