Hi what's the best way to create licensing scenarios while having a license with two alternate licensing models (e.g. per VM or per HOST) so it can be further decided which is more optimal in our environment?
I've seen here, on the forums, some custom scripts and views but wondering if there's an easier, out of the box, solution.
‎Jul 12, 2019 08:18 AM
Hi,
The STD/DC thing has been communicated repeatedly. I guess FNMS would need changes in it's reconciliation engine to make this work ootb, so no easy change. To see the positive: Flexera offers plenty options to create workarounds/automation to solve this (not every tool has these).
Regarding the second part: In such a case (or if it's even more complex), I usually do offer two options. Either:
In your specific case I tend to option 2.
Best regards,
Markward
‎Jul 15, 2019 05:02 AM
Hi,
I see two general options:
I had customers complain why FNMS couldn't optimize ootb, repeatedly. But in Flexera's defense, most optimization problems are very specific to customer's environments. While general optimization ideas can be reused, specific end results are usually not easily transferable to other environments. Also please keep in mind that such customizations need monitoring and probably additional maintenance to adjust them to environmental changes.
Best regards,
Markward
‎Jul 12, 2019 09:24 AM
Hi mfranz, thank you for your input. Actually the CIS example you shared is quite good one.
For the sake of this discussion, let's assume I do deploy only CIS STD in the environment and while having entitlements I'd like to prioritize CIS STD licenses for every host with total number of virtual OSEs LT 12 and to use DC for any host exceeding 12 VMs. You're saying that as long as it's virtually possible to be achieved all the magic has to be done outside of Flexera via custom scripting, huh?
I agree that most of those scenarios are very customer's specific but I imagined that for more ore less obvious case scenarios there'd be something to make use out of the box.
Can you advise on the best way to track license consumption if it's dependent on two factors at the same time (e.g. total number of users LT 100 and at the sime time total number of all the installations LT 200). Maximum number of installations per user won't do as in scenario I'm thinking about there's none.
‎Jul 15, 2019 02:24 AM
Hi,
The STD/DC thing has been communicated repeatedly. I guess FNMS would need changes in it's reconciliation engine to make this work ootb, so no easy change. To see the positive: Flexera offers plenty options to create workarounds/automation to solve this (not every tool has these).
Regarding the second part: In such a case (or if it's even more complex), I usually do offer two options. Either:
In your specific case I tend to option 2.
Best regards,
Markward
‎Jul 15, 2019 05:02 AM
Thanks for both.
Under what key words one can search through the knowledge base / learning center to find information on creating those custom SQL queries?
Maybe I won't apply it to this case but I'd like to analyze options for other scenarios in the future.
‎Jul 15, 2019 05:59 AM
I guess the Schema Reference may help you getting an understanding of the database structure and relations. If you are new to SQL skripting, external offers like Sololearn may help.
‎Jul 15, 2019 10:42 AM
One approach to exploring different licensing options in the scenario you've described here would be along the following lines:
Compare the results from the 2 trial runs, and use that to help guide decisions around license options.
Once you have made a decision, configure an appropriate license record with settings to reflect the actual entitlements you end up with.
‎Jul 15, 2019 09:41 PM