HP Systems Insight Manager 5.2 Update 2 Technical Reference Guide

1. Select Deploy→License Manager.
2. Select Add New Product, and then click Manage Licenses. The Manage Licenses section appears.
3. Click Add Licenses from File. The Add Licenses from a File section appears at the bottom of the
page.
4. Enter one of the following:
• Enter the full path and file name in the Specify a file name and path field,
• click Browse.
a. The Choose file dialog box appears.
b. Navigate to the file that contains the licenses to be added.
c. When a file has been located, click Open.
5. When the full path and file name display in the Specify a file name and path field, click Open to
open the file. The contents of the license key file are displayed.
6. Click Add Now to add the keys to the database.
7. HP SIM notifies you when each key in the file was added. Click OK. If a key is invalid, an error for that
key is reported and that key is not added to the database.
Related procedures
• Collecting license information
• Managing licenses
• Assigning and unassigning licenses
• Viewing licensed systems
• Adding licenses individually
Related topics
• License manager
• System license information reporting
• About licenses
• Licensing with ProLiant Essentials applications
Assigning and unassigning licenses
HP Systems Insight Manager (HP SIM) enables you to assign and un-assign product licenses for plugins, and
to assign licenses to remote target systems when licenses are managed remotely. For plugins, when assigning
licenses, note the following for non-iLO 2 targets:
• When a license is assigned to a system, it is not bound or consumed until the product operates on that
system.
• A system can be licensed with a demo key just once. If the license expires, the only option to continue
to use the system with that product is to purchase a license. A system licensed by a demo key can be
relicensed at any time with a paid license.
• An assigned license can be unassigned from one system and assigned to another system, as long as
the product enabled by the license has not consumed the license. When a product has been used on
a system, the license is bound (locked) to that system permanently. Licenses delivered directly to the
actual target system cannot be unassigned. There is no penalty for having these licenses remain on
those systems because they are consumed on an as-needed basis. The remaining licenses can be used
elsewhere.
Some products will limit the use of the License Manager Graphical User Interface (GUI). The reason for this
is that target filtering and possibly other factors must be considered and these are not known to the HP SIM
License Manager. Consequently, Manage Licenses may be selected, however Assign/Un-assign may
be disabled.
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