Microsoft Single and Dual Physical Processor

Available from 9.2.8. Microsoft Single Physical Processor and Dual Physical Processor metrics are used to determine the licensing cost of Microsoft products. They are based on the number of active physical processors that are deployed on the host where the software is installed. When the software is installed on multiple hosts, all active processors from all hosts contribute to metric utilization.

Microsoft Single Physical Processor metric covers one physical processor. Microsoft Dual Physical Processor license covers up to two physical processors. BigFix Inventory reports the number of processors, not licenses. Thus, the number of processors is rounded up to an even number.

By default, calculation of both metrics takes into account data from the last 90 days because Microsoft licensing rules do not allow for license migration more often than once per 90 days. To change the period for which data is calculated, go to Management > Advanced Server Settings and change the value of the historical_period_for_microsoft_metrics parameter according to your needs.

Requirements

VM managers should be defined for all virtual machines in your environment. If a VM manager is not defined for a particular host, the number of processors on the host is counted as 0. As a result, license utilization might be underestimated. If a component of a product with any of the two metrics is detected on a host for which a VM manager is not defined, a warning sign () is displayed on the All Metrics report. It indicates calculation inaccuracy.

Note: The warning is displayed only on the user interface. It is not displayed in the CSV or PDF version of the All Metrics report.