16.6.5 Assigning an installed software name

To assign an installed software name to a software name:

1. Specify a search condition, if necessary, and search for the software name to be changed.

   The software names satisfying the condition are retrieved.

2. Click the link of the software name to be changed.

   The Software Name Details dialog box is displayed.

   To cancel, click the Close button.

3. In the Assign tab, click the Add button.

   The Add Installed Software dialog box is displayed.

4. Search for the installed software name to be assigned.

   The system searches for the installed software names that have not been assigned to any software name.

   To cancel, click the Close button.

5. In the search results, select the check box of the installed software name to be assigned, and then click the OK button.

   The Add Installed Software dialog box closes, and the selected installed software name is added as the assigned installed software name. To add another installed software name, repeat steps 3-5.

6. Click the Close button.

   The Software Name Details dialog box closes.

The following figure shows the procedure for adding an installed software name from the Software Name Details dialog box.

Figure 16‒20: Procedure for adding an installed software name to be assigned

Once an installed software name is assigned, the corresponding software asset information cannot be deleted. To delete such software asset information, you must first release the assigned installed software name.

Assigning multiple installed software names

You can assign multiple installed software names to a single software name. In such a case, the usage count is 1 even when the software asset assigned to the same software name is installed on the same machine.

This makes license management easy, for example, when the same software is not managed by version or when downgrading is applied in the entire company.

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