HP Systems Insight Manager 5.2 Update 2 Technical Reference Guide

NOTE: Currently, the ability to un-assign licenses, for iLO or iLO for Integrity, is not supported.

Once a product executes a licensed operation on a system, the license is bound (locked) to that system.

License Manager can no longer move a license that has been applied or locked. Assigning a license to a

system is a way for the user to ensure that a particular type of license (permanent versus trial) will be

automatically consumed by the product when it is run on that system. For remote systems, licenses are

deployed to those systems but not applied or locked. Running the product on a target system locks or applies

the license. Assigning and deploying are not the same as binding. For a remote system, a deployed license

remains on the system, but is not consumed until the associated product is used. If multiple keys and

corresponding licenses are deployed to a target, only the required numbers of licenses are consumed. The

remaining licenses are unused.

Generally, when a license is applied as part of the product operation, the license is bound (locked) and can

no longer be unassigned and used elsewhere. A license deployed to a remote target cannot be recalled.

License Manager can be used to review license usage for all classes of systems, including plug-ins, remotely

managed systems, and management processors. Some products permit you to view the license usage and

status

only

using the License Manager GUI. Specific license management must be done using the tools

provided by those products.

NOTE: License input using a v0 key will fail to work. However, it is rare that you will encounter a v0 key

license. All v1 key licenses work. Both v0 and v1 keys can be collected but only v1 keys can be deployed.

To access License Manager, select Deploy→License Manager. The following information is displayed for

each licensed product:

• Product. The name of the product.

• Licenses Used. The number of licenses in use.

• Licenses (Select 'Manage Licenses' for detail). The total number of licenses in the License Manager

database for the product.

Related procedures

• Collecting license information

• Managing licenses

• Assigning and unassigning licenses

• Viewing licensed systems

• Adding licenses individually

• Adding licenses from a file