License HP Operations Manager for Windows
You must have a license key password to use HPOM for Windows. At installation, you are given a 60-day trial license. Within this 60 day period, you must obtain a permanent license key password to continue to use HPOM. To obtain your license key password at installation, follow the instructions in the message box that appears on screen at product startup. It takes a minute or so for the licensing program to launch.
NOTE:You cannot request a license key password from a remote console. You must log on to the management server to obtain a license key password.
If you do not obtain your permanent license key password on startup, you can obtain it from within the program at a later time by launching the licensing program from the console tree.
HP Operations Manager for Windows Manager
The full management server license allows you to operate one HPOM for Windows management server, including the management server node.
Additional licenses are required for the following items:
- Managed nodes: Any additional node managed by the HPOM for Windows management server requires an additional HP Operations agent license.
- Monitored nodes: Target connector licenses are required for each remote system that is being monitored by HPOM. Monitored nodes are systems that do not have an HP Operations agent installed, for example, agentless nodes, systems that are monitored through proxy connections, or systems that send messages to HPOM by way of external nodes. For nodes monitored through external nodes, target connector licenses are only required if a message has been received for that node. Target connector licenses are not required if the event-originating node is an L2/L3 networked device and the event is from HP Network Node Manager, or if the event is from other HP monitoring software (for example, HP SiteScope, HP Internet Services, HP Storage Essentials, HP Insight Manager, NonStop management, Webjetadmin, Procurve monitoring).
- Smart Plug-ins: Additional licenses are required for the installation and use of HP Operations Smart Plug-ins.
The HP Operations Manager for Windows Manager LTU entitles you to a license each for HP Reporter and HP Performance Manager. The HP Reporter license allows you to install HP Reporter locally on the management server or remotely on another system. A remote installation is recommended to balance the available resources. HP Performance Manager can only be installed locally on the HPOM management server.
HP Operations Manager for Windows Limited Edition
The HP Operations Manager for Windows Limited Edition LTU allows you to operate the HPOM for Windows management server with 20 nodes. (You can extend the number of nodes to 30 by purchasing an extension to the HP Operations Manager for Windows Limited Edition LTU.)
The number of licensed nodes includes:
- Management server node: The HP Operations agent running on the management server.
- Managed nodes: Nodes that have an HP Operations agent installed.
- Monitored nodes: Nodes that are monitored by HPOM but do not have an HP Operations agent installed.
The HP Operations Manager for Windows Limited Edition LTU includes the right to use one copy each of selected SPIs, of HP Reporter, and of HP Performance Manager.
NOTE:With an HP Operations Manager for Windows Limited Edition, you will not be able to manage more than the license-specified number of nodes, even if there are additional standard HP Operations agent licenses being installed.
An HP Operations Manager for Windows Limited Edition license can be upgraded with an HP Operations Manager for Windows Manager license at any time. However, in this case, you also need to buy the appropriate amount of licenses for the HP Operations agents running on all the nodes managed by the HPOM for Windows management server, for all remote nodes that are monitored by HPOM, and for the HP Operations Smart Plug-ins to be used.
For details about the HP Operations Manager for Windows Limited Edition, its extension, and migration possibilities, contact your sales representative or see the customer letter included with your media bundle.
HPOM counts the number of available and used licenses at the following times:
- Each time the console starts
- Each time a policy or package is deployed
- Each time a node is added
- At least every 24 hours
For complete details about licensing HP Operations Manager for Windows, see the help files provided with the HP AutoPass licensing program.
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