HP Systems Insight Manager 5.2 Update 2 Technical Reference Guide

Related topics
• License manager
• System license information reporting
• About licenses
• Licensing with ProLiant Essentials applications
Adding licenses individually
HP Systems Insight Manager (HP SIM) enables you to add individual license keys to the License Manager
database.
NOTE: There are types of valid license keys that you might not enter directly. These include the Free
Flexible Quantity License (FFQL) type key and keys generated through normal operation of certain products.
iLO product license keys may now be added into the database as they can be deployed directly to iLO's.
To add a single key:
1. Select Deploy→License Manager.
2. Select either the product that corresponds to the license you want to add or Add New Product, and
then click Manage Licenses. The Manage Licenses section appears.
3. Click Add Licenses. The Add Licenses section appears.
4. Enter one of the following:
• The key string by typing it into the five fields as individual characters (five per field). The cursor
automatically advances to the next field when the current field is full as you enter the key code
starting from the left-most box.
• The key by pasting the entire key into one of the five input fields, for example, if you received a
key as text in an e-mail:
1. Select the complete key string, and press Ctrl + C to copy it.
2. Position the cursor in any of the five fields forming the input box, and press Ctrl + V or
right-click your mouse to paste the license key. You can also right-click to paste. If the Add
License function was selected after you copied the key, press Ctrl + V to paste the key.
The license key displays with five characters in each field.
NOTE: When pasting in the complete key, the key can be in the normal format of five
groups of five characters, with each separated by a hyphen (-), for example,
12345-67890-54321-09876-12345. There are no spaces between the characters and the
hyphens.
5. Click Open to display the license details, including the product name, license version, type, and purchase
date, and the maximum number of days the license can be used.
6. Click Add Licenses Now to add the new licenses to the database. If the licenses are added successfully,
they are listed in the Product License Information section. An error message appears if the key is
invalid, and that license information is not added to the database.
NOTE: You cannot add Integrated Lights-Out (iLO) keys with this procedure. The iLO keys must be added
directly as described in the iLO documentation.
Related procedures
• Collecting license information
• Managing licenses
• Assigning and unassigning licenses
• Viewing licensed systems
• Adding licenses from a file
364 Tools that extend management