Lesson 3: Managing software and generating audit snapshots per computer group

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Available from 9.2.2.

After you create computer groups in License Metric Tool, you can classify software and generate audit snapshot separately for each computer group.

Procedure

  1. Log in to License Metric Tool.
    • If software in all computer groups is managed by one person, log in as the user that has access to all computer groups, for example the Administrator.
    • If software in each group is managed by a different person, log in as the user with access only to the computer group that represents the HR department.
  2. If you have a file with part numbers related to the software that is installed in this department, upload the file.
    1. Click Reports > Computer Groups.
    2. Select the computer group for which you want to upload the part numbers. In this case, select HR.
    3. In the upper left corner, choose Products & Metrics.
    4. Click Import Part Numbers, browse for the file with part numbers, and click Import.
  3. To classify the software, click Reports > Software Classification. The panel contains software from all computer groups to which the user that you used to log in has access. Assign each component to a product, exclude, or suppress the instances that should not be included in the metric calculation, and confirm your actions. For more information, see: Software classification.
  4. When you finish classifying the software, generate the audit snapshot for this department.
    • If you logged in as a user with access to multiple computer groups, open the Computer Groups report, and click the computer group that represents the HR department. Then, in the upper left corner, choose All Metrics.

      The report that opens contains information only about software that is installed on the computers in the HR department. Click Audit Snapshot. Provide a comment to the generated snapshot and upload any related files. Then, click Generate.

    • If you logged in as a user with access only to the computer group that represents the HR department, go to ReportsAll Metrics, and click Audit Snapshot. Provide a comment to the generated snapshot and upload any related files. Then, click Generate.

Results

You generated the audit snapshot with information about subcapacity utilization in the HR department.

What to do next

Classify software and generate audit snapshots for the remaining departments.