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2.3. Subscription Asset Manager: System-Level Subscription Information
The ultimate goal of subscription management is to allow administrators to identify the relationship between their systems and the subscriptions used by those systems. This can be done from two different perspectives: from the perspective of the local system looking externally to potential subscriptions and from the perspective of the organization (top-level account), looking down at the total infrastructure of systems and all subscriptions.
Subscription Asset Manager has several different ways of conveying subscription and system information. This includes information about insufficient or expiring subscriptions, which is invaluable to administrators for maintaining current subscriptions.
2.3.1. High-Level Information in the Dashboard
The Subscription Asset Manager dashboard shows a count of all systems registered with that organization and their overall subscription status.
Figure 14. The Subscription Asset Manager Dashboard
Subscription status refers to the status of all subscriptions for all products which are installed on a system. For example, if a system has Red Hat Enterprise Linux, OpenShift, and Directory Server all installed, then that system must have subscriptions for Red Hat Enterprise Linux, OpenShift, and Directory Server attached to it so that it is current.
There are three categories of subscription status:
- Current subscriptions mean that a system has a subscription for every install product, in the appropriate quantity.
- Invalid subscriptions mean that a system has installed products but at least one of those products has no corresponding subscription for it.
- Insufficient subscriptions is a slightly more complex state. It means that at least one installed product has some subscriptions for it, but not enough. Each subscription states some attribute that applies to it. For example, an operating system subscription may specify a certain number of cores or a certain amount of RAM. If a system has four cores and the subscription specifies that it covers two cores, then the system requires two subscriptions. If only one subscription is attached, then the system is in an insufficient state.
2.3.2. Viewing System Notifications
Every time any action is taken in Subscription Asset Manager — such as adding a new user, editing an organization's configuration, importing a manifest, or running a report — a system notification is recorded. Notifications include both success and error messages.
The most recent notifications are shown in the Latest Notifications area of the Dashboard tab.
Figure 15. Notifications in the Dashboard
By default, the most recent five notifications are displayed, but that can be changed to 15 or 30 notifications by clicking the gear icon.
Figure 16. Changing the Number of Notifications Displayed
The complete list of notifications can be opened by clicking the More link by any notification in the Dashboard or by clicking the notification icon in the upper right of the Subscription Asset Manager UI.
Figure 17. Notification Link in the Admin Menu
The User Notifications page lists the time and date of each notification, the type of notification (either success or error), and a description of the notification.
Figure 18. List of Notifications
Individual notifications cannot be deleted, but it is possible to clear the entire notifications queue by clicking the Delete All link.
2.3.3. Checking Individual System Status
The Dashboard shows the cumulative subscription status counts for all systems within the Subscription Asset Manager organization. However, it is possible to view the information for each individual system, including subscription expiration dates and installed products.
First, open the system entry:
- Hover over the Systems tab in the top menu and select the All item.
- In the search box on the left of the systems column, search for the specific system.
- Click the name of the system in the column on the left.
The server list entry itself shows the overall subscription status for the system by using a red (invalid), yellow (insufficient), or green (current) icon.
Figure 19. Status Icon in the System List
There are a couple of different places in the system page that show the details of the subscription status.
- The Details tab shows the status and (if current) the expiration date for the subscriptions.
Figure 20. Status Details
- The Subscriptions tab also shows the status and the expiration date (if subscriptions are current). Additionally, the Subscriptions tab has a list of available and attached subscriptions, so that the subscriptions for the system can be reassigned as necessary.
Figure 21. Status and Subscription Lists
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