Tivoli Storage Resource Manager License Administration

Through the License Key Editor node, you can administer the license keys for IBM Tivoli Storage Resource Manager. Specifically, you can:

Before you can use agents to manage the storage within your environment, you must assign a IBM Tivoli Storage Resource Manager license to each of those agents.

Note: The IBM Tivoli Storage Resource Manager license provides the foundation on which you license and run other products. To monitor storage for different devices (Oracle Instances, Netware Servers, NAS filers, etc.), you must assign a IBM Tivoli Storage Resource Manager license and the appropriate product license (IBM Tivoli Storage Resource Manager for Databases, IBM Tivoli Storage Resource Manager NAS component, etc.) to the corresponding agent and/or device. See the Understanding Product Licensing Requirements section for more information.

 

To assign IBM Tivoli Storage Resource Manager licenses to Agents

1. Expand the Administrative Services > Configuration > General nodes.

2. Click the License Keys node. The License Keys window appears.

3. Click next to IBM Tivoli SRM. The IBM Tivoli SRM License Editor window appears and lists all the machines on which IBM Tivoli Storage Resource Manager agents are installed.

If you have unused IBM Tivoli Storage Resource Manager licenses, continue to the next step.

If you do not have any unused licenses and want to assign licenses to other agents, you must purchase additional licenses or remove them from existing agents. To purchase additional licenses of IBM Tivoli Storage Resource Manager, contact your IBM representative. To unassign licenses from agents, see the following section, To unassign IBM Tivoli Storage Resource Manager licenses.

4. Click the check box in the column next to the computer containing the agent you want to license.

5. Select File > Save to save the license settings.

 

To unassign IBM Tivoli Storage Resource Manager licenses

When you remove an IBM Tivoli Storage Resource Manager license from an agent (or NetWare server), keep in mind the following:

1. Expand the Administrative Services > Configuration > General nodes.

2. Click the License Keys node. The License Keys window appears.

3. Click next to IBM Tivoli SRM. The Licensing window appears. Use the Licensed column in this window to view the agents to which licenses are currently assigned.

4. Uncheck the IBM Tivoli Storage Resource Manager Licensed box next to a machine to remove the license for the agent on that machine (or NetWare server).

5. Select File > Save to save the license settings.

 

To license IBM Tivoli Storage Resource Manager for use with NetWare Servers

To monitor the storage on a NetWare server, you must:

Perform the following steps to license IBM Tivoli Storage Resource Manager for use with NetWare servers.

1. Expand the Administrative Services > Configuration > General nodes.

2. Click the License Keys node. The License Keys window appears.

3. Click next to IBM Tivoli SRM. The Tivoli Storage Resource Manager License Editor window appears and lists all the machines on which IBM Tivoli Storage Resource Manager agents are installed.

If you have unused IBM Tivoli Storage Resource Manager licenses, continue to the next step.

If you do not have any unused licenses and want to assign licenses to other agents, you must purchase additional licenses or remove them from existing agents. To purchase additional licenses of IBM Tivoli Storage Resource Manager, contact your IBM representative. To unassign licenses from agents, see the To unassign IBM Tivoli Storage Resource Manager licenses section.

4. Click the check box in the column next to the computers containing the agents that will monitor the volumes within NetWare servers.

5. Click the check box in the column next to the NetWare servers that you want to monitor.

6. Select File > Save to save the license settings.

7. Assign the agents you licensed to the volumes within the NetWare servers you want to monitor. See the Scan/Probe Agent Administration window for information on how to assign licensed agents to NetWare volumes.