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:
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In IT Asset Management, click SAP, point to Configuration and click System Landscapes. |
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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. |
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In the Details pane, click Edit to switch into edit mode. |
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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: |
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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. |
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Select Show deficits against assigned license (license appears at risk) if spare superior licenses should not be used to cover over-utilized licenses. |
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.