Managing licenses
- View licensing information as asset licensing or resource unit licensing.
- Enable cloud discovery and determine the number of licensable cloud resources discovered (asset licensing).
- Determine the number of licensable hosts (asset licensing) or resource units (resource unit licensing) that have been discovered.
- See whether Sync for ServiceNow CMDB status is enabled.
- See whether a Storage TKU is installed, and if so, which version.
The system queries the datastore once each day to extract data and construct graphs of license usage. Each graph provides a More Detail button which shows the queries, but will also show a breakdown of the counts on the graphs. You can also:
- Download a signed license report.
- Download raw license data as CSV (zip of CSV files) to process and report on license usage according to your company practices.
- Download raw license data (zip of encrypted files) to upload it to another BMC Discovery appliance. The raw license data option is only suitable for uploading to another appliance. It is not usable for analysis in, for example, a spreadsheet.
- Upload the raw license data (zip of encrypted files) so you can choose a single consolidated appliance from which to perform your own licensing audit across all appliance license data.
- Run license data analysis. You can run this before downloading licensing reports to make sure that the licensing data is completely up to date.
- Set the current license page (resource unit or asset-based) for your BMC Discovery system.
To access the licensing details
To access the licensing details, from the main menu, click the Administration icon 
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From the Appliance section, click Licensing. The licensing page with the default view that you selected is shown. In the example below, resource unit licensing is shown. The link following the Actions menu changes the view from the current view to the other licensing type view. In this example, it is an Asset Licensing link. On an Asset licensing view, it is a Resource unit link.
The counts in the heading indicate the highest monthly average over the time shown on the graph, in this example, 13 months. When you mouse over the graph, the resource unit count for a given type, and also the raw asset count for that resource unit type.
Additionally, the elements in the chart legend enable you to show of hide the individual components.
The licensing page with the detailed resource unit view is shown in the screen below:
The licensing page with the detailed asset view is shown in the screen below:
To enable or disable cloud discovery
The Cloud Resources field at the top of the page has Enable and Disable buttons, which allow you to enable or disable cloud discovery.
- To enable cloud discovery, click the Enable button.
The system displays a dialog requiring you to confirm that you are licensed to use cloud discovery and that you have sufficient licenses to cover your usage.
If you use 'Per Asset' measurement, BMC Discovery for Multi-Cloud is a separately licensed product. By enabling Cloud Discovery, you are confirming that your organization is properly licensed for a sufficient number of Cloud Resources.
BMC Discovery for Multi-Cloud is included in 'Per Resource Unit' measurement.
- To disable cloud discovery, click the Disable button.
The system displays a confirmation dialog.
When you disable cloud discovery, no more cloud data is discovered. None of your discovered cloud data is deleted, though you must have a license that covers your past usage.
To enable or disable Sync for ServiceNow CMDB
The Sync for ServiceNow CMDB field at the headline of the page has Enable and Disable buttons which enable you to enable or disable Sync for ServiceNow CMDB.
- To enable Sync for ServiceNow CMDB, click the Enable button.
The system displays a dialog requiring you to confirm that you are licensed to use Sync for ServiceNow CMDB.
Sync for ServiceNow CMDB is a separately licensed product. By enabling Sync for ServiceNow CMDB, you are confirming that your organization is properly licensed for its use.
- To disable Sync for ServiceNow CMDB, click the Disable button.
The system displays a confirmation dialog.
When you disable Sync for ServiceNow CMDB, you can no longer use the feature.
To download a signed licensing report
You can download a digitally signed licensing report showing the current licensing status of your BMC Discovery appliance. To do so, from the Actions menu, select Download License Report. This example is a Resource Unit Licensing report:
To download licensing data
To download the raw CSV-formatted text data showing the current licensing status to produce licensing reports for your company's records:
From the Actions menu, select Download Raw License Data as CSV.
The licensing data is downloaded as a zipped archive of CSV-formatted text data.
To download the raw encrypted data to upload to another appliance:
- To download the raw encrypted data, select Download Raw License Data from the Actions menu.
From the Actions menu, select Download Raw License Data.
The licensing data is downloaded as a zipped archive of encrypted data.
To upload raw license data to another appliance
To produce a consolidated report of all licensing data from multiple appliances, upload the raw license data files downloaded from other appliances to a single appliance from which you can download consolidated versions of the license reports and data.
To upload the raw license data files:
- From the Actions menu, select Upload Raw License Data.
- From the file browser, select the downloaded zip files, and click Upload.
To set the default license type
To set the default license type for your BMC Discovery system, from the Actions menu, select set resource unit licensing as the default license type, or set asset licensing as the default license type, depending on the license type that you are viewing.