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Timeline of processes

IBM License Metric Tool &

Software Use AnalysisQuestions and Answers

ILMT Central Team & ID Team

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Agenda

02Timeline of processes

• IEM client deployment• Software scan• Capacity scan• Usage statistics• Software catalog update• Resolving the Outdated Catalog status• Software catalog in SwKBT• VM managers• PVU and RVU calculations• Contracts• Data retention period

03ETL import steps

05Beta program

04Demo

Introduction

01

2

06Useful links

Contact us: [email protected]

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Introduction 01

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• Discovers detailed

information about hardware,

installed IBM software and

third party software

• Delivers flexible options for

monitoring software usage

• Integrates with IBM Control

Desk for discovered hardware

and software assets

Software Use Analysis

Introduction 02

The session applies to License Metric Tool and Software Use Analysis 9.x. Unless

stated otherwise, presented information applies to both products.

• Discovers PVU software• Measures maximum core capacity in

PVUs available to the deployed software

• Required for subcapacity licensing

License Metric Tool

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Timeline of processes 02

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Legend

6

The action is performed by the user

The action is performed automatically

The action can be performed by the user or automatically

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IEM client deployment

Install the

IEM client

Run the initial

import of data

Configure software

and capacity scans

Import data

Done by: User Done by: User Done by: User or

automatically*

Done by: LMT/SUA

server or user

Default frequency:

Once a day

Can be changed or

triggered manually

Discussed on slides 7 and 8

7* Applies only to LMT installed by using the All-in-One installer

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Software scan

Done by: User or

automatically*

Fixlet: Install

Scanner

Activate

analyses Install

scanner

Run software scan

and upload results

Import data

Done by: User or

automatically*

Done by: User or automatically*

Fixlets: Initiate Software Scan and

Upload Software Scan Results

Default frequency of sw scan: 7 days

Can be changed

Limits: 15 minutes 30 days

Process: wscansw, wscanfs

Upload is done when scan returns the

result.

See slide 6

8* Applies only to LMT installed by using the All-in-One installer

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Capacity scan

Run capacity scan

and upload resultsImport data

Done by: User

Fixlet: Run Capacity Scan

and Upload Results

Default frequency:

Every 30 minutes

Cannot be changed

Process: wscanhw

See slide 6

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Usage statistics*

Run software scan Scanner gathers

information about

process execution

Activate

the analysis

Import data

Done by: User

Fixlet: Initiate

Software Scan

Default frequency:

7 days

Can be changed

Limits:

15 minutes 30 days

Done by: Scanner

Results: Infomration about

process execution is saved

to the app_usage_data.info

file

Done by: User

Analysis: Application

Usage Statistics

Default frequency:

Aligned with the

software scan

Results: Usage frequency

is transformed into raw data

and saved in IEM database

See slide 6

Results: Usage data is

available in SUA

SUAonly

10* Applies only to SUA

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Software catalog update

Download

the catalog to

your computer

Done by: User

Fixlet: Software

Catalog Download

Results: The catalog

is downloaded from

the Internet

See slide 6

Upload the

catalog to

LMT/SUA

Import data Run software scan

and upload results

Import data

Done by: User

Where: Catalog

Upload panel in

LMT/SUA

Results: Catalog has

Pending status

See slide 7 See slide 6

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Resolving the Outdated Catalog status

Computers have

the Outdated

Catalog status

Reason: Scanner

catalogs were not

distributed to the

endpoints

Done by: User

Results: The fixlet is

available in the fixlet

site

Download

the Catalog

Download fixlet

Import the

fixlet to the

IEM console

Distribute scanner

catalogs to the

endpoints

Run software scan,

upload results and

run an import

Done by: User

Where: Catalog

Upload panel in

LMT/SUA

Results: The fixlet is

downloaded to your

computer

Done by: User

Fixlet: Catalog

Download (Version:

version)

Results: New version

of scanner catalogs is

available on endpoints

See slide 7

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Software catalog in SwKBT*

Download

the catalog to

your computer

See slide 10 Done by: User

Upload the

catalog to

SwKBT

Publish the

catalog in

SwKBT

Upload the

catalog to

LMT/SUA

Import data

Done by: User Done by: User

Where: Catalog Servers

panel in SUA

See slide 6

SUAonly

13* Applies only to SUA

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Creating signatures*

Software is not

detected due to the

lack of a signature

Create

the signatureCheck the report

Done by: User Done by: User

Results: The software is properly

detected and displayed on the

reports

14

SUAonly

* Applies only to SUA

Import data

See slide 6

Contact us: [email protected]

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VM managers

Add VM

manager

in the UI

Done by: User Done by: VMM Tool

VM manager

details are sent

to VMM Tool

VMM Tool

connects to

VM managers

Data is collected

and sent to

VMM Tool

Data is

uploaded to

IEM server

Import data

Done by: Configure

VM Manager Tool

action in IEM

Done by: VMM Tool

Default frequency:

30 minutes

Cannot be changed

Where: Schedule VM

Manager Tool Scan

Results Upload fixlet

Done by: VMM Tool

or user

Default frequency:

12 hours

Can be changed

Triggered when you

add or change a VM

manager or manually

by the Force VM

Manager Tool Scan

Results Upload task

See slide 6

VMM Tool = VM Manager Tool

15

Immediately 5 min / 10-60 min

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PVU and RVU calculations

Change software

assignment

Done by: User

Results: Recalculate

button becomes active on

the IBM PVU Subcapacity

or All IBM Metrics

Click the

Recalculate

button

Import data See slide 6

Results: PVU is recalculated

for all products for the last 90

days

Done by: User

Results: PVU is recalculated

for all products for the period

from the start date of the

report till the current date

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Contracts*

Create a

contract

Import data

Done by: User See slide 6

Results: Information is

available on the Contract

Usage Data report

SUAonly

17* Applies only to SUA

Check the Contract

Usage Data report

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Data retention period

Set data

retention period

Computer is removed

or software uninstalledData is removed

from the database

Done by: User

Limits:

1 day unlimited

Done by: User Done by: Automatically

Results: Data related to removed

computers, uninstalled software

and deleted software catalog

entries is removed from the

database.

Removal of the data does not

affect PVU and RVU MAPC

reports. IBM software that was

uninstalled is still correctly

calculated and reported for the

period when it was installed.

Specified period, e.g. 365 days

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ETL import steps 03

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ETL import steps

Import of the software catalog (only if a new catalog was uploaded)

Import of data from IEM

Correlation of data from IEM with the software catalog*

Aggregation of the discovered software

Import of the PVU table (only if a new table was uploaded)

Import of the capacity scan and VM manager data

Automatic bundling

Reaggregation

Aggregation

20* Applies only to SUA

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Import log excerpt

21

# Logfile created on 2015-04-26 01:09:12 +0000 by logger.rb/v1.2.7

....

2015-04-26 01:09:23 (+0:00:00.001) INFO: Install software catalog to staging tables:

Start

...

2015-04-26 02:28:35 (+0:00:00.022) INFO: Initialize datasource Datasource: Start

...

2015-04-26 02:30:00 (+0:00:00.003) INFO: ETL from SAM::FileRuleMatch: Start

...

2015-04-26 02:30:20 (+0:00:00.023) INFO: ETL from SAM::SoftwareFact: Start

2015-04-26 02:30:23 (+0:00:02.250) INFO: ETL from SAM::SoftwareFact: Success

...

2015-04-26 02:33:42 (+0:00:00.001) INFO: ETL from VUTImport: Start

2015-04-26 02:33:55 (+0:00:13.389) INFO: ETL from VUTImport: Success

...

2015-04-26 02:33:56 (+0:00:00.001) INFO: ETL from ImportCapacity: Start

...

2015-04-26 02:34:14 (+0:00:00.001) INFO: ETL from ImportVmManScans: Start

...

2015-04-26 02:34:16 (+0:00:00.002) INFO: ETL from InventoryBuilder: Start

...

2015-04-26 02:34:42 (+0:00:00.001) INFO: ETL from Reaggregation: Start

...

2015-04-26 02:34:42 (+0:00:00.002) INFO: ETL from Aggregation: Start

...

2015-04-26 02:39:50 (+0:00:02.280) INFO: Import succeeded in 1:30:38

Catalog import

Aggregation

Reaggregation

Automatic bundling

VM manager data

Capacity scan

Import data from IEM

Correlation of data with

software catalog

Aggregation of

discovered software

Import of PVU table

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Demo 04

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Beta program 05

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Beta program

If you want to try out features that we are currently working on, join our Beta program.

Planned date*:

Mid of May 2015

Planned content*:

Identifying computers as running on public clouds

Collecting capacity data from KVM hosts

Discoverying Oracle software

Coexistence of LMT 9.x and SUA 9.x on one IEM server

Hiding free software instances from the IBM Software Classification panel

NTLM as communication protocol for Hyper-V

For more information, see the Beta Program Community.

* The date and content is subject to change 24Contact us: [email protected]

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Useful links 06

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Wiki

IBMLicenseMetricTool

Forum

@ILMTCentralTeam

Documentation

License Metric Tool

Scalability Guide

Migration cookbook (LMT)

Development plans

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Questions?

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Thank you!