On Thursday 17 September 2009 15:45:37 Chowdhury, Tauf wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I'm getting conflicting statements so I wanted to put it out there to
> you all.
>
>
>
> Environment in question: BMC Config Discovery (Marimba) , CMDB 2.1,
> AR7.1, iTSM 7.0.3
>
> Scenario:
>
> 1.       BMC CD discovers 20 machines that have Product X installed.
>
> 2.       AIE job runs to pull in the machine and software data.
>
>
>
> Question:
>
> Should Product X be only 1 CI that has a relationship to the 20
> machines? Or... should there be 20 instances of Product X, each with a
> relationship to it's respective machine?
>
>
>
> Has anyone had experience with this and how it relates to the license
> management functionality within Asset Management?  If so, feel free to
> reply or contact me offline. It would be much appreciated. Thanks!
>
>
>
> Tauf Chowdhury | Forest Laboratories, Inc.
>
> Analyst, Service Management
>
> Informatics-Infrastructure
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If you want to use the SAM module and the license engine functionalities, then 
you should have 20 instances of product x as certificates that are related to 
the respective machines and respective software contracts

See the AM user's guide for details

Victor

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