Customizing License Assignment
You can customize the licensing cost associated with your host using the custom
license assignment option. Based on your requirement you can add or delete different
operating system licenses to your host. With the custom license assignment option, you can
increase or decrease the licensing cost associated with your host.
- From the left menu, clickConfigureand then clickCost Drivers.
- In the Cost Drivers tab, clickLicense.
- Select the required edit mode for changing the monthly license cost.
- Edit for All Data centers- mode helps you to customize a single cost driver value for all the data centers. Any customizations done for the Specific data center mode are lost.
- Edit for specific Data Center- mode helps you to customize different cost driver values for different data centers. Any customizations done for All data centers mode are lost.When you select Edit for specific data center as the edit mode, then the select data center option is activated. Select the data center from the drop-down menu
- To customize the license cost for a specific server, clickCustomize License Assignment.
- Select the host for which you want to customize the license cost and clickAssign.
- From the drop-down menu, select the operation system and clickOK.The new operating system is listed under the Current Assignment column.
- To remove an existing operating system from the host, underCurrent Assignmentclick X icon next to the operating system.The license cost of the removed operating system is reduced from the total cost.
- ClickSave.
- Navigate to theCost Calculation Statustab and clickRun.
The license cost is updated for the host,
the * sign next to the host indicates that the license cost for the host has
changed.
Category | Description |
|---|---|
Server | You can select the server for which you want to customize the
license cost. |
Current Assignment | Displays the current operating systems associated with the
host. |
Default Assignment | Displays the default operating systems associated with the host.
|
Filter | Filters the hosts based on the operating system type. |
Reset | Resets the license cost of the host to the default value. |