Policy:

The Systems Administration Unit is committed to complying with the licensing requirements of all vendors. In an effort to remain within the law, the Systems Administration Staff will perform biannual audits.

Procedure:

• In accordance with INST Policy Sys 1.3, no software will be installed on any INST systems without the prior approval of the Systems Administrator.

• Systems Administration staff will maintain a current list of the number of licenses owned by for all relevant software. Efforts will be made to ensure that at no time does the number of copies installed exceed the number of licenses owned. Efforts will also be made to hold extra copies of frequently requested packages in reserve.

• The Systems Administration staff will perform through audits of software installations on all INST owned systems biannually. The results of these audits will be analyzed and a best course of action will be suggested to the Director.