Software Metering
Creating a Software metering Rule
Client End Activity :
Initiate the Machine policy Retrieval cycle action for 2 or 3 times
Initiate the User policy Retrieval cycle action for 2 or 3 times
After 5 minutes, perform the following step:
Use the calculator tool for 3-5 times in the client environment
Initiate the action for Software Metering Usage Report Cyslce in the client environment for 3
times
View the Metering Usage:
This is because by default just like SMS 2003, SCCM 2007 will also require 24 hours for its
database to be updated on the usage. To update the database immediately and view the
results, follow the below steps:
Copy the RunMetersumm.exe from E:\ConfigMgr07_RTM_ENU_5931_Eval\TOOLS to
C:\Program Files\Microsoft Configuration Manager\bin\i386
Now open the command prompt and go to "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Configuration
Manager\bin\i386" directory and execute the following command
runmetersumm.exe SMS_SiteCode
Repeat the command until you find atleast one summary row is added.