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Manage secondary use rights

SAM Core on Snow Atlas lets you manage secondary use rights licensing.

Some software suppliers offer licensing features for Home PC - Work PC or Desktop computer - Laptop computer, also referred to as Secondary use rights. This means that one single license covers two installations of the same application on two separate computers, for instance, one desktop computer and one laptop computer. In SAM Core on Snow Atlas these computers are then called primary computer and sibling computer.

To manage this licensing feature from a compliance perspective, you must enable secondary use rights for the application in SAM Core. Also, you must establish a connection between the primary computer and the sibling computer in SAM Core. You can either specify the sibling computer manually or you can use an automated function that establishes the connection based on the primary user of both computers within the same organization. For automated handling of sibling computers, contact Flexera for implementation in your IT environment.

Enable secondary use rights for applications​

  1. On the SAM Core menu, select Applications.

  2. Find and select the application you want to enable secondary use rights for. For more information on how to search, see Search for applications or Advanced search for applications.

  3. On the details page of the application, select Edit application.

  4. On the License settings tab, select Enable secondary use rights.

  5. Select Save.

Manually specify sibling computers​

  1. On the SAM Core menu, select Computers.

  2. Find and select the name of the primary computer, for example, a desktop computer or a work PC. For more information on how to search, see Search for applications or Advanced search for applications

  3. On the details page of the computer, select Edit computer.

  4. On the General tab, select Select sibling computer to the right of the Sibling computer (for secondary use rights).

  5. In Search for computer, enter a search criterion for name of the sibling computer, for example, a laptop computer or a home PC, and then select Search.

  6. Select the name of the sibling computer, and then select OK.

  7. Select Save.