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Software Asset Management

The Software Asset Management component allows you to enable software asset management capabilities through CA SAM. If you implement both CA APM and CA SAM, you can coordinate the management of both hardware and software assets in your organization. CA APM maintains hardware asset data and CA SAM maintains software asset and license data. Common data that both products require is shared.

• For the standard installation, Software Asset Management is installed on an application server with user input.
• For a custom installation, Software Asset Management is installed on an application server with user input.

You can change the configuration of the Software Asset Management component after you install the product.

Note: You can change the component configurations and configure additional components for your enterprise after you install the product. For more information about changing the component configurations and adding servers, see the Administration Guide.