Editing the license rules

You can edit the license rule while creating the software license or by editing the existing software license resource. Every license rule provides a set of configurable parameters that help to calculate the license consumption.
The three main base types that can be applied to the license rules are:
  • Per Device
    Specify the devices for installing a software product. Use this option if your licenses are consumed as per the number of installations. In this case one installation consumes one license.
    The configurable parameter for
    Per Device
    base type is the
    Authorized Devices
    filter. Use the
    Click to select…
    option to open the
    Select tree item
    dialog box for selecting an existing or customized filter.
    All installations on the devices that are not included in the defined filter are considered as
    Unauthorized
    . If a filter is not selected, then all the installations are considered as
    Authorized
    .
  • Per User
    Specify the devices for installing the software and the users that can use the installed software. Use this option if your license is consumed for every user installing the software on one or more than one device.
    The configurable parameters for
    Per User
    base type are:
    • Authorized Devices
      Use the
      Click to select…
      option to open the
      Select tree item
      dialog box for selecting an existing or customized filter.
      If
      Per User
      license type is selected and the software is installed and used on a non-specified device, then the installation is considered as an
      Unauthorized
      .
    • Authorized Users
      Use the
      Click to select…
      option to open the
      Select tree item
      dialog box for selecting an existing or customized filter.
      If
      Per User
      license type is selected and the software is installed and used on a non-specified user, then the installation is considered as an
      Unauthorized
      . If filters are not selected, then all the installations for all of the users are considered as
      Authorized
      .
    • Installations per user
      (by default this value is 1)
      Define the number of software installations per the user that count as one license (as per the license agreement).
      For example, if you set the value as 10, then a specified user can install the software on up to 10 selected devices and the installations consume one license. If the installations exceed this value, then more than one license gets consumed. From 11 to 20 installations, 2 licenses are consumed and from 21 to 30 installations, 3 licenses are consumed.
      If the
      Installations per user
      option is not selected, then all the installations per user in consumes one single license. For example, if there is 1 software installation per user, 1 license is consumed, or if there are 15 installations per user, even then 1 license is consumed.
  • Per Processor/Core
    Specify the license consumption calculated as per processor or per core. Use this option if your license consumption is calculated per processor or per core.
    The configurable parameters for Per Processor/Core base type are:
    • Calculation
      Select either Per Processor or Per Core as the base for making calculations for license consumption.
    • Affinity Adjustment table
      Define the device name, affinity, and point value for calculating the consumption of licenses.
      The number of licenses consumed by a single device is the multiplication of the Affinity number of Processors/Cores and the point value.
      Non-specified devices are considered as
      Unauthorized
      and installation of the software on
      Unauthorized
      devices is termed as unauthorized usage.
      For the calculation of licenses consumed by Unauthorized devices, point value is taken as the maximum of the entered point values and affinity is taken from the inventory information for each device.
      Use the
      Add Device
      option to select and add devices.
      As you make changes, the Entered By and Entered Date information is filled.
For more information, Creating a software license
  1. To edit an existing software license:
  2. In the Symantec Management Console, on the
    Home
    menu, click
    Service and Asset Management
    >
    Software Licensing
    .
  3. In the right-side pane, right-click the existing software license and select
    Edit
    . The
    Advanced View
    dialog box opens.
  4. Click the
    License Rule
    option to open the
    Edit License Rule
    dialog box.
  5. In the
    Edit License Rule
    dialog box, enter the required information.
    Option
    Description
    Name
    Enter the name for the license rule.
    Type
    Defines the base type for the license rule.
    Type:
    Per Device
    Specify the devices for installing a software product. Use this option if your licenses are consumed as per the number of installations. In this case one installation consumes one license.
    Type:
    Per User
    Specify the devices for installing the software and the users that can use the installed software. Use this option if your license is consumed for every user installing the software on one or more than one device.
    Type:
    Per Processor/Core
    Specify the license consumption calculated as per processor or per core. Use this option if your license consumption is calculated per processor or per core.
  6. Click
    OK
    to continue creating the software license resource.
  7. To apply the license rule changes, click
    Yes
    .
If the software product has more than one license contract, then the changes are applied to all the licenses of the current product.
You can also edit a software license from the ITMS Management Views.
To view software license information from the ITMS Management Views,