HP SIM V5.1 User Guide (356920-009, January 2007)

The number of Licenses Used might not equal the number of licensed systems. Some products use more

than one license to license a system.

Manage Licenses shows only the license categories that can be used. License categories with all licenses

consumed are not listed in this table. Adding the number of licenses in all categories in the Manage Licenses

table may result in a total less than the number shown in the Licenses column of the Product License

Information table.

In the Manage Licenses table, the total number of Licenses Assigned plus Licenses Used might exceed

the number of licenses shown in the Product License Information table. This happens when the license

category is oversubscribed. Systems with assigned licenses from this category might fail to be automatically

licensed when used with the corresponding product. This can occur when a category of license is assigned

to a collection of systems, and then later, the same category is applied to a different set of systems such that

the total exceeds the number of licenses in that category. Un-Assign the licenses assigned to these systems.

Assigned licenses are not bound or locked to systems, and licenses are used on a first-applied basis.

To manage licenses, select a license category and click one of the following buttons:

• Add Licenses Enter an individual license key. See “Adding licenses individually” for more

information.

• Adding Licenses from File Enter license keys from a specially formatted key file. See “Adding

licenses from a file” for more information.

• Assign Licenses Assign available licenses to systems. See “Assigning and un-assigning licenses”

for more information.

• Un-Assign Licenses Un-Assign licenses from systems. See “Assigning and un-assigning licenses”

for more information.

Related procedures

• Collecting license information

• Assigning and un-assigning licenses

• Viewing licensed systems

• Adding licenses individually

• Adding licenses from a file