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HPOM Licenses

To get the current status of licenging one should use command ovolicense -r -p  HPOM

[0]root@HPOM_prim:~ # ovolicense -r -p  HPOM
HP Operations Manager License status report of Thu Feb  2 15:35:36 2012
=======================================================================

HP Operations Manager Server Information:
=========================================
Product Name       : HP Operations Manager for Unix
Version            : 09.00.250
Patch Level        : 09.00.250
Management server  : nti106
Total of mgd nodes : 190

HP Operations Manager License Summary:
======================================

Agent licenses
---------------------------------------------------------
  Installed Licenses      : 201
  Used Licenses           : 185
  Available Licenses      : 16

The HPOM licensing component uses configuration parameters which are stored under the file name opr.el in the server resource group. These parameters must be adapted to the requirements of the user.LicenseAdminEmailAddress E-mail address of the person responsible for HPOM license management or the person monitoring the HPOM license status.

The initial setting is root@<local_long_hostname>.

SwitchOffWarning Toggle warning messages on or off when the number of licenses for a licensed product component reaches the defined level. This can be set to TRUE or FALSE.

Switch Off Warning works in conjunction with the Severity configuration parameter. Critical license warning messages are always sent, regardless of the configuration settings.

Severity Severity level that must be reached before an internal HPOM license warning message is sent.

This parameter can be set to Warning or Major. The initial setting is Warning. Content Level of detail for license reports. The level can be set to Summarized orDetailed. The default setting is Summarized.License reports can be very lengthy when there is a large number of configured nodes. To avoid this, the detail level should be set to Summarized.

To Set License-Configuration Parameters

To set the configuration parameters, Use the following command:

/opt/OV/bin/ovconfchg -ovrg server -ns opr.el \

-set LicenseAdminEmailAddress [email protected] \

-set SwitchOffWarning FALSE \

-set Severity Major \

-set Content Summarized

License Reports

The ovolicense tool allows you to generate a license report which showsyou which licenses are needed, how many are installed, how many are inuse, how many are available and for how long they are valid.

ovolicense Tool

The ovolicense tool is the central tool for the management of the HPOM licenses and the generation of license reports. The ovolicense tool adds, enables, or disables license passwords, checks the license status and generates the license report.
# ovolicense

Usage: ovolicense

  -h|-help
  -m|-mappings
  -i|-install -a|-category  [-f|-file ]
  -q|-request -a|-category 
  -s|-status -p|-product 
  -g|-gui -a|-category 
  -e|-email -p|-product  

  -r|-report -p|-product  

  Report Options:

  [-xml|-text] [-detailed] [-out ] [-quiet]

Unless otherwise specified, the report will be generated in summarized text form.

Reporting options allow you to change the report format and content, as follows:

Options

Note that some ovolicense functions use Java, and JAVA_HOME must beset to a valid runtime value. GUI features require Java and an X11display. You can use the following options with the ovolicense command:

ovolicense -help Displays a list of available options for the ovolicense command.

ovolicense -mappings HPOM Maintenance Shows which product components are registered for licensing and to which category they belong.

ovolicense -install -category HPOM [-file <password_file>] Allows the installation of new license passwords. All license passwords in the specified file will be installed.

If no file is specified, a GUI window asks you to specify the license password file and enables you to select a subset of passwords within the file.

ovolicense -request -category HPOM Opens a GUI window allowing you to request and install license passwords belonging to an order number.

ovolicense -gui -category HPOM

Opens the GUI without any specific functionality selected.

ovolicense -status -product HPOM

Reports the license status of all registered license components for a product. For HP Operations Manager, the product is HPOM or HPOM

ovolicense -email -product HPOM [<report_options>]

Generates a license report on the basis of the reportoptions and sends it to the e-mail address specified inthe LicenseAdminEmailAddress configurationparameter.

ovolicense -report -product HPOM [<report_options>]

Generates a license report on the basis of the report options and prints it in the terminal.

Example License Report

License reports comprise the following sections:

# ovolicense -s -p  HPOM 

INFO:   License status for 'ovoagt' is: OK

INFO:   License status for 'ovoagtdt' is: OK

INFO:   License status for 'ovoagtless' is: OK

INFO:   License status for 'ovoagtt0' is: OK

INFO:   License status for 'ovoagtt1' is: OK

INFO:   License status for 'ovoagtt2' is: OK

INFO:   License status for 'ovoagtt3' is: OK

INFO:   License status for 'ovoagtt4' is: OK

INFO:   License status for 'ovosv' is: OK
# ovolicense -r -p  HPOM 
HP Operations Manager License status report of Wed Nov 24 12:18:35 2010
=======================================================================

HP Operations Manager Server Information:
=========================================
Product Name       : HP Operations Manager for Unix
Version            : 09.00.250
Patch Level        : 09.00.250
Management server  : nti107
Total of mgd nodes : 1

HP Operations Manager License Summary:
======================================

Agent Count - unlimited
---------------------------------------------------------
  License Type    : Instant-On
  Expiration Day  : Sun Jan  2 23:59:59 2011
  Days left       : 40
  Needed Licenses : 1

  =========================================================
  WARNING: Your Instant-On license expires in 40 days.
  Please acquire new licenses.
  Please note that OM can not be used after the expiration
  day unless a new license is installed.
  =========================================================

HP Operations Manager Desktop Agent
---------------------------------------------------------
  Installed Licenses      : 0
  Used Licenses           : 0
  Available Licenses      : 0

HP Operations Manager Target Connector - unlimited
---------------------------------------------------------
  License Type    : Instant-On
  Expiration Day  : Sun Jan  2 23:59:59 2011
  Days left       : 40
  Needed Licenses : 0

  =========================================================
  WARNING: Your Instant-On license expires in 40 days.
  Please acquire new licenses.
  Please note that OM can not be used after the expiration
  day unless a new license is installed.
  =========================================================

HP Operations Manager Tier 0 Agent
---------------------------------------------------------
  Installed Licenses      : 0
  Used Licenses           : 0
  Available Licenses      : 0

HP Operations Manager Tier 1 Agent - unlimited
---------------------------------------------------------
  License Type    : Instant-On
  Expiration Day  : Sun Jan  2 23:59:59 2011
  Days left       : 40
  Needed Licenses : 0

  =========================================================
  WARNING: Your Instant-On license expires in 40 days.
  Please acquire new licenses.
  Please note that OM can not be used after the expiration
  day unless a new license is installed.
  =========================================================

HP Operations Manager Tier 2 Agent
---------------------------------------------------------
  Installed Licenses      : 0
  Used Licenses           : 0
  Available Licenses      : 0

HP Operations Manager Tier 3 Agent
---------------------------------------------------------
  Installed Licenses      : 0
  Used Licenses           : 0
  Available Licenses      : 0

HP Operations Manager Tier 4 Agent
---------------------------------------------------------
  Installed Licenses      : 0
  Used Licenses           : 0
  Available Licenses      : 0

HP Operations Manager Server
---------------------------------------------------------
  License Type    : Instant-On
  Expiration Day  : Sun Jan  2 23:59:59 2011
  Days left       : 40
  Needed Licenses : 1

  =========================================================
  WARNING: Your Instant-On license expires in 40 days.
  Please acquire new licenses.
  Please note that OM can not be used after the expiration
  day unless a new license is installed.
  =========================================================

Unpatched and unreachable nodes
---------------------------------------------------------

  Number of unpatched nodes   : 0
  Number of unreachable nodes : 0

Configuration Parameters:
=========================

  License Manager Mail Address : [email protected]
  License Report Content       : Summarized
  License Warning Severity     : Warning
  Disable License Warnings     : TRUE


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