Shawn, >From an amateur at this (since we are like 2 steps behind you in implementing asset management), you may be able to modify the PDE to look for a specific .exe in 2007 but categorize it as 2010. That way, if you relate that specific PDE to the 2010 contract, the 2007 installs will be categorized as 2010. Make sense or did I confuse it more?
Tauf Chowdhury Analyst, Service Management Office: 631.858.7765 Mobile:646.483.2779 From: Action Request System discussion list(ARSList) [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Pierson, Shawn Sent: Thursday, October 08, 2009 2:03 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Asset Management Software Licensing Issue ** Good afternoon, This may be more of a business process question than an application question, but I wanted to see if anyone out there has a solution. The scenario that causes the problem is that we have transition periods for software between version updates. The basic flow of this is: 1. We have Visio 2007 as a standard and track our licenses for 2007. 2. Visio 2010 becomes available, and we begin purchasing licenses for 2010, but because we are in a transition period, we install Visio 2007. 3. Once the transition period is complete, we upgrade all users from 2007 to 2010. This approach has a few problems, though. The first is that it makes it difficult to track owned licenses versus installations. Basically, the situation like this is what would cause the problem: 1. User A requests Visio, and he purchases and gets Visio 2007 installed. 2. Later on, User B requests Visio, and because Microsoft has made 2010 available, User B purchases Visio 2010. 3. I.T. is not yet ready to upgrade the enterprise to 2010, so they install Visio 2007 on User B's machine. 4. In Asset Management, we track our Visio 2007 licenses in one Software Contract, and our 2010 licenses in another. The 2010 users have downgrade rights to 2007, but the 2007 users do not have upgrade rights to 2010. 5. When we perform a discovery, we see that both User A and User B have Visio 2007 installed, and in our reconciliation, we appear to be out of compliance on Visio 2007 by one license, and we appear to have a free Visio 2010 license. The other problem with this is that we won't be able to quantify what we really have available when we do queries against the Software Contracts. Based on the scenario above, when a new user goes to request Visio 2010, the system will think we have a license available, when in reality it is used for User B's 2007 installation. So if anyone has any suggestions on how to deal with this, we would greatly appreciate it. We are on ITSM 7.0 so any answers of how to track these related licenses better in 7.5 will be appreciated, but not as much as things that work on 7.0. Thanks, Shawn Pierson Remedy Developer | Southern Union Private and confidential as detailed here <http://www.sug.com/disclaimers/default.htm#Mail> . If you cannot access hyperlink, please e-mail sender. _Platinum Sponsor: [email protected] ARSlist: "Where the Answers Are"_ ********************************************************************** This e-mail and its attachments may contain Forest Laboratories, Inc. proprietary information that is privileged, confidential or subject to copyright belonging to Forest Laboratories, Inc. This e-mail is intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to which it is addressed. If you are not the intended recipient of this e-mail, or the employee or agent responsible for delivering this e-mail to the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution, copying or action taken in relation to the contents of and attachments to this e-mail is strictly prohibited and may be unlawful. If you have received this e-mail in error, please notify the sender immediately and permanently delete the original and any copy of this e-mail and any printout. _______________________________________________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE or access ARSlist Archives at www.arslist.org Platinum Sponsor:[email protected] ARSlist: "Where the Answers Are"
