Setting up a per server license

In the Mid Tier  interface, the per server license type supports doing a count of the unique number of servers that a particular software title is installed on, and compares that with the total number of servers that a certificate allows from a compliance standpoint. The connection question for this license type can be - What is the server/model manufacturer? 

The following figure shows how to set up a per server license:

To set up a per server license and calculate compliance

1. In Mid Tier, on the IT Home page, select Product Catalog > Product Catalog console.
2. Create a new product catalog entry for Product Type as Software and CI Type as Product.
3. Click the Model/Version tab, enter values for the Model/Version and Market Version, and set Requires Contract to Yes.
4. On the IT Home page, select Product Catalog > Product Catalog console and create a new product catalog entry for Product Type as Hardware and CI Type = Computer System.
5. On the IT Home page, select Asset Management > Manage CI and create a new Product CI using the categorization from step 2.
6. On the IT Home page, select Asset Management > Manage CI and create a new Computer System CI (Server type) where Primary Capability is Server and Is Virtual = No.
   You will need to populate the Product Categorization for the CI from step 3. The Product Name and Manufacturer that you use on the computer system CI will be used for connection questions in your license certificate.
7. On the IT Home page, select Asset Management > Manage CI, search for the Product CI you created in step 4, and relate it to the Computer System CI with relationship as HostedSystemComponent.
8. On the IT Home page, select Contract Management > Contract Console and create a new software contract. 
9. On the newly created software contract create a license certificate. 
10. Use the product categorization from step 2.
    Select License type Per Server.
    In the connection question you will be asked for the Product Name and Manufacturer. This has to match exactly the Product Categorization for Product Name and Manufacturer on the Computer System CI. 
11. On the IT Home page, select Asset Management > SAM console > Manage License Jobs.
12. Create a license job.
13. Run the license job.
    The compliance will be determined based on the number of unique servers where the software is installed. For example, if you have three different Computer System CIs where Primary Capability = Server that have the same Product Name and Manufacturer as the License Certificate connection question and the where Product CI is related, your licenses deployed will be three.