Setting up a per CPU constant based license

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.

The following figure shows how to set up a per CPU constant based license:

To set up a per CPU constant based 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 and 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 as Processor.
5. On the IT Home page, select Asset Management > Manage CI and create a Computer System CI.
6. On the IT Home page, select Asset Management > Manage CI and create a Processor CI. 
7. Complete the product categorization using the values in Step 4 as well as specific fields on the Specification tab (Processor Family - optional, Processor Type - required).
8. On the IT Home page, select Asset Management > Manage CI and search for the Computer System CI you created in step 5. 
9. On the Relationships tab, relate both the Product and Processor CIs as components.
10. On the IT Home page, select Contract Management > Contract Console and create a new software license contract. 
11. On the newly created software contract create a license certificate. Use the product categorization from step 2.
    Select the license type as CPU Constant Based.

12. On the IT Home page, select Administrator Console > Application Administrator Console > Custom Configuration tab > Asset Management > Advanced Options.
    The Processor Type on the Advanced options has to match the Processor Type on the Processor CI. The Software manufacturer should match the manufacturer of your Software Product CI and the Calculation Type should match the License Type.

    Important

    If you use Multiplier or Constant based license, values can be obtained from the vendor. BMC does not supply these values.

13. On the IT Home page, select Asset Management > SAM console > Manage License Jobs.
14. Create a new license job for CPU Constant Based.

15. Run the license job.
    The number deployed on the certificate will use the multiple factors from the lookup table for each processor, then sum the total.

    Example

     The value in the lookup table is 50. Two CPUs are related to a computer system CI.

    CPU1 = 50

    CPU2 = 50

    Total = 100