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Timeline of processes
IBM License Metric Tool &
Software Use AnalysisQuestions and Answers
ILMT Central Team & ID Team
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• IEM client deployment• Software scan• Capacity scan• Usage statistics• Software catalog update• Resolving the Outdated Catalog status• Software catalog in SwKBT• VM managers• PVU and RVU calculations• Contracts• Data retention period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]
Introduction 01
• 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
4Contact us: [email protected]
Timeline of processes 02
Legend
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The action is performed by the user
The action is performed automatically
The action can be performed by the user or automatically
Contact us: [email protected]
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
Contact us: [email protected]
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
Contact us: [email protected]
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
9Contact us: [email protected]
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
Contact us: [email protected]
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
11Contact us: [email protected]
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
12Contact us: [email protected]
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
Contact us: [email protected]
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]
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
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
16Contact us: [email protected]
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
Contact us: [email protected]
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
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
Contact us: [email protected]
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
Contact us: [email protected]
Demo 04
Beta program 05
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]
Useful links 06
Wiki
IBMLicenseMetricTool
Forum
@ILMTCentralTeam
Documentation
License Metric Tool
Scalability Guide
Migration cookbook (LMT)
Development plans
26Contact us: [email protected]
Wiki
IBM License Management
Forum
Signature community
@IBMEndpoint #IEM4SUA
Documentation
IBM Endpoint Manager
Software Use Analysis
Scalability Guide Development plans
Migration cookbook (TAD4D)
27Contact us: [email protected]
Questions?
Thank you!