Landscape-Wide Handling of Over-Consumption of License Types

You use the Handling over-consumption of license types option on the System Landscape: name page to specify how FlexNet Manager for SAP Applications should handle the over-consumption of license types across the landscape.

To specify landscape-wide over-consumption settings:

  1. In FlexNet Manager Suite, click SAP, point to Configuration and click System Landscapes.
  2. On the SAP System Landscapes page, double-click the system landscape for which you set over-consumption options. Alternatively, select the system landscape and click View.
  3. In the Details pane, click Edit to switch into edit mode.
  4. In the Compliance section, for the Handling over-consumption of license types option, indicate how you want FlexNet Manager for SAP Applications to handle over-consumed license types:
    • Select Recommend promoting users to spare superior licenses if over-consumed licenses should be covered by spare licenses of a superior license type of which the over-consumed license is a sub-type.
    • Select Show deficits against assigned license (license appears at risk) if spare superior licenses should not be used to cover over-utilized licenses.
  5. Click Save.

On the System Landscape: name page, if the Recommend promoting users to spare superior licenses option is selected for the Handling over-consumption of license types setting (landscape-wide setting), you can prevent specific license types from consuming spare superior license types by specifying the appropriate setting on the corresponding License Type: name page. For more information, see Handling of Over-Consumption of Specific License Types.