Importing the license

Before you can execute any operation in Client Management you need to import your license. You should have received a license in the form of a text or xml file from the Support Team.

For more information about licenses, see the following topics:

• Available licenses for BMC Client Management

• License considerations for a super master architecture 

  Warning

  Note:

  You must install the master on the device for which you provided that data to the Support Team, because this information is used to generate the license; it is not valid for any other device.

1. Click the Global Settings node and select from its children the Licenses node in the left window pane.
2. Select Edit > Import License .
    A dialog box opens displaying the directory structure in a Windows Explorer-like format.
3. Select the file containing your license.
4. With the file selected, click Open at the bottom of the window. The information is then read from the file and displayed in the table in the right window pane as follows:

• Name
   The fields in this column display the names of the licenses.
• Count
   This number indicates how many agents the license contains (that is, on how many devices you can install clients). If you have a temporary license for testing purposes, this number is 20. For all other licenses, this field displays 1 if the license is activated (that is, purchased) or 0 if you do not have this license.
• Available
   This column indicates the number of remaining licenses. It is applicable to all functionalities with agent counts, such as the agents themselves, patch management, inventory, compliance management, software distribution and so on. It displays how many licenses are still free to be used. For all other purchased licenses this field always displays 1.
• Expiry Date
   This field is empty, if you have an unlimited license for use in your system. If the license is temporary and thus limited, this field displays the expiry date of the license, in the default format defined in the user preferences. A temporary license is valid 30 days.
• Status
   This field shows the current status of the license, which should be Valid . If you are using the test license it displays Expiring .

Now that you have installed your license and thus validated your database and console, you are ready to start working with BMC Client Management . You can proceed to installing a relay and rolling out the agent throughout your network, as detailed in the next topics.