About licenses

CloudSystem software licensing is based on one of the following options, as recorded in the license terms in your purchase agreement.

The number of active operating system instances (OSIs), or
The number of servers in your cloud


	NOTE: The software license type you purchase enables you to manage your environment in different ways. OSI licenses allow a fixed number of virtual machine instances to run on any server in a private, hybrid, or public cloud infrastructure. Server licenses allow an unlimited number of virtual machine instances to run only on the licensed server.

You can add more licenses at any time to increase your OSI or server capacity.

Each CloudSystem software license includes rights to use the CloudSystem software to manage up to the licensed number of operating system instances or servers concurrently.

Refer to your license entitlement for the number of instances included in your standalone or solution license.

Before adding license keys, you can configure resources in CloudSystem Foundation and install CloudSystem Enterprise. Deploying and managing instances requires a license.

Rights to use HP OneView are not granted by the CloudSystem Foundation or Enterprise software license. While both CloudSystem and HP OneView are delivered as part of some CloudSystem solution offerings, HP OneView and CloudSystem are separate products, and are licensed independently under their respective license agreements.

CloudSystem Foundation Software

The CloudSystem Foundation software license also includes HP Operations Orchestration and HP Cloud OS.

To view CloudSystem Foundation license usage, on the CloudSystem Console Settings screen, select Overview, then Licenses. See View license details.

If you are logged in as an Infrastructure administrator, you can add CloudSystem Foundation license keys from the Actions menu on the Settings screen. Other users can view licensing information, but cannot add software license keys. See Add a license key to the appliance.

CloudSystem Enterprise Software

NOTE: Use the Cloud Service Management Console in the Enterprise appliance to view, add, and remove HP CSA license keys. In the free trial period (the first 90 days), if you have not yet added a license key, HP CSA limits the number of new instances you can create.

To add HP CSA license keys, first install CloudSystem Enterprise from the CloudSystem Console Enterprise screen. Then click the link for HP CSA to launch the management console. From the Options menu, select Licensing.

CloudSystem Enterprise software is offered under a single license entitlement. All embedded technologies are licensed, sold, and supported together as a single, non-decomposable product. The Enterprise software license also includes rights to use the embedded Matrix Operating Environment (Matrix OE) software to manage an unlimited number of operating system instances on the specified number of servers.

The CloudSystem Enterprise software license includes:

CloudSystem Foundation (including Operations Orchestration and Cloud OS)
HP Cloud Service Automation
HP Matrix Operating Environment
HP Insight Control

Your per-OSI licensed environment must account for instances provisioned by all technologies. Instances provisioned or managed by both CloudSystem Foundation and CloudSystem Enterprise are counted only once.

For license support, see http://www.hp.com/software/licensing-support.

To read the license documents, see http://www8.hp.com/us/en/campaigns/prodserv/software-licensing.html.

License keys

License keys are required to enable the components of the purchased CloudSystem software product.

Activate your license(s) on http://www.hp.com/software/licensing to obtain license keys.
For CloudSystem Foundation software icenses, add the license key to the Foundation appliance using the Settings screen. See Add a license key to the appliance.
For CloudSystem Enterprise software licenses, add each license key to the corresponding management console that you plan to use. For example, add the Foundation license key to the Foundation console, the HP CSA license key to the Cloud Service Management Console in the Enterprise appliance, and the Matrix OE license to the CMS.

CloudSystem Foundation software licenses include one key. This key enables the use of the CloudSystem Foundation appliance.
CloudSystem Enterprise software licenses include four or more keys. These keys enable the use of the following:
- CloudSystem Foundation appliance
- CloudSystem Enterprise appliance
- Matrix Operating Environment CMS (Central Management Server)
- HP Insight Control

Managing license compliance

You are accountable for sizing your license requirements and purchasing the number of licenses necessary to meet your needs. Because exceeding the number of licensed instances is possible, you should track your compliance and purchase additional licenses if you exceed your license limits. License compliance is subject to HP audit at any time.

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