Software Metering Flowcharts

Systems Management Server (SMS) installs components and agents on both the site server and the client to provide software metering functionality. Software metering uses the software metering server site system to handle all requests from the clients, including license requests (license granting), license return, and callback processing (when a license is not immediately available). The software metering server also balances licenses between site servers so that site servers with high demand for licenses of a particular application will receive more licenses than site servers with lower demand.

This chapter documents the process flowcharts for the SMS software metering feature. This chapter includes the following flowcharts:

Before you use the tips and flowcharts in this chapter, you should be familiar with the information presented in these chapters of the SMS 2.0 Administrator’s Guide:

You should also become familiar with the flowchart introductory material in Chapter 16, “Introducing the SMS 2.0 Flowcharts.”