Software License Reservation and Release Request from BMC Service Request Management

The Software License Reservation/Release feature is installed as a part of the BMC Asset Management application. This feature can access required Software License Management information from within applications like BMC Service Request Management or using Web Services. It allows applications to release or reserve licenses using information from Software License Management.

This feature includes the following functions:

#Get License Information returns the current usage information of the selected License Certificates to the requesting application when user submits a new software license request.
#Reserve Software Licenses reserves the requested number of licenses for a user from the application request and updates the selected Software License usage counts in AST:License Certificates forms.
#Release Software Licenses releases the requested number of licenses from the application request or from the 'Reservation Details' dialog box and updates the selected Software License usage counts in AST:License Certificates forms.

Get License Information

The Get License Information function returns the current usage information about the selected License Certificates to the requesting application when the user is submitting a new software license request.

Input field values

DB field name	Field on interface form	Notes
Company	Company	Required Field
Categorization Tier 1	Categorization Tier 1	Required Field
Categorization Tier 2	Categorization Tier 2	Required Field
Categorization Tier 3	Categorization Tier 3	Required Field
Product Name	Product Name	Required Field
Manufacturer	Manufacturer	Required Field
Market Version	Market Version	Required Field
z1D Action	z1D Action	To execute this function, value = "GET_SOFTWARE_LICENSE_ID"
Reservation_Type	Reservation_Type	To execute this function, value = "Software"
z1D_Number_to_be_Reserved	Number to be Reserved	Integer Field

The following table lists the output field values:

Output field values

DB field name	Displayed on interface form	Notes
z1D_Number_Lic_Purchased	Number Purchased	Integer field to indicate number of licenses purchased for selected product/license certificate
z1D_Number_Lic_Deployed	Number Deployed	Integer field to indicate number of licenses deployed/used for selected product/license certificate
z1D_Number_Lic_Reserved	Number Reserved	Integer field to indicate number of licenses reserved for selected product/license certificate
z1D_Number_Lic_Available	Number Available	Integer field to indicate number of licenses available for selected product/license certificate
z1D_Lic Available	License Available	Selection field (Flag) to indicate if license available for reservation
z1D_ReturnCode	Return Code	Selection field with possible values Required Fields Null License Type Not Found License Type not Available License Type Available Not Enough Licenses Licenses Reserved Licenses Released Partial Licenses Available

Reserve Software Licenses

The Reserve Software Licenses function reserves the requested number of licenses for a user from the application request and updates the selected Software License usage counts in AST:License Certificates forms.

Input field values

DB field name	Field on interface form	Notes
Company	Company	Required Field
Categorization Tier 1	Categorization Tier 1	Required Field
Categorization Tier 2	Categorization Tier 2	Required Field
Categorization Tier 3	Categorization Tier 3	Required Field
Product Name	Product Name	Required Field
Manufacturer	Manufacturer	Required Field
Market Version	Market Version	Required Field
z1D Action	z1D Action	To execute this function, value = "RESERVE_SOFTWARE_LICENSE"
Reservation_Type	Reservation_Type	To execute this function, value = "Software"
z1D_Number_to_be_Reserved	Number to be Reserved	Integer Field to reserve licenses
Request ID	Request ID	Required Field. This field should have request ID from the application which requests reservation
App_Keyword	Key of App Making Reservation	Required Field. This field should have application keyword like (MAINHELPDESK). Values of this keyword should be present in SHR:SchemaNames
Reserved By	Reserved_By	Required Field. Login Name of the person making reservation

The following table lists the output field values:

Output field values

Displayed on interface form	Field on interface form	Notes
z1D_Number_Lic_Purchased	Number Purchased	Integer field to indicate number of licenses purchased for selected product/license certificate
z1D_Number_Lic_Deployed	Number Deployed	Integer field to indicate number of licenses deployed/used for selected product/license certificate
z1D_Number_Lic_Reserved	Number Reserved	Integer field to indicate number of licenses reserved for selected product/license certificate
z1D_Number_Lic_Available	Number Available	Integer field to indicate number of licenses available for selected product/license certificate
z1D_Lic Available	License Available	Selection field (Flag) to indicate if license available for reservation
z1D_ReturnCode	Return Code	Selection field with possible values Required Fields Null License Type Not Found License Type not Available License Type Available Not Enough Licenses Licenses Reserved Licenses Released Partial Licenses Available
z1D_License_Certificate_ID	License_ Certificate_ID	Returns the license certificate ID for the product reserved

Release Software Licenses

The Release Software Licenses function releases the requested number of licenses from the application request or from the 'Reservation Details' dialog box and updates the selected Software License usage counts in AST:License Certificates forms

Input field values

DB field name	Field on interface form	Notes
Company	Company	Required Field
Categorization Tier 1	Categorization Tier 1	Required Field
Categorization Tier 2	Categorization Tier 2	Required Field
Categorization Tier 3	Categorization Tier 3	Required Field
Product Name	Product Name	Required Field
Manufacturer	Manufacturer	Required Field
Market Version	Market Version	Required Field
z1D Action	z1D Action	To execute this function, value = "RELEASE_SOFTWARE_LICENSE"
Reservation_Type	Reservation_Type	To execute this function, value = "Software"
z1D_Number_to_be_Released	Number to be Released	Integer Field to release licenses
Request ID	Request ID	Required Field. This field should have request ID from the application which placed the reservation request
App_Keyword	Key of App Making Reservation	Required Field. This field should have application keyword like (MAINHELPDESK). Values of this keyword should be present in SHR:SchemaNames
Reserved By	Reserved_By	Required Field. Login Name of the person making reservation

Thed following table lists the output field values:

Output field values

Displayed on interface form	Field on interface form	Notes
z1D_Number_Lic_Purchased	Number Purchased	Integer field to indicate number of licenses purchased for selected product/license certificate
z1D_Number_Lic_Deployed	Number Deployed	Integer field to indicate number of licenses deployed/used for selected product/license certificate
z1D_Number_Lic_Reserved	Number Reserved	Integer field to indicate number of licenses reserved for selected product/license certificate
z1D_Number_Lic_Available	Number Available	Integer field to indicate number of licenses available for selected product/license certificate
z1D_Lic Available	License Available	Selection field (Flag) to indicate if license available for reservation
z1D_ReturnCode	Return Code	Selection field with possible values Required Fields Null License Type Not Found License Type not Available License Type Available Not Enough Licenses Licenses Reserved Licenses Released Partial Licenses Available
z1D_License_Certificate_ID	License_Certificate_ID	Returns the license certificate ID for the product released

Software License Reservation and Release Request from BMC Service Request Management

Get License Information

Reserve Software Licenses

Release Software Licenses

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