A cloud VM consumes one Discovery cloud licence; on-premises VMs do not
Catalog row in Vendor License Rules · Cited
- Kind
- Virtualization
- Statement
- BMC Helix Discovery cloud licensing FAQ: a cloud VM incurs a single cloud licence whether or not its host is scanned, the scanned host then incurs no host licence, and an on-premises VM does not count as a cloud resource. (vendor document undated; as published on 2026-09-27)
- Applies when
- Hybrid estates discovered by Discovery.
- Applies to
- BMC Helix Discovery cloud discovery add-on (per asset).
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