HP Insight Dynamics 6.0 Getting Started Guide

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.
Managed systemsLicensed productsLicense name
Servers running HP-UX 11i, Microsoft
Windows for Integrity, x86–based
Microsoft Windows Server, or Linux.
HP Insight Capacity Advisor softwareHP Insight Capacity Advisor
Consolidation software
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 …
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.
If you prefer to add and apply licenses manually using the HP SIM License Manager, see the
procedures in the following sections. These procedures cannot be used to apply trial licenses for
HP Insight Dynamics - VSE suite for Integrity. Those licenses can be applied to managed systems
by the Insight managed system setup wizard or by the vselicense command. They cannot be
applied through HP SIM License Manager. For information about vselicense, see
vselicense(1M) [p. 50].
12 License management