Discovering Installed Products - Novell ZENWORKS 10 CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT SP3 - ADMINISTRATION QUICK START 10.3 Quick Start Manual

Figure 4-1
Purchase Record 1
Product A
You scan the devices in your Management Zone to collect the list of installed software
products. These are called discovered products. In the above illustration, the inventory scan
discovered that ProductA is installed on 15 devices.
You create catalog products to represent the software products your organization has
purchased. Typically, each catalog product corresponds to a specific manufacturer part number.
In the above illustration, ProductA is the only catalog product. However, you might have
catalog products for ProductA, ProductA Upgrade, and ProductB.
You create purchase records to represent the purchase orders or invoices for software products.
Each line item in the purchase record lists a catalog product along with the license purchase
quantity. If a catalog product is listed in multiple purchase records, the catalog product's total
licenses equal the purchase quantity for both purchase records. In the above illustration, one
purchase record includes 10 licenses of ProductA and another purchase record includes 8
licenses. The total license count for ProductA is 18.
You create licensed products and associate the corresponding discovered products and catalog
products to them. This gives you a single licensed product that includes the number of licenses
and installations for the product. The result is a quick view of whether or not the product usage
complies with the license agreement. In the above illustration, ProductA has 18 licenses and is
installed on 15 devices, so ProductA complies with your license agreement.

4.8.2 Discovering Installed Products

If you have not already scanned the devices in your Management Zone to collect information about
installed products (referred to as discovered products), complete the steps in
"Collecting Software and Hardware Inventory," on page
68 ZENworks 10 Configuration Management Administration Quick Start
License Compliance Components
10 Licenses
Catalog Products
Product A
18 Licenses
Discovered Products
Product A
15 Installations
Purchase Record 2
Product A
8 Licenses
Licensed Products
63.
Product A
18 Licenses
15 Installations
Section 4.6,