Adding catalog license


This tab displays all applications or products that are part of the licensed software. It is only displayed if the catalogs of the license are selected from the Software Catalog.

In the line above the table you can define how the catalog licenses are to be included in the licensed software. You have the following choices:

  • Select all to include all listed catalog licenses in the licensed software. This means that all catalog licenses listed below must be installed on a device, otherwise this licensed software is not recognized as such and is not decounted in the license count.
  • Select any to define that if even only one of the catalog licenses below is found installed on a device, this is counted as this licensed software and is decounted in the license count.

The Catalog licenses tab displays all catalog licenses that are part of the currently selected licensed software. If the catalog license is a product, all applications that are added to this product by the vendor are then automatically added to this catalog license after the Custom Applications is updated.

It displays the following information about the catalog license:

Parameter

Description

Name

This column shows the names of all catalog licenses. A catalog license in this case is any type of software application or tool.

Version

The version number of the catalog license.

Type

The type of the catalog license.

Manufacturer

This field displays the name of the manufacturer of the respective catalog license.

Category Name

This field displays which type of application the catalog license belongs to, for example, if it is a browser, an application server software, and so on.

Edition name

This field displays the edition of the product.

License Name

This field displays the name of the license.

Adding catalog licenses from a software catalog

  1. Select Edit> Add Catalog Licenseapplication_plus.png .
    The Select Catalog licenses dialog box appears.
  2. (Optional) Check the Only Show Managed Products box to only display those products of the catalog that you have defined as managed products.
  3. (Optional) Uncheck the Only Show Managed Products box to only display those products of the catalog that were found installed on at least one device of your infrastructure.

    Information

    If you leave this option checked, you cannot provision for new software that is not yet installed on any device, as the new version or new software is not made available in the list below.

  4. Select the vendor of your catalog license from the drop-down list.
    The list of Available Catalog Licenses in the box below changes to display all available products for the chosen vendor.
  5. To select the catalog license you have the following choices:
    1. To select the complete product with all its applications check the box ( application_plus.png) of the respective product.
      The selected product is added directly to the list of Selected Catalog Licenses in the right box.
    2. To select one or more of the product's applications, click the product, then check the boxes for those of its applications ( application_plus.png) that are to be part of the catalog license.
      The selected applications are added directly to the list of Selected Catalog Licenses in the right box.

      Information

      Your catalog license can have one or more of each of the different types.

  6. Click OK to add the catalog license and close the window.

If the licensed software is already assigned to a device or group it is automatically re-evaluated.

 

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