HP Insight Control - Manual (Page 10)

2 Licensing
Overview
This chapter provides information about licensing servers for use with Insight Control performance
management.
In the earlier releases of performance management, servers were licensed using the License Manager
and the Unlicensed System page. Starting with the Insight Software 6.0 DVD release, procedure
for licensing the servers procedures are different from the earlier versions.
To license servers, you can use either of the following options:
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In the License Manager, license servers using the Insight Control license keys.
•
In the Managed System Setup wizard, license the servers using the Insight Control license keys.
NOTE: Starting with the Insight Software 6.0 DVD release, you don't need to go to the Unlicensed
System page to license all the servers for performance management.
Supported licenses
The Insight Control license supports all the Insight Control components including Insight Control
performance management.
Licensing preparation
Before licensing servers for performance management, verify that each server has a supported
operating system, a version of Management Agents, or/and WBEM providers installed. Also,
make sure that HP SIM reports the correct hardware and software information for each of the
servers.
For information about supported operating systems, Insight Management Agent version, and WBEM
providers version, see the HP Insight Software Support Matrix.
Licensing servers
In earlier releases of Insight Control performance management, servers were licensed using the
License Manager page and the Unlicensed System page. In this version of Insight Control
performance management, you can license servers for Performance Management using one of the
following pages:
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License Manager
•
Managed System Setup Wizard
You can license a server that meets at least one of the following conditions:
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It has a product name and operating system specified
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It is part of a supported configuration
In addition, management agents must be of a supported version. If the servers meet one of these
conditions, you follow the procedure on
“Licensing Insight Control performance management using
HP SIM license manager” (page 10) or “Licensing Insight Control performance management using
the managed system setup wizard” (page 11) .
Licensing Insight Control performance management using HP SIM license
manager
Insight Control performance management licenses can be added to the Performance Management
database and deployed on an individual server using the HP SIM License Manager.
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