Licenses: Reference

Refer to the tables below for field descriptions when you want to view or edit the details of a license purchase, or when you want to add a new license purchase in SAM on Snow Atlas.

Overview

The Overview tab shows general information on the license purchase. The tab is only available when you view the details of a license purchase.

Field label	Description
Application	The application that the license purchase applies to. Select the link to see the details of the application.
License metric	The metric for the licenses.
Default metric	The default metric for the application.
Purchase price	The purchase price of the licenses.
Quantity	The number of licenses included in the purchase.

Purchase

The Purchase tab shows information related to the license purchase.

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The fields in the table are in alphabetical order and not necessarily in the order as they appear in the user interface.

Field label	Description
Agreement	The agreement that the license purchase is part of, if any. If you want to attach a license purchase to an agreement but you cannot find that agreement when you search for it, that could be for one of the following reasons: The license purchase date is not within an agreement period and the option Include in searches where license purchase date is outside of active period is not selected for the agreement. Select Include agreements inactive on purchase date to search also among agreements that have not yet started or agreements that have expired. The agreement has not yet been created.
Application name	The application that the license purchase applies to.
Assignment type	The assignment type for the license purchase: Organization, Computer/datacenter, User, or Site.
Cross edition rights	The setting specifies whether the purchased licenses have cross edition rights or not (Yes/No). For more information, see Cross edition rights.
Cross platform rights	The setting specifies whether the purchased licenses have cross platform rights or not (Yes/No). For more information, see Cross platform rights.
Currency	The currency in which the licenses are paid. The currency does not have to correspond with the default viewing currency.
Downgrade rights	The setting specifies whether the purchased licenses have downgrade rights or not (Yes/No). For more information, see Upgrade and downgrade rights.
Include agreements inactive on purchase date	If this setting is enabled and you search for an agreement to attach the license purchase to, the search will include also agreements that have not yet started or agreements that have expired.
Invoice reference	Any reference information on the invoice.
Legal organization	The legal organization that owns the purchased licenses. The legal organization is normally the top level of the organization structure.
License has a subscription period	If this setting is enabled, the purchased licenses are subscription licenses. Information on Subscription from and Subscription to dates is also required or the license purchase is considered incomplete. For more information, see Subscription licenses.
License subscription	The subscription period. Only available for subscription licenses.
Metric	The metric of the purchased licenses.
Product description	The license details supplied by the manufacturer. This information is available when you have selected an Application name and a Stock keeping unit.
Purchase date	The date when the licenses were purchased.
Purchase price	The purchase price of the licenses.
Purchase price per license	The price for each license, that is, the purchase price divided by the number of purchased licenses.
Quantity	The number of purchased licenses. You can only edit the information for new and incomplete licenses.
Stock keeping unit (SKU)	The stock keeping unit (SKU) is the unique identifier of the purchased licenses. This information is available when you have selected an Application name.
Subscription from	The start date of the subscription period. Requires that License has a subscription period is enabled.
Subscription to	The end date of the subscription period. Requires that License has a subscription period is enabled.
Upgrade license	The setting specifies whether the purchased licenses have upgrade rights or not (Yes/No). For a license purchase with upgrade rights, the Base licenses tab appears. For more information, see Upgrade and downgrade rights.
Upgraded from	When licenses are upgraded from other licenses, you see the link Show base licenses. Select the link to show Base license details, where you can see what application or applications the licenses are upgraded from, and the upgraded quantity. Select an application name to see the details of that base license.
Upgraded to	When licenses have been used for upgrade, you see the link Show upgrades. Select the link to show Upgrades details where you can see what application or applications the licenses have been upgraded to, and the upgraded quantity. Select an application name to see the details of that license.
Vendor	The vendor of the licenses.

Maintenance and support

The Maintenance and support tab lets you register any maintenance and support periods and costs for the license purchase. The information lets you keep track of periodical costs connected to the license purchase.

You have three alternatives for adding maintenance and support periods to a license purchase:

• Add period and application upgrade rights manually.

• Use period and application upgrade rights according to an existing agreement that this license purchase has been registered as part of.

• Use application upgrade rights according to the SKU of the application and add a period manually.

If a license purchase has manually set upgrade rights and registered periods for maintenance and support, and that is changed to be according to an agreement instead, then these manually registered settings are replaced by the settings of the selected agreement.

When an agreement is updated with a new period, any license purchases that are part of that agreement will be updated regarding their maintenance and/or support periods.

Field label	Description
According to agreement	If the license purchase is part of an agreement, you have the option to use the same conditions for the maintenance and support periods. Not available when Use upgrade rights according to SKU is selected.
Use upgrade rights according to SKU	If the license purchase has a SKU with application upgrade rights, you have the option to use the same conditions for the maintenance and support periods. Not available when According to agreement is selected.
Period from	The start date of the maintenance and support period.
Period to	The end date of the maintenance and support period.
Upgrade rights	The setting specifies if the licenses have upgrade rights for the maintenance and support period or not (Yes/No). For more information, see Upgrade and downgrade rights.
Support cost	The support cost of the maintenance and support period.
Maintenance cost	The maintenance cost of the maintenance and support period.
Invoice reference	The invoice reference of the maintenance and support period.
Notes	Comments on the maintenance and support period.

Assignment

A license purchase can be assigned to specific organization nodes, a site, computers or datacenters, or users depending on the assignment type. The Assignment tab shows how the license purchase is assigned. The information on the tab is different depending on the assignment type. For more information, see Assignment types.

Organization

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When Auto allocate is enabled, the Add assignment option is not available.

Field label	Description
Auto allocate	If this setting is enabled, the licenses will be automatically allocated at each compliance calculation, and based on the actual needs in the organization. If this setting is disabled, you can manually allocate licenses to specific organization nodes.
Auto allocate license only once	If this setting is enabled, the licenses will be allocated only once and then keep that allocation.
Organization	The organization node that the licenses are assigned to.
Required	The number of licenses required for the organization node.
Quantity	The number of licenses assigned to the organization node.

Computer/datacenter

Refer to the table below for field descriptions when you want to add a license assignment of type Computer/datacenter.

Field label	Description
Types	Specifies filters for what computer or datacenter types to show in the Add computer/datacenter assignment view: Physical Shows all physical machines with the application installed and all physical machines hosting a virtual machine with the application installed. Virtual Shows all virtual machines with the application installed. Datacenter/Cluster Shows all datacenters or clusters hosting physical or virtual machines with the application installed. Select all Shows all of the above types.
More options	Specifies filters for what machines to show in the Add computer/datacenter assignment view: Show only machines hosting VMs with application installed Shows all physical machines, datacenters, and clusters hosting virtual machines with the application installed. Show only machines hosting VMs with application family installed Shows all datacenters, clusters, and physical machines hosting virtual machines with the application or an application from the same application family installed. Show only machines requiring a license Shows all machines* with the application installed, which are not compliant and require a license. (* Physical machines, physical machines hosting a virtual machine, and datacenters or clusters hosting physical or virtual machines.) Ignore use rights Shows all datacenters, clusters, and physical and virtual machines. Use this option to find and assign a license to a machine where the application is not yet installed.
Name	The name of the computer or datacenter that the licenses can be assigned to.
Organization	The organization node that the computer or datacenter belongs to.
Type	The type of the computer or datacenter: Datacenter/Cluster, Physical, or Virtual.
Processors / Cores	The number of processors and the number of cores per processor for this computer or datacenter.
VMs (Inventoried)	The total number of virtual machines hosted by this computer or datacenter, and how many of them that are inventoried.

Refer to the table below for field descriptions when you want to view a license assignment of type Computer/datacenter, or when you have added one or more computers or datacenters for a new license assignment.

Field label	Description
VM use rights	Use this list to set the VM use rights for the computer or datacenter (host): No: The host has no VM use rights. Any: Each license assigned to the host entitles the use of a limited number of virtual instances. You must also enter that number of Virtual instances. Unlimited: Each license assigned to the host entitles the use of an unlimited number of virtual instances. Fixed: For Windows Server licenses, the VM use rights are fixed according to Microsoft licensing rules and depending on edition. When the VM use rights is set to Fixed, it cannot be changed. For more information, see VM use rights.
Virtual instances	The number of virtual instances covered by their host. Requires that VM use rights is set to Any.
Name	The name of the computer or datacenter that you have selected for the license assignment.
Organization	The organization node that the computer or datacenter belongs to.
Type	The type of the computer or datacenter: Datacenter/Cluster, Physical, or Virtual.
Processors / Cores	The number of processors and the number of cores per processor for this computer or datacenter.
VMs (Inventoried)	The total number of virtual machines hosted by this computer or datacenter, and how many of them that are inventoried.
VM use rights	The VM use rights set for the computer or datacenter.
Assigned	The number of licenses that you have assigned to the computer or datacenter.
Quantity	The number of licenses that you want to assign to the computer or datacenter.

User

Field label	Description
Username	The username of the user that the license can be assigned to.
Full name	The full name of the user.
Organization	The organization node that the user belongs to.

Site

For a license assignment of type Site, you select the site on the Assignment tab.

Information

The Information tab shows general information related to the license purchase.

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The fields in the table are in alphabetical order and not necessarily in the order as they appear in the user interface.

Field label	Description
External ID	An external identity (external for SAM on Snow Atlas) for the license purchase, for example, a purchase order ID or a system ID. Note: When Check that the license external id is not already used when adding new license purchases is enabled in Settings for SAM, under License Management, this value can be used to avoid duplicate license purchase records when performing license imports.
Installation media storage	The location where the installation media is stored.
License proof location	The location where the license proof is stored.
Notes	Notes about the licenses or the license purchase.
Product description	The license details supplied by the manufacturer.
Serial numbers/license keys	Serial numbers or license keys connected to the license purchase.
Stock keeping unit (SKU)	The stock keeping unit (SKU) is the unique identifier of the purchased licenses.
Updated date	The date of the most recent update of the license purchase.
Vendor	The vendor of the licenses.

Attachments

The Attachments tab shows manually uploaded documents and links related to the license purchase. For more information, see Manage attachments.

Custom information

Custom fields can be used for storing of data that needs to be managed but does not have a pre-defined entry in SAM on Snow Atlas. The Custom information tab shows the custom fields that can be used for this license purchase.

Field label	Description
Custom field name	The name of the custom field
Value	The value set for the custom field.

Base licenses

The Base licenses tab lets you select and add base licenses. The tab is only available when Upgrade license is enabled on the Purchase tab.

Refer to the table below for field descriptions when you want to add a base license.

Field label	Description
Search within application family only (application family)	If this setting is enabled, you will only see application purchases within the same application family as the application of the license purchase you are adding.
Application name	The application that the license purchase applies to.
Quantity	The number of licenses included in the purchase.
Available licenses	The number of licenses that are available for upgrade.
Metric	The metric for the licenses.
Date of purchase	The date when the licenses were purchased.
External ID	The external identity (external for SAM on Snow Atlas) for the license purchase, for example, a purchase order ID or system ID.
Invoice reference	Any reference information on the invoice.

Refer to the table below for field descriptions when you have added one or more base licenses, and want to select how many of each you want to use for the upgrade.

Field label	Description
Application name	The application that the selected base license purchase applies to.
Metric	The metric for the selected base licenses.
Target metric	The metric for the license you want to upgrade the base license to.
Date of purchase	The date when the base licenses were purchased.
Available base licenses	The number of base licenses that are available for upgrade.
Base licenses to upgrade	The number of base licenses that you want to upgrade. Note: If the number of base licenses available for upgrade is not enough, the license purchase will be marked as incomplete when you save the license.
Upgrade quantity	The number of upgrade licenses that you are entitled to. Example: You have registered a license with the metric Installations. You want to upgrade one of the licenses to a higher version that uses the metric Number of processors. Enter the following: Base licenses to upgrade: 1 Upgrade quantity: 2