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2 Licensing
Overview
This chapter provides information about licensing servers for use with 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 Management 6.0 DVD release, licensing
the servers procedures are different than the earlier versions.
To license servers, you can use one of the following options:
•
Use the License Manager to license servers using the Insight Control license keys.
•
Use the Managed System Setup wizard to license the servers using the Insight Control license
keys.
NOTE:
Starting with the Insight Management 6.0 DVD release, you need not 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 the 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 the 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, the procedure to license the servers is modified.
You can license servers for Performance Management using one of the following pages:
•
License Manager
•
Managed System Setup Wizard
You can license a server that meets at least one of the following conditions:
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Has a product name and operating system specified
•
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 can license the server using the License Manager page
performance management using HP SIM license manager” (page 11)
or the Managed System
Setup wizard page
“Licensing Insight Control performance management using the Managed System
.
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