All, Active, and historical pool license usage reports

Pool license usage reports give you insight into how you’re using your pool licenses. You can run these reports for both currently-assigned and previously-assigned pool licenses. These reports can help you budget for future license purchases.

Create an active usage report to see how the BIG-IP VE devices are currently licensed

Before you can create a usage report, you must have already licensed BIG-IP VE devices.

You can create an active usage report to see details about how BIG-IP devices that are currently licensed for a specific license type. This report contains all assigned licenses and is available in a CSV format. This makes it easy for you to reformat and share the information in any way you want.

1. At the top of the screen, click Configuration.

2. On the left, click LICENSE MANAGEMENT > Reports.

3. Click the Generate button.

4. For the Type option, select Active Report.

5. Select a license type from the list to narrow the results to the license type you want to create a report for.

6. From the Available list, click the license you want to run a report for, and click the arrow to move it to the Selected list.

7. Click the Download button at the of the screen to generate the report.

Create a historical usage report to see how the BIG-IP VE devices were licensed during a specific time period

Before you can create a historical usage report, you must have already licensed BIG-IP VE devices.

You can create a historical usage report to see how you’ve been using certain license types during a specific time period. This can help you plan and budget for future resources. This report is available in a downloadable CSV format to make it easy for you to reformat and share the information in any way you want.

1. At the top of the screen, click Configuration.

2. On the left, click LICENSE MANAGEMENT > Reports.

3. Click the Generate button.

4. For the Type option, select Historical Report.

5. Select a license type from the list to narrow the results to the license type you want to create a report for.

6. From the Available list, click the license you want to run a report for, and click the arrow to move it to the Selected list.

7. In the Usage Period area, in the Starting Date and Ending Date fields, type the date range for the report. Alternatively, click the calendars and navigate to the dates.

8. Click the Download button and select an option to open the file, or save the file.

Create All Licenses usage report to see how all the BIG-IP VE devices are currently licensed

You can create All licenses usage report and this report contains all assigned licenses in a CSV format. This report includes assigned licenses to BIG IP devices and unassigned licenses.

1. ​​​​​​At the top of the screen, click ​​​​​​Devices​​​​.​​​​

2. On the left, click LICENSE MANAGEMENT > Reports.

3. Click Generate button.

4. For the Type option, select All licenses Report.

5. Select a license type from the list to narrow the results to the license type you want to create a report for.

6. From the Available list, click the license you want to run a report for, and click the arrow to move it to the Selected list.

7. Click the Download button at the of the screen to generate the report.