Assigning licenses in bulk

Use the Bulk assign licenses action to use Device IDs to assign an IBM MaaS360® Part Name license to devices in bulk. The following IBM MaaS360 base license parts are available: Essentials, Premier, Deluxe, Enterprise, and Management. To obtain a Device ID for a device, go to Device inventory and Customize Columns to add a Device ID to the grid. Export the device list as a CSV file that contains the devices in the Device Inventory along with the Device ID.

About this task

To view this option, the administrator account must have the Bulk license change access right.

Procedure

  1. From the License Overview page, click the View action for the MaaS360 Part Name that you want to assign licenses in bulk for. Click Bulk Edit > Bulk Assign.
    You can also access the Bulk assign licenses workflow from the License Overview page. For the specific MaaS360 Part Name, click More > Bulk Assign.
  2. Click Download to use a sample file to add the Device ID details.
  3. Add the Device ID details in the CSV file. Add the Device IDs of all the devices that you want to assign licenses to and save the file.
    The CSV file must contain a Device ID column and one row for every device that you want to assign licenses to in bulk. In each row, add the Device ID.
  4. In the Bulk assign licenses workflow, click Browse to add the CSV file.
  5. Click Upload.

Results

For the selected MaaS360 Part Name, the licenses are assigned in bulk to all Device IDs that are listed in the CSV file. The license assignment on devices is managed as follows:
  • For base bundles, the latest bulk assign license is used on the device.
  • For add-on bundles, new bundles are assigned to devices in addition to the existing license bundles that are already on the device.
Note: The existing license bundle on the device is checked for duplication of license services before the new license is assigned to devices. If services are duplicated, the existing license bundle that is duplicated is revoked and the new license bundle that is selected for bulk assignment is assigned to the device.

Example

If the Essentials Suite license is already assigned on the device and the Deluxe Suite is selected for bulk assignment, the services in the Deluxe Suite license include all services in the Essentials Suite license. Because services are duplicated, the Essentials Suite license is revoked from the device. When the license is revoked, the bulk assignment for the Deluxe Suite license is assigned to the device. The assignment status for the device is shown as a success in the Bulk License History CSV file. Go to the License Overview to review the license units that are available and the units that are used.

What to do next

You can also view the status of bulk assigned licenses at Setup > License Overview > Select the License Bundle > Bulk Edit > View History. In Bulk License History, you can view the status of the exported assignment that is listed as assign.