Software Metering and Non-Compliance

 Administrators

Administrators

Configuring Asset Management Module

Configuring Asset Category Using Form Builder

Configuring My Asset List Page

Custom Scheduler Jobs

Asset Masters

Configuring Location And Store

Configuring Asset Purpose

Configuring Action Attribute

Configuring Fault Type

Configuring Solution Type

Configuring Notifications and Templates

Configuring Allocation Form Template

Configuring Key Field Mapping

Configuring Data Templates

Configuring Field Display Order on Fixed Asset List Page

Software

Software Request Mapping Form

Adding/ Updating Software

License Mapping

Blacklisting Software

Configuring Software Baseline Profiles

Software Baseline Profile Mapping

Configuring Software License

License Key Mapping

Depreciation

Configuring Depreciation Formula

Configuring GAAP Depreciation

Configuring Depreciation Field Mapping

Configuring Custom Depreciation Formula

Mapping

Discovery Mapping

Configuring CMDB Mapping

Procurement Mapping

Account Mapping

Configuring Custom Hardware Variance

Mapping ServiceNow Category

Application Control

Creating and Updating Profile

Mapping Profiles

Configuring Application Control Messages

Configure Software and Executable Execution Type

Viewing Software Process List

Endpoint Compliance

Endpoint Dashboard

Viewing Endpoint Profile List

Configuring Endpoint Profile

Viewing Dynamic Endpoint

Configuring Dynamic Endpoint

Mapping Endpoint Profile

Patch Management

Viewing Patch List

Creating Asset Groups

Configuring Patches

Others

Configuring Asset Application Settings

Configuring Asset Movement

Configuring Asset Alerts

Configuring Store Threshold

Configuring Asset Scan Domain List

Configuring Local Password Management

Configuring E-mail Notifications

Configuring Asset Integration Details

Configuring Additional Discovery

Scheduling Asset Physical Verification

Configuring Product Price

Adding Software Deployment Profile

Approval Matrix

Configuring Approval Matrix

Configuring Approver Role

Mapping Approver

Deactivation Approval Matrix

Configuring Deactivation Approval Matrix

Configuring Approver

Configuring Location-Wise Approvers

SUMMIT Software Center

What is Software Metering and Non-Compliance?

Software Metering calculates the number of Software installations discovered from all Assets. It also gives the frequency of Software usage and unused Software on the network, which helps to decide on the need of Software license renewal. This helps the Administrators to manage the Software Assets efficiently and to avoid the risk of license non-compliance.

Advantages of Software Metering and Non-Compliance

  • License compliance management
  • License key management
  • Helps control the misuse of volume licensing
  • Helps to monitor the Software usage

Configurations

To configure Software Metering, the licensed Software must be added to the Asset Inventory and subsequently the Software licenses from the Asset Inventory must be mapped to the discovered Software and products.

Add licensed Software to Inventory and License Mapping

All the licensed Software must be added in the Inventory for optimal Software Metering. While adding a Software, the license count, volume license key, and license type must be accurately specified for better tracking of Software Assets. For more information, see Adding Software Assets

Software License Mapping helps to link the licensed Software from the Inventory to the various versions of the same software discovered from all endpoint systems. 

You can map Software by versions or by individual products that are part of an Application Suite. For example: Adobe Acrobat license mapped to Acrobat X, Acrobat XI, and Adobe Acrobat 9. To map Software by versions, go to Software Mapping tab. For more information, see License Mapping.

To map Software products to their respective Software Suite, go to Product Mapping tab. For example: Microsoft Office Suite mapped to MS Visio, MS Project, and MS FrontPage. For more information, see License Mapping.

Configure Alerts for Software License

Alerts are notification emails that can be sent to the Administrators based on certain triggers. Two types of Alerts can be configured for Software Licenses.

License Utilization Alert

You can add Alert Notifications for Software Licenses, see Configuring Asset AlertsSelect Alert Type as Software License Utilization.

ASSET ALERT CONFIGURATION page

Custom Alert for Subscription Expiry

You can add custom Alert Notifications for Software Licenses, see Configuring Asset AlertsSelect Alert Type as Custom Type.

ASSET ALERT CONFIGURATION page

Custom Scheduler Jobs

Relevant Custom Scheduler Jobs need to be configured for the Software Metering to function correctly. Following is the Custom Scheduler Job for Software Metering and its recommended settings:

Asset Custom Date Alert: Responsible for sending the alert notification e-mail to the Administrators regarding the Warranty 
Expiry Date of Fixed Assets. This job should be configured on the SummitAI Application Server. It is recommended to schedule
this job to run once every day.
Asset Software Compliance Alert: This job tracks the license utilization. If the number of available licenses is less than 
the number of utilized licenses, this job sends alerts to the Administrator. This job should be configured on the SummitAI
Application Server. It is recommended to schedule this job to run once every day.

Reports

See: Software License Compliance ReportLicense Key Inventory Report, and Software Usage Report.