A software model is a profile of the software that you've purchased, including
information about the publisher, version, and discovery map. Software entitlements are used to
relate the software model to the rights that you've purchased.
Software models
Software models are used to record publisher information and create a profile. You can link
multiple entitlements to one software model.
If you delete a software model, all records related to the software model, in the Downgrade
Rights [samp_sw_downgrade_model and samp_downgrade_model] tables, are automatically deleted.
Software Model Lifecycle Report
You can also track a software model lifecycle phase for use with the Technology Portfolio Management.
View the Software Model Lifecycle Report to be informed about the products nearing
end-of-life, end-of-support, and end-of-extended support. View the report by navigating to . The report is based on the scheduled job, SAM - Get install count for
software model. You can also embed this report in your dashboard.
Software entitlements
To track the software rights for your software, create a software entitlement that can be
linked back to the publisher information.
A software entitlement records the terms of your software license. By using software
entitlements, you can:
- Rapidly address if license allotment has been exceeded and return to compliant status by
removing unauthorized software or ordering more licenses.
- If the license allotment is not being used completely, lower the number of future licenses
purchased.
For example, a company purchases a software entitlement for 100 rights. From the software
entitlement, 100 employee or machine allocations are created that are rightfully assigned a
license. If Discovery finds the
software installed on 200 machines, the software asset manager must identify the employees or
machines that have the software installed without a license, and remediate the situation.
Import software entitlements
If a Publisher Part Number (PPN) is specified for the entitlements that you import, the PPN is
matched to PPN in the Content Service Library and the data is used to create software model
automatically.
Note: If a
Publisher Part Number not found error occurs during
import of the software entitlement (product, publisher, version, edition, platform, and
language) but a discovery map is found, then a
custom publisher part number is
automatically created. If a discovery map is not found, you can create a discovery map to
be associated with the publisher part number.
If the import spreadsheet contains a
conflicting (or missing) PPN, the PPN value is set to the value in the existing product
definition, when available.
Note: If you import a batch of Microsoft entitlements and the
License
Duration field is set to
Contractual, you must specify both
a start and end date.
The step-up license type is only available if the publisher is Microsoft. If you try to specify another
publisher, an error message is displayed.
