Job Management Partner 1/Asset Information Manager Administrator's Guide
By using the Software List job menu, you can search for the owned software assets for a specified software asset. For example, you can search for software assets for reasons such as to determine whether a software asset to be used has been registered or to determine the managerial group for software A.
This job can also be used to assign a retrieved software license to devices and users.
To search for a software asset and assign licenses for it, start from the Software List window, which is displayed by clicking the Software List job menu. The following figure shows the Software List window.
Figure 2-43 Software List window
The Software List window displays the search results for each group that owns the license.
To change software information, click the link of the Asset No. in the search results list and display the Software Details dialog box.
The Asset tab displays information about the software name and licenses.
Figure 2-44 Software Details dialog box (Asset tab)
You can change the information for a software asset by editing the various items for the software, and then clicking the Update button. When editing the information, items identified with a star () are mandatory. To cancel, click the Close button.
This dialog box does not allow you to change License name for a software asset that has been assigned a license. In addition, you cannot change License name for a transferred software asset.
You can specify all license information in a batch operation by using the Browse button for License name. To assign licenses, you must register the license information in advance. For details about registering licenses, see 2.4.6(2) How to specify a license name.
To accurately manage the installation destination of each owned license, correspondence is established between a device and the information used to identify the license (key information), such as the product ID and serial number. This task is not necessary if you do not manage the license assignment targets.
Licenses are allocated from the Key tab of the Software Details dialog box.
Figure 2-45 Software Details dialog box (Key tab)
License category, Number of licenses, and Number assigned display the license information set in the Asset tab. A license key is assigned according to this information.
The list also displays the registered key information. The items for which Asset No. or User ID is displayed have already been assigned. Clicking a link under Asset No. displays the Device Details dialog box that enables you to view the details about the assigned device.
Because license assignment can be registered according to the license category, you must have already registered the License category in the Asset tab of the Software Details dialog box.
To add a license key for the purpose of assigning licenses:
The following figure shows the Add License Key dialog box for specifying registration information.
Figure 2-46 Add License Key dialog box
To assign an added license key to a license target:
Figure 2-47 Target Specification dialog box
Specify Asset No. or User ID, and then click the OK button. The Target Specification dialog box closes and the license key is assigned.The following figure shows the Search Assignments dialog box after searching for the target device.
Figure 2-48 Search Assignments dialog box
You cannot change or delete license information after it has been assigned to a usage target. To change or delete such license information, you must cancel the entire assignment of the license.
The following paragraphs describe how to change the license key and assignment target that were registered when a license was assigned.
To change the registered key information, in the Software Details dialog box, in the Key tab, click the Product ID link of the key information to be changed.
In the displayed License Key Details dialog box, change applicable items and then click the Update button.
To change a license assignment:
To delete software information, in the search results list, select the check box for the software asset to be deleted, and then click the Delete button.
You can download the search results list as a CSV file. To do this, select the check box for the desired software, and then click the CSV button. The search results are downloaded as a CSV file.
The information that is downloaded includes Asset No., Software name, Software type, Number of licenses, Group name, Reg. date, Start date of use, End date of use, Status, License name, License type, Licensing method, and License category.
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