Configuring your license

You must configure your license details in IBM Security QRadar® Suite Software to establish a limit in relation to your usage measurement.

Before you begin

Understand how your license works. For more information, see License options.

You must have the appropriate access to see the Licensing & usage page in QRadar Suite Software. For more information, see User access, roles, and permissions.

Procedure

  1. From the IBM Security QRadar Suite Software navigation panel, click the Menu icon.
  2. Under General settings, click Licensing & usage.
  3. Click Configure license and enter the details for your license and your organization.
    License limit
    The total number of resource units (RU) that your procurement team purchased for QRadar Suite Software.
    Managed virtual servers (MVS)
    The total number of your organization’s IT servers that are monitored by QRadar Suite Software.

Results

The license configuration bar displays the total number of resource units that you configured from your license compared with your usage. Your usage of QRadar Suite Software is monitored and calculated on an ongoing basis from the number of resource units that are used by the applications and services that you enable.

What to do next

Enable or disable applications and services according to your requirements and your license limit. You can monitor your usage, compare it with your license limit, and adjust your usage to ensure compliance with your license.

After a license is configured for an account, if the number of resource units in use is greater than the number of units set for the license limit, a warning is displayed.