Hi,
I know that Asset Central is licensed "by Asset", but I failed to get more details about what "Asset" really means. A simple example to illustrate/clarify my question:
I have 1000 Desktops and 1000 Laptops. Each desktop have at least 1 monitor attached (CI relation) to it, some of them have 2 and more so in summary there is 1500 Monitors in my environment. I wish to have other CI's in database as well. For example 100 IP Phone , 150 Network Printers, 50 USB Printers etc. (cost management). Furthermore each hard disk should be recorded as separate CI (dedicated lifecycle) according to company policy.
So do I need license for each CI in database? What are the rules to calculate number of license needed? If I have 1 Desktop with 1 HDD inside and 2 monitors attached to it, I will use 3 licenses? What about Software License and Software Product (inside Asset Central database). By default Asset Central is configured to store information about Software in couple CI's (License, Product, Usage), so if I have 1 Software License, 1 Software Product (related to SW License) and 1 Software Product Usage (related to SW Product) I will use 3 licenses?