摘要:
A system for managing software application licenses includes a physical machine (10) including computer system hardware. A hypervisor operates on the physical machine. A plurality of application virtual machines (11a, 11b) are instantiated on the hypervisor. Each of the plurality of application virtual machines executes at least one licensed software application (12a, 12b) and a local license manager (13a, 13b) for managing a license file of the licensed software application. A master license manager (15) executes on the physical machine. The master license manager is configured to receive the license files (16) of the licensed software application from the local license managers of each of the plurality of application virtual machines.