License separation / grouping

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Hi,Looking for some feedback from the community on how to proper address the below scenario.I have a need for separating a specific licenses into different chunks (or storage policies or something else). In other words, I have different departments buying end point users licenses for example; HR / Supply chain and each purchased 20. They want to make sure that there are free licenses once they need and receive reports on the available licenses for their area. Am I able to allocate a number of specific licenses to a specific storage policy?	Can I allocate a # licenses to a CommCell Group and once installing those machines, we place them into a group which then consumes the license for that particular group?These departments have different storage policies. What would be the most appropriate way to make sure each department gets only what they purchased license wise? Thanks in advance

Pradeep · Accepted Answer

Hi ​@dude,The Endpoint Users license counts owners of specific client computers, However, we cannot set the limitation from the storage policy.Client Groups can be effectively used to limit or allocate Capacity-based licenses (e.g., TB-based storage usage), but Endpoint User licenses (such as those used for laptop backups or user-based plans) are not controlled or restricted via client groups.These are generally counted based on unique users or devices being protected, and not scoped by client groups. There's no direct way to restrict or allocate endpoint licenses to specific client groups.Refer below document to understand the usage calculation.https://documentation.commvault.com/2023e/essential/usage_calculation_for_endpoint_users_license.html

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