HP Matrix Operating Environment 7.1 Getting Started Guide

Alternative process: Use HP SIM License Manager

If you choose not to use the Insight managed system setup wizard, you can use the HP SIM License

Manager to add and apply most types of licenses. You can also use License Manager to view the

available and applied licenses for all products in the License Manager database. To use the License

Manager, you must have administrative rights on the CMS.

Some licenses cannot be applied through License Manager:

• Trial licenses can only be applied to managed systems by the Insight managed system setup

wizard or by the vselicense command. For information about vselicense, see “Command

reference” (page 47).

• LTUs from earlier versions of the VSE Management Software for Integrity or from the HP-UX

VSE or DC operating environments are managed using the vselicense command or the

“Scan for HP-UX Licenses” tool. For more information, see “Scan for HP-UX licenses ” (page 21).

Setting authorizations

To add and apply licenses, you must have administrative rights on the CMS and you must be

authorized for the All Tools toolbox on the managed systems that you want to license. To assign

administrative rights to an HP SIM user, select Options→Security→Users and Authorizations→User.

Select the user and click Edit. In the Edit form, select the check box for User can configure CMS

security access such as creating, modifying or removing other users. To enable the All Tools toolbox

for the user, select Options→Security→Users and Authorizations→Authorizations and click New.

In the New Authorizations form, select the user, the All Tools toolbox, and the system.

Starting the License Manager

To start License Manager, select Deploy→License Manager... from the top menu bar. This menu

selection will only be available if you have administrative rights on the CMS. Online help is available

to guide you through the use of License Manager.

The License Manager lists all the available license types from which you can choose to deploy.

Order for applying licenses—Windows CMS managed systems

For systems that will be managed by a CMS running Microsoft Windows, applying licenses in the

proper order will simplify the process and reduce errors. From the Windows CMS, apply licenses

to each managed system in the order shown for each system type:

HP BladeSystem c-Class ProLiant

Server Blade

HP iLO Advanced1.

2. VCEM (enclosure license required for logical server

management of server blades)

3. Insight Control

4. Matrix OE

HP ProLiant ML/DL/SL server HP iLO Advanced1.

2. Insight Control

3. Matrix OE

HP BladeSystem c-Class Integrity

Server Blade

VCEM (enclosure license required for logical server

management of server blades)

2. Matrix OE

Scan for HP-UX licenses

From a CMS, use the Scan for HP-UX Licenses task to perform the following functions:

Matrix OE managed system licenses 21