topic Re: How can I get a license report for computers with SAS installed in SCCM or BigFix? in Administration and Deployment

How can I get a license report for computers with SAS installed in SCCM or BigFix?

Quiz — Fri, 10 Jun 2022 14:11:38 GMT

I would need to get reports from SCCM or BigFix with the list of computers that have SAS installed and with the current license. It's possible?

Re: How can I get a license report for computers with SAS installed in SCCM or BigFix?

SASKiwi — Sat, 11 Jun 2022 03:42:34 GMT

This isn't really a SAS question, but an SCCM or BigFix question. It would depend if SAS was installed exclusively by these products or not. I guess SCCM or BigFix would keep a record of those computers it installed SAS on and what SAS software package was used. That package would include a licence file so simply just examining the file will tell you whether it is still current or not. Typically SAS licences are renewed annually so most likely you can exclude any installs done 12 months or more before your current licence expiry date.

Re: How can I get a license report for computers with SAS installed in SCCM or BigFix?

Quiz — Sun, 12 Jun 2022 06:13:46 GMT

Excuse me, but it is a really directed question from SAS. To determine where I have to look into SAS environment, whether it is a registry key, file, etc.., If I accepted your answer as valid, then would you ask Microsoft for the registry keys of your products, or their files? No, I would have to ask you first and then, if I have a problem identifying those possible keys or files, with microsoft or IBM

Re: How can I get a license report for computers with SAS installed in SCCM or BigFix?

Quiz — Sun, 12 Jun 2022 06:20:03 GMT

We do not have any problem in the management or renewal of the SAS license, and the question is not that. I simply ask, if there is any value that can be identified by any software, or manually, that allows us to know if the license is active and its license number, to make monthly control reports. If this value or license identifier, it is impossible to determine manually by registry key, or file, please make it clear to me that this is not possible. So I can clarify with my bosses that I cannot extract reports with this type of information

Re: How can I get a license report for computers with SAS installed in SCCM or BigFix?

SASKiwi — Sun, 12 Jun 2022 08:11:15 GMT

There is a SAS procedure called PROC SETINIT that allows you confirm if a computer on which SAS is installed, and the license is still current, to identify what licence was applied and when it is due to expire. You just run this in a SAS session:

proc setinit;
run;

If the SAS licence on any computer has expired, you can only tell this by trying to start SAS - it will not start and it will give a licence expiry error if it has expired. You cannot query a separate registry somehow to prove if SAS is currently licensed or not. SCCM or similar should be able to report what computers it installed SAS on, but it can't tell if it is currently licensed or not. The SAS image installed by SCCM should contain a licence file containing an expiry date which you can check to see if it is still current or not. As to how many active computers still have SAS installed - SAS has no functionality to do that. It's possible that software audit tools may be able to provide that information but they certainly won't be able to tell if the licence is current or not.

Normally SAS provides a company-wide licence that starts and ends on the same date. This licence has to be applied on each computer SAS is installed on.

Hope this clarifies things for you.