7.2 Creating an Entitlement

There are two categories of entitlements that you can create: Inventory entitlements and manual entitlements. Inventory entitlements pull the installation data for their discovered products from the Inventory database. Manual entitlements require you to manually enter the installation data.

7.2.1 Creating an Inventory Entitlement

The following steps explain how to create entitlements that use Inventory data as their source of discovered product installation data. If you need to create entitlements where you manually enter the installation data, see Section 7.2.2, Creating a Manual Entitlement.

  1. In ZENworks Control Center, click the Asset Management tab.

  2. On the License Management page, click Licensed Products.

  3. Click the product for which you want to create an entitlement.

  4. Click the License Entitlements tab.

  5. In the Entitlements (Consumption Data Source: Inventory) panel, click New to launch the Create New Entitlement Wizard. Complete the wizard by using the information in the following table:

    Wizard Page

    Details

    License Model

    The license model determines how license consumption is calculated for eligible installations. Select one of the following license models:

    • Per-Installation: Each installation of the entitlement’s discovered products consumes a license.

    • OEM: For each covered device, a license is consumed whether or not any of the entitlement’s discovered products are installed on the device. You specify the devices covered by the entitlement.

    • Machine: For each covered device, a license is consumed only if one of the entitlement’s discovered products is installed on the device. You specify the devices covered by the entitlement.

    • Per-User: Each user consumes a single license for any installations of the entitlement’s discovered products, regardless of the number of installations.

    • Per-Named User: Identical to the Per-User model, except you specify the users covered by the entitlement.

    Entitlement Type

    Select the type of license represented by the entitlement:

    • Full License: Entitles the user to new product installations (as opposed to upgrade installations).

    • Version Upgrade: Entitles the user to upgrade a previous product version to the new version. This option is not displayed when creating the first entitlement for a licensed product.

    • License/Maintenance: Entitles the user to new product installations and subsequent maintenance versions.

    Entitlement Upgrade

    This page is displayed only if you selected Version Upgrade as the entitlement type.

    Select the entitlement that is being upgraded by this entitlement.

    General Information

    Fill in the following fields:

    Description: Specify a description for the entitlement. For example, Product A OEM License or Product A Version 6 Per-User License.

    Platform: Select the product’s platform from the list.

    License Period: The effective time period for the license. Select Perpetual if the license does not include a termination date. Select Term if the license is for a fixed period, then click the calendar icons to select the start and end dates.

    Virtual Machine Use Rights: Specify any software use rights that apply when using the product in a virtual machine.

    Notes: Provide any notes.

    New Entitlement Summary

    Review the data.

  6. If you have not already done so, click Finish to create the entitlement and add it to the Entitlements panel.

  7. Configure the entitlement by doing the following:

7.2.2 Creating a Manual Entitlement

  1. In ZENworks Control Center, click the Asset Management tab.

  2. On the License Management page, click Licensed Products.

  3. Click the product for which you want to create an entitlement.

  4. Click the License Entitlements tab.

  5. In the Entitlements (Consumption Data Source: Manual) panel, click New to launch the Create New Entitlement Wizard. Complete the wizard by using the information in the following table:

    Wizard Page

    Details

    License Model

    Choose one of the predefined license models. These license models are intended to match the license models most commonly used in license agreements. If your license model is not represented, select Other and specify the license model.

    Entitlement Type

    Select the type of license represented by the entitlement:

    • Full License: Entitles the user to new product installations (as opposed to upgrade installations).

    • Version Upgrade: Entitles the user to upgrade a previous product version to the new version. This option is not displayed when creating the first entitlement for a licensed product.

    • License/Maintenance: Entitles the user to new product installations and subsequent maintenance versions.

    Entitlement Upgrade

    This page is displayed only if you selected Version Upgrade as the entitlement type.

    Select the entitlement that is being upgraded by this entitlement.

    General Information

    Fill in the following fields:

    Description: Specify a description for the entitlement. For example, Product A OEM License or Product A Version 6 Per-User License.

    Platform: Select the product’s platform from the list.

    License Period: The effective time period for the license. Select Perpetual if the license does not include a termination date. Select Term if the license is for a fixed period, then click the calendar icons to select the start and end dates.

    Quantity Consumed: Specify the number of installations you want to count against the entitlement.

    Virtual Machine Use Rights: Specify any software use rights that apply when using the product in a virtual machine.

    Notes: Provide any notes.

    New Entitlement Summary

    Review the data.

  6. If you have not already done so, click Finish to create the entitlement and add it to the Entitlements panel.

  7. Configure the entitlement by doing the following: