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Integrate with HPE Usage Hub for license monitoring

Applies to User Roles:

System Administrator

HPE Usage Hub is a free service that enables you to view license information and usage across all your HPE Software products and solutions that use the AutoPass licensing module. If you have complex solutions deployed that involve multiple HPE products, an integration of the products with HPE Usage Hub is very helpful.

Once integrated with HPE Usage Hub, Service Manager automatically sends license information and usage data to HPE Usage Hub at a predefined interval (default: 30 minutes).

Note This feature requires Service Manager applications version 9.50 or later and HPE Usage Hub 1.4.5 or later.

Tip You can download HPE Usage Hub from HPE Live Network Marketplace.

To integrate with HPE Usage Hub, follow these steps:

  1. Open the Service Manager Server's sm.ini file or sm.cfg file in a text editor. These files are located in the Server's RUN folder.
  2. Specify the IP address or fully qualified domain name of your Usage Hub host in the usagehubaddress parameter:

    For sm.ini: usagehubaddress:<Usage Hub host IP>

    For sm.sfg: sm -usagehubaddress:<Usage Hub host IP>

  3. (Optional) By default, the Service Manager Server automatically sends license information and usage data to HPE Usage Hub every 30 minutes. If you want to adjust the time interval to better suit your needs, follow these steps:
    1. Type sch in the Service Manager command line and press Enter to open the Search Schedule Record form.
    2. In the Name field, enter License Usage Report.
    3. Click Search.
    4. Change the Repeat Interval to a desired value, and then click Save.
  4. Restart the Service Manager Server.

  5. Log in to HPE Usage Hub as a system administrator, and verify that your Service Manager license information and usage data is displayed correctly. 

  6. If the integration is not working correctly, you can specify the following parameter in the Server's sm.ini file or sm.cfg file to debug AutoPass licensing related issues:

    log4jDebug:com.hp.autopassj.core.usage