Infrastructure-based Licensing Model
The Infrastructure-based Licensing model offers license packages for Application Performance Monitoring (APM), End User Monitoring (EUM), and Application Analytics. Each package includes a combination of Agents and is based on a single metering unit: CPU Core. Each agent can pull from a single metering unit, Infrastructure-based Licensing can support diverse applications and provide better license usage estimates.
This table shows how licenses in the Infrastructure-based Licensing model bundle multiple Splunk AppDynamics products.
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| Enterprise | Enterprise for SAP solutions | Premium | Real User Monitoring (Peak) | Real User Monitoring (Pro) | |
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In addition, any of the following products can be purchased as stand-alone or as add-ons to the packages.
- Infrastructure Monitoring
- Synthetic Monitoring
- IoT for Connected Devices
- Log Analytics
- Secure Application
Agent Version Recommendation
| Agent | Recommended Version | Description |
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| Machine Agent | >= 20.11 | All versions of the Machine Agent are compatible with Infrastructure-based Licensing packages. We recommend Machine Agent >= 20.11 for better performance and accurate license counting. See Agent and Controller Tenant Compatibility for supported versions. |
| Database Agent | >= 21.2 | To monitor the databases concurrently, the Controller Tenant requires a license for the total number of databases. All the versions of the Database Agent are compatible with Infrastructure-based Licensing packages. We recommend Database Agent >= 21.2 for for better performance and accurate license counting. For Database Agent license details, see License Entitlements and Restrictions. |
Controller Tenant UI for Observing Usage
If you have an Infrastructure-based Licensing license and Controller >= 21.2.0, you have a new UI to manage licenses in the Controller Tenant. See the Infrastructure-based Licensing tab on Observe License Usage.