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JP1 Version 12 JP1/IT Desktop Management 2 Overview and System Design Guide


3.1 Overview of product licenses

JP1/IT Desktop Management 2 uses the node count license method to manage the number of used licenses. This method uses one license for a managed device regardless of the type of the device. This means that as many devices as the number of licenses registered on JP1/IT Desktop Management 2 can be managed. Note that licenses are used for device management only, and not used for asset management.

Use the product edition license key file, which is provided when JP1/IT Desktop Management 2 is purchased, to register a license. If the number of used licenses matches the number of registered licenses, no more devices can be added. Therefore, register a sufficient number of licenses in advance.

If you want to manage more devices than you have registered licenses for, you need to add licenses. To add a product license, purchase a license and then register it.

When automatic registration during a search adds more management targets than there are licenses for, the devices are handled as discovered devices. Although the discovered devices are displayed in the view displayed by selecting Discovery, and then Discovered Nodes in the Settings module, they are not management targets (no licenses are used). Because the devices cannot be changed to management targets, operations such as the acquisition of device information and the judgment of the security status cannot be performed. If a managed device is changed to an exclusion target or is deleted, the number of used licenses changes.

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In a multi-boot environment, each OS is handled as a different device because information reported to the management server differs depending on the OS.

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For the number of licenses of JP1/IT Desktop Management 2, the total number of registered licenses (the total of licenses for Windows, Linux, and UNIX agents, if registered) is displayed in the License Information section in the System Summary panel. Clicking the value displayed in the License Information section displays the total number of licenses and its breakdown (for Linux and for UNIX). Note that the difference obtained by subtracting the number of licenses for UNIX and Linux from the total number of licenses includes both licenses for Windows and those for Mac OS. For example, if the total number of licenses is 150 and the number of licenses for UNIX and Linux is 50, the difference obtained by subtracting 50 from 150 (i.e., 100 licenses) includes both licenses for Windows and those for Mac OS.

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To manage the Citrix XenApp and Microsoft RDS server, in addition to licenses to manage servers, you need as many licenses as the number of accounts of users of Citrix XenApp and Microsoft RDS.

Note that you do not need to count the accounts that the administrators of the Citrix XenApp and Microsoft RDS server use as the number of accounts of users of Citrix XenApp and Microsoft RDS.

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The required number of licenses to manage shared VDI-based virtual computers is as follows:

When VMware Horizon View or the MCS (Machine Creation Services) technology provided by Citrix Virtual Desktops is used:

As many licenses as the number of virtual computers

When the PVS (Provisioning Services) technology provided by Citrix Virtual Desktops is used:

As many licenses as the number of user accounts using virtual computers