Timeline of processes IBM License Metric Tool & Software Use Analysis Questions and Answers ILMT Central Team & ID Team
Agenda 01 Introduction 03 ETL import steps 02 Timeline of processes IEM client deployment Software scan Capacity scan Usage statistics Software catalog update Resolving the Outdated Catalog status Software catalog in SwKBT VM managers PVU and RVU calculations Contracts Data retention period 04 Demo 05 Beta program 06 Useful links 2
Introduction 01
Introduction 02 The session applies to License Metric Tool and Software Use Analysis 9.x. Unless stated otherwise, presented information applies to both products. Software Use Analysis 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 License Metric Tool Discovers PVU software Measures maximum core capacity in PVUs available to the deployed software Required for subcapacity licensing 4
Timeline of processes 02
Legend The action is performed by the user The action is performed automatically The action can be performed by the user or automatically 6
IEM client deployment Discussed on slides 7 and 8 Install the IEM client Run the initial import of data Configure software and capacity scans Import data or automatically* Done by: LMT/SUA server or user Default frequency: Once a day Can be changed or triggered manually * Applies only to LMT installed by using the All-in-One installer 7
Software scan Activate analyses Install scanner Run software scan and upload results Import data or automatically* or automatically* Fixlet: Install Scanner 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 See slide 6 Process: wscansw, wscanfs * Applies only to LMT installed by using the All-in-One installer Upload is done when scan returns the result. 8
Capacity scan Run capacity scan and upload results Import data See slide 6 Fixlet: Run Capacity Scan and Upload Results Default frequency: Every 30 minutes Cannot be changed Process: wscanhw 9
Usage statistics* SUA only Run software scan Scanner gathers information about process execution Activate the analysis Import data Done by: Scanner See slide 6 Fixlet: Initiate Software Scan Default frequency: 7 days Can be changed Results: Infomration about process execution is saved to the app_usage_data.info file Analysis: Application Usage Statistics Default frequency: Aligned with the software scan Results: Usage data is available in SUA * Applies only to SUA Limits: 15 minutes 30 days Results: Usage frequency is transformed into raw data and saved in IEM database 10
Software catalog update Download the catalog to your computer Upload the catalog to LMT/SUA Import data Run software scan and upload results Import data See slide 6 See slide 7 See slide 6 Fixlet: Software Catalog Download Results: The catalog is downloaded from the Internet Where: Catalog Upload panel in LMT/SUA Results: Catalog has Pending status 11
Resolving the Outdated Catalog status Computers have the Outdated Catalog status 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 Reason: Scanner catalogs were not distributed to the endpoints Where: Catalog Upload panel in LMT/SUA Results: The fixlet is available in the fixlet site Fixlet: Catalog Download (Version: version) See slide 7 Results: The fixlet is downloaded to your computer Results: New version of scanner catalogs is available on endpoints 12
Software catalog in SwKBT* SUA only Download the catalog to your computer Upload the catalog to SwKBT Publish the catalog in SwKBT Upload the catalog to LMT/SUA Import data See slide 10 See slide 6 Where: Catalog Servers panel in SUA * Applies only to SUA 13
Creating signatures* SUA only Software is not detected due to the lack of a signature Create the signature Import data Check the report See slide 6 Results: The software is properly detected and displayed on the reports * Applies only to SUA 14
VM managers VMM Tool = VM Manager Tool Add VM manager in the UI 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 Immediately 5 min / 10-60 min Done by: Configure VM Manager Tool action in IEM Done by: VMM Tool 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 15
PVU and RVU calculations Change software assignment Click the Recalculate button Results: PVU is recalculated for all products for the period from the start date of the report till the current date Import data See slide 6 Results: Recalculate button becomes active on the IBM PVU Subcapacity or All IBM Metrics Results: PVU is recalculated for all products for the last 90 days 16
Contracts* SUA only Create a contract Import data Check the Contract Usage Data report See slide 6 Results: Information is available on the Contract Usage Data report * Applies only to SUA 17
Data retention period Set data retention period Computer is removed or software uninstalled Data is removed from the database Specified period, e.g. 365 days Limits: 1 day unlimited 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. 18
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 * Applies only to SUA 20
Import log excerpt Catalog import Import data from IEM Correlation of data with software catalog Aggregation of discovered software Import of PVU table Capacity scan VM manager data Automatic bundling Reaggregation Aggregation # 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 21
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 24
Useful links 06
License Metric Tool Documentation IBMLicenseMetricTool Wiki @ILMTCentralTeam Forum Migration cookbook (LMT) Scalability Guide Development plans 26
Software Use Analysis Documentation IBM License Management Wiki @IBMEndpoint #IEM4SUA Forum Signature community Migration cookbook (TAD4D) Scalability Guide Development plans IBM Endpoint Manager 27
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