Table of contents Calculate License Units to Purchase The License Calculator shows the number of license units you need to monitor your end user devices (reporting to Aternity) or backend servers (reporting to Aternity APM). You can allocate license units to monitor any combination of devices, servers, or network, where each category consumes its own number of license units. For example, you can purchase 1000 license units to monitor 1000 PCs, or you can use those same license units to monitor 700 PCs + 100 Macs + 130 mobile devices + 2 Java virtual machines on a backend server. Tip You can assign licenses to end user devices in Aternity's License Provisioning page (learn more). You can always quickly find the latest version of this page by going to https://help.aternity.com/license. Types of monitoring use different license units Tip To float license units between monitoring end user devices AND backend servers, you should purchase Aternity Enterprise Licenses and deploy them for SaaS. License units deployed for on-premise can be used only for end user devices. Customers who buy Aternity Essentials Licenses can only use their license units on end user devices (not backend servers). Legacy end point licenses are now equivalent to license units. For example, 1000 SaaS end point licenses is the same as 1000 SaaS license units. Use the license unit calculator to find the total units required in your deployment There are several ways you can use your license units: Type Units Description Physical devices 1 unit This license monitors the performance of a single end user device by deploying the Agent for End User Devices locally, which reports metrics to Aternity. It can be Windows or Mac, as a laptop, desktop, or surface PC. It requires a single license unit. Monitor physical end user devices with the Agent for End User Devices locally Virtual desktop users (VDI) 1 unit per username This license reports the performance inside a single end user virtual desktop (VDI) to Aternity, where the VDI desktop image contains the Agent for End User Devices. All VDI sessions for a single user require one license unit. Embed the Agent for End User Devices in a virtual desktop image to monitor its performance Virtual app sessions ¼ unit per session (or one unit for four sessions) This license reports the performance of a frontline end user virtual app session to Aternity. Deploy the Agent for End User Devices on a virtual app server like Citrix XenApp. Each named user running one or more monitored sessions requires a quarter (¼) of a license unit. (From Agent 11) To monitor virtual app sessions (not VDI), you must also add the Virtual App Servers license (five units) to connect to this server. Monitor activities in virtual apps Virtual app servers (from Agent 11 only) 5 units per server (From Agent 11 only) This license reports the resource usage and latency of a Citrix XenApp server as a whole to Aternity. Deploy the Agent for End User Devices on a XenApp server, where each server requires five license units. Monitor virtual app server resources Mobile devices B2E / B2C B2E: 1 unit for one device B2C: 1 unit for 100 devices This license reports performance of one or more monitored mobile apps to Aternity, where each iOS or Android device reports a unique device ID. One B2E device requires one license unit, but for B2C apps, one device requires one hundredth (1/100) of a unit. JVMs on app servers 35 units per JVM process This license allows the Backend Agent to monitor the performance and usage of JVM processes and report metrics to Aternity APM. Each monitored JVM process on a server requires 35 license units. For example, if one server hosts five monitored JVM processes, it requires 35 x 5 = 175 license units. Deploying this also includes the Backend server license for this computer. App servers with .NET 35 units per server This license allows the Backend Agent to monitor the resource usage and performance of all running .NET processes on this server and reports metrics to Aternity APM. Each server requires 35 license units, for all .NET processes on that server. For example, a single server hosting five monitored .NET processes requires the license units for just one server: 1 x 35 = 35 license units. Deploying this also includes the Backend server license for this computer. Containers 5 units per container This license allows the Backend Agent to monitor the performance of sever-side app components within a single Docker instance (known as a container), and reports metrics to Aternity APM. It requires five license units. Deploying this also includes the Backend server license for this computer. Backend servers 2 units per server This license allows the Backend Agent to monitor the server's resource usage, network usage, and process usage. It requires two license units. If the server already has JVM or .NET monitoring, there is no need for additional units to monitor the server's resources. Assign Aternity License Units to End User Devices (License Provisioning)Parent topic Configure the Shape of your Organization in AternityRelated tasksConfigure Your Aternity AccountManage All Saved Local Versions of Dashboards in Your AccountDownload Agent for End User Devices or Aternity Mobile (Download Agent)Track or Change the Devices which Report to Aternity (Agent Administration)View the Users of AternitySecurity in Aternity SaaSRelated referenceUnderstanding Location Mapping ConceptSecure Data Access by Assigning a Data Restriction Role to Users or GroupsAternity SaaS Architecture SavePDF Selected topic Selected topic and subtopics All content Related Links
Calculate License Units to Purchase The License Calculator shows the number of license units you need to monitor your end user devices (reporting to Aternity) or backend servers (reporting to Aternity APM). You can allocate license units to monitor any combination of devices, servers, or network, where each category consumes its own number of license units. For example, you can purchase 1000 license units to monitor 1000 PCs, or you can use those same license units to monitor 700 PCs + 100 Macs + 130 mobile devices + 2 Java virtual machines on a backend server. Tip You can assign licenses to end user devices in Aternity's License Provisioning page (learn more). You can always quickly find the latest version of this page by going to https://help.aternity.com/license. Types of monitoring use different license units Tip To float license units between monitoring end user devices AND backend servers, you should purchase Aternity Enterprise Licenses and deploy them for SaaS. License units deployed for on-premise can be used only for end user devices. Customers who buy Aternity Essentials Licenses can only use their license units on end user devices (not backend servers). Legacy end point licenses are now equivalent to license units. For example, 1000 SaaS end point licenses is the same as 1000 SaaS license units. Use the license unit calculator to find the total units required in your deployment There are several ways you can use your license units: Type Units Description Physical devices 1 unit This license monitors the performance of a single end user device by deploying the Agent for End User Devices locally, which reports metrics to Aternity. It can be Windows or Mac, as a laptop, desktop, or surface PC. It requires a single license unit. Monitor physical end user devices with the Agent for End User Devices locally Virtual desktop users (VDI) 1 unit per username This license reports the performance inside a single end user virtual desktop (VDI) to Aternity, where the VDI desktop image contains the Agent for End User Devices. All VDI sessions for a single user require one license unit. Embed the Agent for End User Devices in a virtual desktop image to monitor its performance Virtual app sessions ¼ unit per session (or one unit for four sessions) This license reports the performance of a frontline end user virtual app session to Aternity. Deploy the Agent for End User Devices on a virtual app server like Citrix XenApp. Each named user running one or more monitored sessions requires a quarter (¼) of a license unit. (From Agent 11) To monitor virtual app sessions (not VDI), you must also add the Virtual App Servers license (five units) to connect to this server. Monitor activities in virtual apps Virtual app servers (from Agent 11 only) 5 units per server (From Agent 11 only) This license reports the resource usage and latency of a Citrix XenApp server as a whole to Aternity. Deploy the Agent for End User Devices on a XenApp server, where each server requires five license units. Monitor virtual app server resources Mobile devices B2E / B2C B2E: 1 unit for one device B2C: 1 unit for 100 devices This license reports performance of one or more monitored mobile apps to Aternity, where each iOS or Android device reports a unique device ID. One B2E device requires one license unit, but for B2C apps, one device requires one hundredth (1/100) of a unit. JVMs on app servers 35 units per JVM process This license allows the Backend Agent to monitor the performance and usage of JVM processes and report metrics to Aternity APM. Each monitored JVM process on a server requires 35 license units. For example, if one server hosts five monitored JVM processes, it requires 35 x 5 = 175 license units. Deploying this also includes the Backend server license for this computer. App servers with .NET 35 units per server This license allows the Backend Agent to monitor the resource usage and performance of all running .NET processes on this server and reports metrics to Aternity APM. Each server requires 35 license units, for all .NET processes on that server. For example, a single server hosting five monitored .NET processes requires the license units for just one server: 1 x 35 = 35 license units. Deploying this also includes the Backend server license for this computer. Containers 5 units per container This license allows the Backend Agent to monitor the performance of sever-side app components within a single Docker instance (known as a container), and reports metrics to Aternity APM. It requires five license units. Deploying this also includes the Backend server license for this computer. Backend servers 2 units per server This license allows the Backend Agent to monitor the server's resource usage, network usage, and process usage. It requires two license units. If the server already has JVM or .NET monitoring, there is no need for additional units to monitor the server's resources. Assign Aternity License Units to End User Devices (License Provisioning)Parent topic Configure the Shape of your Organization in AternityRelated tasksConfigure Your Aternity AccountManage All Saved Local Versions of Dashboards in Your AccountDownload Agent for End User Devices or Aternity Mobile (Download Agent)Track or Change the Devices which Report to Aternity (Agent Administration)View the Users of AternitySecurity in Aternity SaaSRelated referenceUnderstanding Location Mapping ConceptSecure Data Access by Assigning a Data Restriction Role to Users or GroupsAternity SaaS Architecture
Calculate License Units to Purchase The License Calculator shows the number of license units you need to monitor your end user devices (reporting to Aternity) or backend servers (reporting to Aternity APM). You can allocate license units to monitor any combination of devices, servers, or network, where each category consumes its own number of license units. For example, you can purchase 1000 license units to monitor 1000 PCs, or you can use those same license units to monitor 700 PCs + 100 Macs + 130 mobile devices + 2 Java virtual machines on a backend server. Tip You can assign licenses to end user devices in Aternity's License Provisioning page (learn more). You can always quickly find the latest version of this page by going to https://help.aternity.com/license. Types of monitoring use different license units Tip To float license units between monitoring end user devices AND backend servers, you should purchase Aternity Enterprise Licenses and deploy them for SaaS. License units deployed for on-premise can be used only for end user devices. Customers who buy Aternity Essentials Licenses can only use their license units on end user devices (not backend servers). Legacy end point licenses are now equivalent to license units. For example, 1000 SaaS end point licenses is the same as 1000 SaaS license units. Use the license unit calculator to find the total units required in your deployment There are several ways you can use your license units: Type Units Description Physical devices 1 unit This license monitors the performance of a single end user device by deploying the Agent for End User Devices locally, which reports metrics to Aternity. It can be Windows or Mac, as a laptop, desktop, or surface PC. It requires a single license unit. Monitor physical end user devices with the Agent for End User Devices locally Virtual desktop users (VDI) 1 unit per username This license reports the performance inside a single end user virtual desktop (VDI) to Aternity, where the VDI desktop image contains the Agent for End User Devices. All VDI sessions for a single user require one license unit. Embed the Agent for End User Devices in a virtual desktop image to monitor its performance Virtual app sessions ¼ unit per session (or one unit for four sessions) This license reports the performance of a frontline end user virtual app session to Aternity. Deploy the Agent for End User Devices on a virtual app server like Citrix XenApp. Each named user running one or more monitored sessions requires a quarter (¼) of a license unit. (From Agent 11) To monitor virtual app sessions (not VDI), you must also add the Virtual App Servers license (five units) to connect to this server. Monitor activities in virtual apps Virtual app servers (from Agent 11 only) 5 units per server (From Agent 11 only) This license reports the resource usage and latency of a Citrix XenApp server as a whole to Aternity. Deploy the Agent for End User Devices on a XenApp server, where each server requires five license units. Monitor virtual app server resources Mobile devices B2E / B2C B2E: 1 unit for one device B2C: 1 unit for 100 devices This license reports performance of one or more monitored mobile apps to Aternity, where each iOS or Android device reports a unique device ID. One B2E device requires one license unit, but for B2C apps, one device requires one hundredth (1/100) of a unit. JVMs on app servers 35 units per JVM process This license allows the Backend Agent to monitor the performance and usage of JVM processes and report metrics to Aternity APM. Each monitored JVM process on a server requires 35 license units. For example, if one server hosts five monitored JVM processes, it requires 35 x 5 = 175 license units. Deploying this also includes the Backend server license for this computer. App servers with .NET 35 units per server This license allows the Backend Agent to monitor the resource usage and performance of all running .NET processes on this server and reports metrics to Aternity APM. Each server requires 35 license units, for all .NET processes on that server. For example, a single server hosting five monitored .NET processes requires the license units for just one server: 1 x 35 = 35 license units. Deploying this also includes the Backend server license for this computer. Containers 5 units per container This license allows the Backend Agent to monitor the performance of sever-side app components within a single Docker instance (known as a container), and reports metrics to Aternity APM. It requires five license units. Deploying this also includes the Backend server license for this computer. Backend servers 2 units per server This license allows the Backend Agent to monitor the server's resource usage, network usage, and process usage. It requires two license units. If the server already has JVM or .NET monitoring, there is no need for additional units to monitor the server's resources. Assign Aternity License Units to End User Devices (License Provisioning)Parent topic Configure the Shape of your Organization in AternityRelated tasksConfigure Your Aternity AccountManage All Saved Local Versions of Dashboards in Your AccountDownload Agent for End User Devices or Aternity Mobile (Download Agent)Track or Change the Devices which Report to Aternity (Agent Administration)View the Users of AternitySecurity in Aternity SaaSRelated referenceUnderstanding Location Mapping ConceptSecure Data Access by Assigning a Data Restriction Role to Users or GroupsAternity SaaS Architecture