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License Module- CCM

License Usage in the Cost Management platform shows how your licenses are used over time. You can view license usage by day or by month to compare allocated licenses against actual usage.

License Usage

To calculate license usage, we measure the runtime of virtual machines (VMs) across all supported cloud platforms. Each VM's usage is counted per day, and these daily figures are then summed up to provide the total monthly consumption

  • License Contribution Calculation

    The license contribution of a machine is based on the duration it is active within a 24-hour period.

    • Full-day usage: If a machine runs continuously for 24 hours, it contributes 1 to the daily license count.

    • Partial-day usage: The contribution is calculated proportionally based on the number of minutes the machine was active.

      Example 3. License Contribution Calculation - Example

      If a machine runs for only 5 minutes in a day, the license contribution is calculated as:

      License contribution = 5 / (60 × 24) = 0.00347222


  • Cloud Services Used for License Tracking

    We calculate license counts based on the primary compute services from the following major cloud providers:

    • AWS: Elastic Compute Cloud (AmazonEC2)

    • Microsoft Azure: Virtual Machines

    • Google Cloud Platform (GCP): Compute Engine

Viewing License Usage

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For MSP, dashboard view is:

In the MSP License View, you can see both parent and child license details. This view provides a complete picture of how licenses are distributed and used across organizational levels. Managed Service Providers (MSPs) can use this feature to monitor and manage license allocations across their client organizations.

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Note

For MSP customers, the child organization must ensure that the designated user has Organization Admin permissions to view and manage these license details.

  • Daily and Monthly Views:

    You can switch between viewing license usage on a daily or monthly basis, depending on your analysis needs.

  • Graphical Representation:

    • The license usage is displayed in a graph format for easy visualization:

      1. Blue: Represents days or months where the average VM count is less than the allocated VMs.

      2. Orange: Represents days or months where the average VM count exceeds the allocated VMs.

      3. Gray: Represents the allocated average VMs.

    • Data Export:

      You can download the license usage data as an XLSX document for further analysis or record-keeping.

    Table Format View

    • Along with the graphical view, the same data can be viewed in a table format:

      1. Month: Displays the specific month.

      2. Allocated VMs: Shows the number of VMs allocated for that month.

      3. Monthly Average VMs: Shows the average number of VMs used during that month.

    This dual representation (graph and table) ensures you have both a visual overview and detailed data for effective license management.

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