How do you keep track of licenses?
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We keep them in an encrypted passphrase protected KeePass file.
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Interesting, figured there would be software out there specifically for this task.
I have been trying to use Spiceworks for it, im trying to keep track of which licenses are used on which machines. But there is a extremely annoying bug where devices will flip flop.
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Lots of license management programs out there.
It depends if you want the software to scan the machines as well to detect quantities and specific product keys installed.
LanSweeper is a very good tool for this.
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@tiagom said in How do you keep track of licenses?:
Interesting, figured there would be software out there specifically for this task.
I have been trying to use Spiceworks for it, im trying to keep track of which licenses are used on which machines. But there is a extremely annoying bug where devices will flip flop.
There are quite a few, but most, as part of tools for IT Asset & Inventory Management
ManageEngine Asset Explorer
Landesk Management Suite
SysAidLicense Management is a feature in most CMDB tools too
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I think that using Excel (or your spreadsheet of choice) often works well. Sometimes simple is the best answer.
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@Reid-Cooper said in How do you keep track of licenses?:
I think that using Excel (or your spreadsheet of choice) often works well. Sometimes simple is the best answer.
Yep .. this is what we use ... works well, if you simply want to keep track of a licenses ..
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I've seen a lot of places just throw all their licensed media in a box and shuffle it like a bingo drum XD
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Most of our stuff is FlexLM.
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Anyone used Snipe-IT? Saw @scottalanmiller install tutorial and it seems interesting.
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@tiagom said in How do you keep track of licenses?:
Anyone used Snipe-IT? Saw @scottalanmiller install tutorial and it seems interesting.
No but we are thinking about using it.
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@scottalanmiller said in How do you keep track of licenses?:
@tiagom said in How do you keep track of licenses?:
Anyone used Snipe-IT? Saw @scottalanmiller install tutorial and it seems interesting.
No but we are thinking about using it.
I set it up also but have not really started using it.
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seems interesting ... will try it out for sure ..
btw .. did you manage to get the single-line installer script working ?
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We use SpiceWorks.
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We use Mike. He sits like 10 feet from me and does most of our licensing.
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I use snipe .......... well did until I delete the wrong VM! lucky there wasn't much on there so I can rebuild slowly.
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we use SNOW
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@hobbit666 said in How do you keep track of licenses?:
I use snipe .......... well did until I delete the wrong VM! lucky there wasn't much on there so I can rebuild slowly.
LOL. Oops. And no backups?
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@scottalanmiller said in How do you keep track of licenses?:
@hobbit666 said in How do you keep track of licenses?:
I use snipe .......... well did until I delete the wrong VM! lucky there wasn't much on there so I can rebuild slowly.
LOL. Oops. And no backups?
See my other thread from Yesterday
But Snipe did seem a good solution for Asset tracking along with Licenses.
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@tiagom said in How do you keep track of licenses?:
Curious as what license management/tracking software others use.
Snipe-IT (https://snipeitapp.com/)
Open source, can run on Linux, easy installer. You basically create a license and check that out either
- to an asset (Windows or SQL Server Server licenses for example) or
- to a user (I'm using that for CALs and user bound non-MS licenses)
There are some minor flaws, but it's in active development.
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I'm slowing switching everything over to snipe-it. How about 200 assets and 100 licenses in it so far. Much happier then the previous method.
