FAQ: How do I License Cross Platform Agents?

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This question comes up often enough, and I saw another person send an email out on it today – “How is Operations Manager licensed when it comes to monitoring UNIX and Linux computers?” For some reason, people think that because a monitored computer is running UNIX or Linux that the process must be different. Our licensing process is complicated enough without adding in different rules for UNIX and Linux computers! :)

So here’s the simple answer: Operations Manager is licensed according to the workload, and there are two license types – Standard Server ML and Enterprise Server ML. The workload you’re managing with a management pack determines the license type needed.

For Standard Server ML:

  • Management of basic workloads:
    • Base OS or system hardware
    • Storage/File/Print (FTP, NFS, SMB and CIFS)
    • Networking (DHCP, DNS, WINS and RADIUS)

For the Enterprise Server ML:

  • Any functionality not covered by the Standard Server ML (including application management)

Comments

  • Anonymous
    February 16, 2010
    How is the Linux side server licensed?  It's a modified version of Open Pegasus 2.9 obviously but I have yet to find the source code. Thanks

  • Anonymous
    February 16, 2010
    You can get the original Open Pegasus code from their web site at http://www.openpegasus.org. You're right that the current implementation is a modified version, and it will be part of the Open Pegasus 2.10 release sometime in the next month or so. You can get the source for OpenPegasus from their CVS but I'm not sure if they show all versions of code unless your a registered developer.

  • Anonymous
    May 31, 2010
    We deploy SCOM Agents to Solaris 10 hosts and Solaris 10 Zones, We monitor FS, Network Interfaces, Log File Monitoring and Process Monitoring, What Licence Type is that ? Enterprise Server ML $431 U.S. Monitoring, troubleshooting, audit collection, and reporting for any server workload or application, including the base operating system, system hardware, and other management agents on the system. Standard Server ML $157 U.S. Monitoring, troubleshooting, audit collection, and reporting for basic server workloads, including Storage/File/Print and Networking workloads, the base operating system, system hardware, and other management agents on the system. Client ML $32 U.S. Monitoring, troubleshooting, audit collection, and reporting for any client application, base operating system, system hardware, and other management agents on the system.

  • Anonymous
    June 10, 2010
    Hi Dan, That would be the Standard Server ML up until the time you start monitoring any applications (Oracle, Apache, etc)