HP Insight Capacity Advisor Consolidation software
The HP Insight Capacity Advisor Consolidation software license allows you to collect and analyze data from systems that are planned to be consolidated. This license is only needed on managed systems that do not have a license for HP Insight Capacity Advisor software or Insight Dynamics.
License name | Licensed products | Managed systems |
HP Insight Capacity Advisor | HP Insight Capacity Advisor software | Servers running |
Consolidation software |
| Windows for Integrity, |
|
| Microsoft Windows Server, or Linux. |
Notes
•License is valid for six months after it is assigned to a system.
•Does not include license for HP Insight Virtualization Manager software. Systems with only this license will not be visible in Virtualization Manager.
Adding and applying licenses
To use a purchased license, you must first add it to the HP SIM License Manager database on the CMS, then apply the license to a specific managed system. The CMS keeps track of how many of each type of license are available to be applied to managed systems. As you apply licenses, the number of available licenses decreases.
NOTE: Unlicensed systems will not be displayed by HP Insight Virtualization Manager software. At startup, Virtualization Manager displays an alert in the toolbar if there are unlicensed systems. Clicking this alert displays the following text:
The following systems were ignored by Virtualization
Manager because they are not licensed or have an
expired license …
The licensing status of Virtual machines that are no longer associated with their VM Host cannot be determined by Insight Dynamics. In this case, the following message is displayed:
The licensing status for the following Virtual Machines could not be determined because they are not associated with a VM host. They will be ignored by Virtualization Manager …
To add and apply licenses, you must have administrative rights on the CMS and you must be authorized for the All Tools toolbox on the managed systems that you want to license. To assign administrative rights to an HP SIM user, select the Users tab under Options→Security→Users and Authorizations... and enable the “Configure CMS Security” option. To authorize users for toolboxes, use the Authorizations tab under Options→Security→Users and Authorizations....
Recommended Process: Use the managed system setup wizard
HP recommends using the Insight managed system setup wizard to add and apply licenses for Insight Dynamics. To start the managed system setup wizard, select Configure→Managed System Setup Wizard... from the HP SIM top menu. Help is available in each step of the wizard. For more information about the managed system setup wizard, see the Insight Managed System Setup Wizard Getting Started Guide.
Alternative Process: Use HP SIM License Manager
If you choose not to use the managed system setup wizard, you can use HP SIM License Manager to add and apply most types of licenses. You can also use License Manager to view the available
18 License management