HP Vulnerability and Patch Manager 6.0 software Installation and Configuration Guide HP Part Number: 579548-001 Published: January 2010, First Edition

4 Licensing
The VPM Patch Agent is automatically deployed when systems are licensed to allow patches to be applied
to the systems. VPM Patch Agent updates might be acquired as part of the normal acquisition process. Agents
installed on target systems are automatically updated the next time patches are applied or validated.
Licensing using Vulnerability and Patch Manger
You can add and apply licenses from within Vulnerability and Patch Manger as a distinct step whenever a
licensed operation, such as a vulnerability scan or patch deployment, is initiated and one or more target
systems selected for the operation is unlicensed or licensed with a time-limited license. You are prompted to
license these systems to successfully complete the requested action.
The number of available licenses and the number of selected target systems not licensed or licensed with a
time-limited license are displayed. To apply licenses to these target systems:
1. If licenses are available, select any unlicensed system in the list to license, not exceeding the number
of available licenses, and click Apply License. The Apply License button is only enabled if sufficient
licenses are available to license the selected systems.
If systems listed as Unknown or Unmanaged in Systems Insight Manager are selected for licensing. HP
recommends modifying the Systems Insight Manager settings to properly identify systems before licensing.
Any unlicensed systems not licensed at this time is not included in the task.
2. If additional licenses are available, click Add Key to enter one or more new key strings, which you can
cut and paste as a single string into any one of the subfields, and click OK.
3. Click Next to continue the task.
Any selected target systems that are not licensed appear in the systems list on the license validation
page. The license page reappears, displaying the updated licensing status, each time a license is added
or applied to a system. You can change time-limited licenses to permanent licenses at this time by
selecting the system and applying a permanent license. When all selected target systems are licensed,
the process moves to the next step of the selected operation. If all target systems initially selected for
the task are licensed with permanent licenses, the license validation page does not appear.
Licensing using the Systems Insight Manager License Manager
You can use the Systems Insight Manager License Manager to manage Vulnerability and Patch Manger
licenses. All license keys seen by the License Manager display when the function starts, as well as the key
details and summary status. Select any key and a new table is displayed. Systems assigned to that key,
details about the system, and the status of the key on that system are displayed.
Adding licenses
To use Systems Insight Manager License Manager to add Vulnerability and Patch Manger licenses to the
licensing database, do the following:
1. Select Deploy→License Manager→Manage Keys.
2. Click Add Key to enter one or more new key strings, which you can cut and paste a single string into
any of the subfields.
3. Click Open.
If the license key is not valid or is a duplicate of an existing key in the database, an error message
appears, and the license key is not added to the database. The Vulnerability and Patch Manger does
not support the Systems Insight Manager License Manager File>Add Key feature.
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