Creating BMC licenses in software license management (SWLM)
In the Mid Tier interface, software license management (SWLM) uses the market version of the software product for matching software products to license certificates. The Discovery products might discover product versions by minor versions, but software license certificates generally track with a major or market version of the product.
For example, Adobe Acrobat Professional is discovered with various minor versions in BMC Helix CMDB, such as 6.1.1, 6.1.2, and 6.1.3, depending on the patch level. In the market version attribute, you can add a single version that refers to all these minor versions. For more information about setting up market versions, see Adding product model and version information in the Product Catalog.
For reference steps to create each type of licenses, see the following table:
Reference | License type description |
|---|---|
In the Mid Tier interface, the enterprise license type is a company-wide site license for the product. It counts all instances of the product associated with the license. | |
In the Mid Tier interface, the per copy license type counts the licenses deployed based on the number of users of the product. If the same user has the product installed on two computers, such as a desktop and a laptop, that user consumes one license. A user of a product is identified by a BMC_Person record related to the computer system on which the product is installed. If no users are related to the computer system on which the product is installed, the product consumes one license. For example, Customer A has two computers, a desktop, and a laptop, and has one Microsoft Office license. In this instance, one license is consumed. | |
In the Mid Tier interface, the per copy per device license type counts the number of licenses consumed based on the number of computer systems on which the product is installed. To be in compliance, the number of licenses must be equal to or less than the number of licenses purchased, and the number of copies per device must not exceed the number indicated on the license certificate. For example, if a license certificate for Product X indicates that it is licensed for two copies per device, but three copies are discovered on a single computer, then the license is out of compliance. | |
In the Mid Tier interface, the per core constant-based license type is computed based on a constant factor for each processor core. The value for each processor is then summed to determine the number of licenses consumed. | |
In the Mid Tier interface, the per core multiplier based license type is computed based on a multiplier factor for each processor core. The value for each processor is then summed to determine the number of licenses consumed. | |
In the Mid Tier interface, the per core sum based license type is based on the sum of all unique CPU cores associated with products that are associated with the certificate. | |
In the Mid Tier interface, the per CPU constant based license type is computed based on a constant factor for each processor. The value for each processor is then added to determine the number of licenses consumed. | |
In the Mid Tier interface, the per CPU multiplier based license type is computed based on a multiplier factor for each processor. The value for each processor is then summed to determine the number of licenses consumed. | |
In the Mid Tier interface, the per CPU sum based license type is based on the sum of all unique CPUs associated with products that are associated with the license certificate. | |
In the Mid Tier interface, the per instance license type is a simple count of the Software CIs in your organization. | |
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? | |
In the Mid Tier interface, the site license type recognizes the product as licensed for an entire site within the company. It can be restricted to a region, site group, or site. The site is determined by the site of the computer system on which the product is installed. This license type counts the instances of the software. The connection question for this license type could be - Enter the site. |