HP Systems Insight Manager - Manual (Page 130)

Assigning and Unassigning licenses
HP SIM enables you to assign and Un assign product licenses for plug-ins, if applicable for that
plug-in, and to assign licenses to remote target systems when licenses are managed remotely.
Remember that management processor licenses must be applied directly to the management
processor and NOT its host server. For plug-ins, when assigning licenses, note the following for
non-management processor targets:
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When a license is assigned to a system, it is not locked or consumed until the product operates
on that system.
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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.
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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 locked to that system permanently. Licenses delivered
directly to a target system that manages its own licenses cannot be unassigned (product will
provide details on when a license must be sent to a remote server). 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.
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A DLL can be assigned to a system a multiple number of times. When the licensed product
consumes a license and that license subsequently expires, a new license will be consumed
and removed from the stack of assigned licenses (if there are any and using the same license
key). For example, if seven product licenses based on the same DLL key are assigned, the
license remains valid for seven times the time interval specified in the corresponding DLL
license. Any number of the assigned licenses still assigned may be unassigned at any time.
Some products limit the use of the License Manager interface. Consequently, Manage Licenses may
be selected, however Apply or Assign/Un-assign might be disabled.
Apply Licenses
A license applied to a system is irreversible. Licenses applied to management processors are
managed by each management processor and so the policy is set by the management processor.
The license is locked to the specified system.
For management processor targets:
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When a license is assigned to a management processor, a license record is created and
stored in the License Manager database.
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If the selected management processor is already licensed, you cannot replace that license
with a new license from License Manager. You must first delete the existing license at the
management processor console and then insert the new license (directly or using License
Manger). However, Integrity MP does replace a demo key with a permanent license. If a
permanent key is already present, Integrity MP displays a message such as License already
Installed
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An assigned license cannot be unassigned from one management processor and assigned to
another management processor. Licenses delivered directly to the actual target system cannot
be unassigned because the behavior of the product operating with that license is outside the
scope of License Manager.
When assigning licenses to management processor targets, the SSH credentials for each target
must be known. When deploying licenses to remote servers, the access credentials must be known.
Remember that management processor licenses must be applied directly to the management
processor and not its host server.
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