Tracking license usage of your environment

Use the License Tracking utility to generate license usage reports (XML and HTML formats). These reports provide the count of managed services and average number of server endpoints that are currently consumed in your environment. You can then compare these numbers with the numbers that you are entitled to use based on your license.

All system entities, including the Unassigned and Dismissed entities are counted. To exclude the entities from the Unassigned and Dismissed folder in the reports, you need to purge the entities. Systems in the report are considered as Active if metrics have been populated in the last 2 days (last activity). For details, see Enabling-automatic-dismissal-and-purging-of-systems-and-business-drivers.



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Tracking license usage for TrueSight Cloud Cost Control

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Overview

The license summary for TrueSight Capacity Optimization for Servers provides the following details:

  • Overall average number of managed servers
  • Overall average number of managed servers that are distinct by name
  • Average number of managed servers imported from Capacity Agents
  • Average number of managed servers imported from Capacity Agents that are distinct by name
  • Overall number of managed network devices
  • Overall number of managed ports
  • Total number of licenses for serverless assets

If you have installed the BMC License Usage Collection Utility, you can enter the host name and port number to connect to the TrueSight Capacity Optimizationserver and generate the license summary. The BMC License Usage Collection Utility uses the License Utility API in the backend. For more information, see the following topics:

Workflow for using the License Tracking utility

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Restrictions in the license summary

The following restrictions are applicable in the license summary:

  • The license summary counts only distributed (not mainframe related) entities according to the managed systems, even when the “BMC TrueSight Capacity Optimization for Mainframe” add-on is installed. 
  • The license summary does not support tracking of the number of CPU sockets, which can represent the Unit of Measure used for your TrueSight Capacity Optimization license entitlement. The number of CPU sockets is usually not a configuration metric provided by the data sources integrated by TrueSight Capacity Optimization.
  • The license summary counts the TrueSight Cloud Cost Control entities as well. If you have not installed TrueSight Cloud Cost Control, ignore this count from the licensing report.

To generate a license report 

  1. Log on to the TrueSight Capacity Optimization console.
  2. In Administration > SYSTEM > Maintenance, select the Maintenance Activities tab.
    A table with maintenance activities are listed.
  3. In the row for the License Tracking utility, click run_icon_new.png.
    The Overview page of Run: License Tracking is displayed.
  4. Click Next.
    The Hosts selection page of Run: License Tracking is displayed.
  5. Select the required hosts and click Proceed.
    The License Tracking utility runs and generates the license report. The Maintenance page refreshes and the License Tracking record in the table displays an updated execution date and status. 
  6. To access the report:
    1. Ensure that the status of the License Tracking record shows ENDED. 
    2. Click  view_logs_new.png to view the the deployment log. In the Deployment logs for the License Tracking utility, click download.png. to download a zip file that contains the license.xml and license.html summary files and other detailed report files.

Sample license reports

Sample license report in XML format
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<bmc_license_xml_report xsi:noNamespaceSchemaLocation="LicenseDataXMLSimplifiedSample.xsd" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
-<entry>
-<field_value>
<name>AuditCount</name>
<value>5381</value>
</field_value>
-<field_value>
<name>Host</name>
<value>xxx.bmc.com</value>
</field_value>
-<field_value>
<name>LicenseChecksum</name>
<value>1712085241</value>
</field_value>
-<field_value>
<name>LicenseDescription</name>
<value>Overall number of managed servers</value>
</field_value>
-<field_value>
<name>LicenseRequestedFrom</name>
<value>1531765800000</value>
</field_value>
-<field_value>
<name>LicenseRequestedTo</name>
<value>1584297000000</value>
</field_value>
-<field_value>
<name>LicenseType</name>
<value>20</value>
</field_value>
-<field_value>
<name>ProductName</name>
<value>TrueSight Capacity Optimizer for Servers</value>
</field_value>
-<field_value>
<name>ProductVersion</name>
<value>20.05.00</value>
</field_value>
-<field_value>
<name>ReportDate</name>
<value>1584333189096</value>
</field_value>
-<field_value>
<name>SuiteName</name>
<value>TrueSight Capacity Optimization</value>
</field_value>
</entry>
-<entry>
-<field_value>
<name>AuditCount</name>
<value>4660</value>
</field_value>
-<field_value>
<name>Host</name>
<value>xxx.bmc.com</value>
</field_value>
-<field_value>
<name>LicenseChecksum</name>
<value>345612317</value>
</field_value>
-<field_value>
<name>LicenseDescription</name>
<value>Overall number of managed servers - distinct by name</value>
</field_value>
-<field_value>
<name>LicenseRequestedFrom</name>
<value>1531765800000</value>
</field_value>
-<field_value>
<name>LicenseRequestedTo</name>
<value>1584297000000</value>
</field_value>
-<field_value>
<name>LicenseType</name>
<value>20</value>
</field_value>
-<field_value>
<name>ProductName</name>
<value>TrueSight Capacity Optimizer for Servers</value>
</field_value>
-<field_value>
<name>ProductVersion</name>
<value>20.05.00</value>
</field_value>
-<field_value>
<name>ReportDate</name>
<value>1584333189096</value>
</field_value>
-<field_value>
<name>SuiteName</name>
<value>TrueSight Capacity Optimization</value>
</field_value>
</entry>
-<entry>
-<field_value>
<name>AuditCount</name>
<value>596</value>
</field_value>
-<field_value>
<name>Host</name>
<value>xxx.bmc.com</value>
</field_value>
-<field_value>
<name>LicenseChecksum</name>
<value>342637666</value>
</field_value>
-<field_value>
<name>LicenseDescription</name>
<value>Number of managed servers imported from Capacity Agents</value>
</field_value>
-<field_value>
<name>LicenseRequestedFrom</name>
<value>1531765800000</value>
</field_value>
-<field_value>
<name>LicenseRequestedTo</name>
<value>1584297000000</value>
</field_value>
-<field_value>
<name>LicenseType</name>
<value>20</value>
</field_value>
-<field_value>
<name>ProductName</name>
<value>TrueSight Capacity Optimizer for Servers [Capacity Agents]</value>
</field_value>
-<field_value>
<name>ProductVersion</name>
<value>20.05.00</value>
</field_value>
-<field_value>
<name>ReportDate</name>
<value>1584333189096</value>
</field_value>
-<field_value>
<name>SuiteName</name>
<value>TrueSight Capacity Optimization</value>
</field_value>
</entry>
-<entry>
-<field_value>
<name>AuditCount</name>
<value>577</value>
</field_value>
-<field_value>
<name>Host</name>
<value>xxx.bmc.com</value>
</field_value>
-<field_value>
<name>LicenseChecksum</name>
<value>1880717669</value>
</field_value>
-<field_value>
<name>LicenseDescription</name>
<value>Number of managed servers imported from Capacity Agents - distinct by name</value>
</field_value>
-<field_value>
<name>LicenseRequestedFrom</name>
<value>1531765800000</value>
</field_value>
-<field_value>
<name>LicenseRequestedTo</name>
<value>1584297000000</value>
</field_value>
-<field_value>
<name>LicenseType</name>
<value>20</value>
</field_value>
-<field_value>
<name>ProductName</name>
<value>TrueSight Capacity Optimizer for Servers [Capacity Agents]</value>
</field_value>
-<field_value>
<name>ProductVersion</name>
<value>20.05.00</value>
</field_value>
-<field_value>
<name>ReportDate</name>
<value>1584333189096</value>
</field_value>
-<field_value>
<name>SuiteName</name>
<value>TrueSight Capacity Optimization</value>
</field_value>
</entry>
-<entry>
-<field_value>
<name>AuditCount</name>
<value>0</value>
</field_value>
-<field_value>
<name>Host</name>
<value>vl-pun-bco-qa19.bmc.com</value>
</field_value>
-<field_value>
<name>LicenseChecksum</name>
<value>2120698849</value>
</field_value>
-<field_value>
<name>LicenseDescription</name>
<value>Average number of Serverless Assets</value>
</field_value>
-<field_value>
<name>LicenseRequestedFrom</name>
<value>1583001000000</value>
</field_value>
-<field_value>
<name>LicenseRequestedTo</name>
<value>1584297000000</value>
</field_value>
-<field_value>
<name>LicenseType</name>
<value>20</value>
</field_value>
-<field_value>
<name>ProductName</name>
<value>TrueSight Capacity Optimizer for Serverless Assets</value>
</field_value>
-<field_value>
<name>ProductVersion</name>
<value>20.05.00</value>
</field_value>
-<field_value>
<name>ReportDate</name>
<value>1584333189096</value>
</field_value>
-<field_value>
<name>SuiteName</name>
<value>TrueSight Capacity Optimization</value>
</field_value>
</entry>
-<entry>
-<field_value>
<name>AuditCount</name>
<value>0</value>
</field_value>
-<field_value>
<name>Host</name>
<value>xxx.bmc.com</value>
</field_value>
-<field_value>
<name>LicenseChecksum</name>
<value>1597045343</value>
</field_value>
-<field_value>
<name>LicenseDescription</name>
<value>Overall number of managed network devices</value>
</field_value>
-<field_value>
<name>LicenseRequestedFrom</name>
<value>1531765800000</value>
</field_value>
-<field_value>
<name>LicenseRequestedTo</name>
<value>1584297000000</value>
</field_value>
-<field_value>
<name>LicenseType</name>
<value>20</value>
</field_value>
-<field_value>
<name>ProductName</name>
<value>TrueSight Capacity Optimizer for Network</value>
</field_value>
-<field_value>
<name>ProductVersion</name>
<value>20.05.00</value>
</field_value>
-<field_value>
<name>ReportDate</name>
<value>1584333189096</value>
</field_value>
-<field_value>
<name>SuiteName</name>
<value>TrueSight Capacity Optimization</value>
</field_value>
</entry>
-<entry>
-<field_value>
<name>AuditCount</name>
<value>0</value>
</field_value>
-<field_value>
<name>Host</name>
<value>xxx.bmc.com</value>
</field_value>
-<field_value>
<name>LicenseChecksum</name>
<value>2036709750</value>
</field_value>
-<field_value>
<name>LicenseDescription</name>
<value>Overall number of managed ports</value>
</field_value>
-<field_value>
<name>LicenseRequestedFrom</name>
<value>1531765800000</value>
</field_value>
-<field_value>
<name>LicenseRequestedTo</name>
<value>1584297000000</value>
</field_value>
-<field_value>
<name>LicenseType</name>
<value>20</value>
</field_value>
-<field_value>
<name>ProductName</name>
<value>TrueSight Capacity Optimizer for Storage</value>
</field_value>
-<field_value>
<name>ProductVersion</name>
<value>20.05.00</value>
</field_value>
-<field_value>
<name>ReportDate</name>
<value>1584333189096</value>
</field_value>
-<field_value>
<name>SuiteName</name>
<value>TrueSight Capacity Optimization</value>
</field_value>
</entry>
-<entry>
-<field_value>
<name>AuditCount</name>
<value>1497</value>
</field_value>
-<field_value>
<name>Host</name>
<value>xxx.bmc.com</value>
</field_value>
-<field_value>
<name>LicenseChecksum</name>
<value>10045064</value>
</field_value>
-<field_value>
<name>LicenseDescription</name>
<value>Average number of server endpoints</value>
</field_value>
-<field_value>
<name>LicenseRequestedFrom</name>
<value>1551378600000</value>
</field_value>
-<field_value>
<name>LicenseRequestedTo</name>
<value>1584297000000</value>
</field_value>
-<field_value>
<name>LicenseType</name>
<value>20</value>
</field_value>
-<field_value>
<name>ProductName</name>
<value>TrueSight Cloud Cost Control</value>
</field_value>
-<field_value>
<name>ProductVersion</name>
<value>20.05.00</value>
</field_value>
-<field_value>
<name>ReportDate</name>
<value>1584333189096</value>
</field_value>
-<field_value>
<name>SuiteName</name>
<value>TrueSight Cloud Cost Control</value>
</field_value>
</entry>
-<entry>
-<field_value>
<name>AuditCount</name>
<value>1264</value>
</field_value>
-<field_value>
<name>Host</name>
<value>xxx.bmc.com</value>
</field_value>
-<field_value>
<name>LicenseChecksum</name>
<value>875904354</value>
</field_value>
-<field_value>
<name>LicenseDescription</name>
<value>Average number of server endpoints - distinct by name</value>
</field_value>
-<field_value>
<name>LicenseRequestedFrom</name>
<value>1551378600000</value>
</field_value>
-<field_value>
<name>LicenseRequestedTo</name>
<value>1584297000000</value>
</field_value>
-<field_value>
<name>LicenseType</name>
<value>20</value>
</field_value>
-<field_value>
<name>ProductName</name>
<value>TrueSight Cloud Cost Control</value>
</field_value>
-<field_value>
<name>ProductVersion</name>
<value>20.05.00</value>
</field_value>
-<field_value>
<name>ReportDate</name>
<value>1584333189096</value>
</field_value>
-<field_value>
<name>SuiteName</name>
<value>TrueSight Cloud Cost Control</value>
</field_value>
</entry>
</bmc_license_xml_report>
Sample license report in HTML format

2008licensereport_html.png

 

 

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