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HP Systems Insight Manager Technical Reference Guide

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System License Information Reporting

»Table of Contents
»Index
»Notices
»Introduction
»Product Overview
»Getting Started
»Discovery and Identification
»Users and Authorizations
»Networking and Security
»Monitoring Systems, Clusters, and Events
»Storage Integration
»Managing with Tasks
»Tools that Extend Management
»Cluster Monitor
»Command Line Tools
»Creating New Command Line Tools
»Custom Commands
»Configuring DMI Access
»Configuring SNMP Access
»Device Ping
»Disk Thresholds
»License Manager
»About Keys
»Collecting Keys
»Collect Keys Results
»Deploying Keys
»Selecting Keys
»Deploy Key Results
»Managing Keys
»Viewing Key Database Contents
»Adding Keys From a File
»Adding Key Individually
»Viewing Key Details
System License Information Reporting
»Licensing with ProLiant Essentials Applications
»Management Processor Tools
»Managing MIBs
»Installing OpenSSH
»PMP Tools
»Removing and Restoring Tools
»Replicate Agent Settings
»RPM Package Manager
»Server Migration Pack
»System Management Homepage
»System Page
»Version Control
»Virtual Machine Management Pack
»WBEM Based Tools
»Available MSA Tools
»Partner Applications
»Reporting
»Administering Systems and Events
»Troubleshooting
»Reference Information
»Printable version
»Glossary
»Using Help
» System License Information Reporting
» Upgrade Results
» Related Procedure
» Related Topics

The System License Information Reporting feature provides a quick and efficient way to track ProLiant Essentials License Information for Integrated Lights-Out (iLO) systems. This reporting function also reports on the use of other ProLiant Essentials products based on license keys.

The iLO product must be configured to respond to license requests. This configuration page can be reached by selecting the appropriate System Page, clicking Tools & Links, and then clicking the link directed at the iLO. On the iLO, select AdministrationSNMPInsight Manager Settings. In the lower part of the page, locate the Configure Insight Manager Integration section. The Level of Data Returned must be set to Enabled or Disabled. If The Level of Data Returned is set to Disabled, the system is reported. However, the licensing state cannot be determined and the status indicates this with a message of Not Available. If The Level of Data Returned is set to Disabled, there is no license record.

If an iLO system is deleted from the management server database, the iLO licensing information saved for that system is deleted at the same time. For all other system types, such as servers, desktops, and the like, licensing information is never deleted.

In the reports for iLO, the Product Version field might be left blank. The License Key field might be blank even when that iLO does have a valid license (this occurs when the Level of Data Returned is set to Disabled). The iLO product is licensed if the License Type field is not blank. The Number of Licenses in Use field is the total usage of that license key on that particular system. With ProLiant Essentials licensing, a particular key can permit many concurrent uses of the licensed item. The Number of Licenses in Use reflects the use of that key on that system.

Run discovery to retrieve license information from iLO systems before running the System License Information report, or expect to see keys for iLO in the License Manager - Manage Keys summary table. Refer to Discovery and Identification - Configuring Automatic Discovery for more information.

For the iLO product, the Product Version is left blank.

Reported license information is also collected from License Manager for all systems known to HP Systems Insight Manager (HP SIM) and from which License Manager has collected keys.

Only a user with full-configuration-rights has access to the license key. When running a report, this column is not shown to a user with limited or no configuration rights. When creating a report configuration, users with limited or no configuration rights cannot see or choose the License Key column.

System License Information Reporting

The System License Information report provides a summary on the details and distribution of licenses.

  • System Name

  • License Key

  • Number of Licenses Purchased

  • Number of Licenses in Use

  • Key Version

  • Product Name

  • Product Version

  • License Type

  • License Date

  • License Expiration Date (DEMO key only)

  • Status

Refer to System Reporting - Reporting Views, R_DeviceLicenseInfo, for specific field information.

Upgrade Results

During upgrade, all report configurations are examined, and the iLO Licensing report items in those report configurations are mapped to the new System License Information report items. If the iLO report item of License Key is found in a report configuration in the old database, that report configuration is copied over to the new database, and the report configuration now refers to the new License Key. At the same time, the report items Number of Licenses Purchased and Product Name are inserted into the copied report configuration.

Related Procedure

» Reporting - System Reporting
» License Manager - Collecting Keys
» License Manager - Deploying Keys
» License Manager - Managing Keys

Related Topics

» HP Systems Insight Manager Technical Reference Guide - Reporting
» System Reporting - Reporting Views
» Reporting - System Reporting