About certificate groups

The number of deployed licenses in the case of grouped certificates is computed at the master level. However, once the number of deployed licenses at the master level is computed, the licenses from the children certificates in the group are used based on the sequencing defined for the children certificates. When the licenses in the first certificate are fully used, the licenses are used from the next certificate in the group, based on the sequence. As a result, only the last certificate can be out of compliance.

The sequencing of children certificates is taken into account while distributing the number of deployed licenses from the master to the children. The distribution function also takes the product categorizations of the certificates into account, when distributing deployed licenses to the children certificates. This means the certificate that is last in the sequence for a product will be marked out of compliance if the number of deployments exceeds the number of purchased for that product and or certificate.

BMC recommends that site licenses, if for different sites, should not be grouped.