administrative console) that is before the SA expiration date. If you install a version of SAM which has an Effective Date that is after the SA expiration date, those licenses will no longer count. This may cause an orange warning banner to be shown saying you have more resources than licenses. Even in this situation, no functionality will be lost. The customer must then purchase version 3 licenses or revert to an older version of HP SAM.

Click the Enter New Key button to add a new key to HP SAM. Once entered, the system displays the information encoded on the key. To delete the key from the system, check the appropriate key(s), and then click Delete.

NOTE: In order to successfully enter the license key for HP SAM, the HP SAM service account must be a member of the server's Local Administrators group.

If a license message displays on the HP SAM administrative console at any time, go to this area to view the details of the license message.

Reports Tab

NOTE: You must enable history recording in System Settings > General to populate reports. Administrators are only able to see reports associated with the Asset Groups they control.

HP SAM provides three reports:

Resource Capacity Consumption Report—See the peak resource usage levels in terms of percentages and highlight if any percentage value exceeds a specified threshold value.

Resource Capacity Consumption Trend Report—See the charting of peak resource usage levels over a time period.

Resource Utilization Report—See the current status of resource usage activities. This report is also posted on the main Home tab.

Resource Capacity Consumption Report

Select the filter options and display options, and click the Generate Report button.

Filters

Time Frame (From/To)—Narrow the data to show the time period you are interested in

Role Enabled—Narrow the data to all roles that are enabled only (Yes), disabled only (No), or ignore this flag by selecting Both.

Role Public—Narrow the data to all roles that have no user access list restriction (Yes), restricted access role (No), or ignore this flag by selecting Both.

Roles—See data for the selected roles only. If you choose this option, the system narrows the selection based on your previous selections above.

HP SAM Administrative Console Tabs

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