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IBM License Metric Tool (ILMT)

Support Bigfix REST API token authentication

Hello, the ILMT server connects to the Bigfix server during a ILMT data import. This is done via the BigFix data source that is added to ILMT. As per the following documentation the data source is setup by specifying the credentials of the user th...
2 days ago in IBM License Metric Tool (ILMT) 0 Submitted

Agentless ILMT for subcapacity licensing on public cloud infrastructure

My client and I am sure many other enterprise clients follow a "move to cloud" strategy. On-premise deployments were managed by internal operations teams and thus the enforcement of standards was easy. With the move to cloud this level of control ...
about 2 months ago in IBM License Metric Tool (ILMT) 0 Submitted

IBM License Usage Logger for Fargate- Support cross-account bucket configurations

Background: Through IBM Support case TS023136250, we identified that the IBM License Usage Logger for Fargate (v1.20.17/v1.20.19) hardcodes the S3 upload ACL to private, which forces object ownership to remain with the writing (member) account. IB...
13 days ago in IBM License Metric Tool (ILMT) 1 Submitted

ILMT scanner in rpm format to be deployed with Red Hat Satellite

Big company, and government company as my customer is, have in place a sw distribution system with Red Hat SATELLITE when having to manage a large number of RHEL systems, in this case about 10.000 now, but more in the future, and they want to use ...
4 months ago in IBM License Metric Tool (ILMT) 0 Submitted

ILMT Low Disk Space dashboard should also check for low disk space on /opt filesystem

I have noticed that when /opt filesystem space is empty or low, the Software Scans fail with rc 30 or rc 135. It would be a good idea to also report on /opt low disk space as well in the  ILMT "Low Disk Space" dashboard on the home page of th...
18 days ago in IBM License Metric Tool (ILMT) 0 Submitted

ILMT Support for Microsoft SQL Server Transparent Data Encryption (TDE)

Business Justification: Our organization utilizes Microsoft SQL Server with Transparent Data Encryption (TDE) enabled to meet internal security and regulatory compliance requirements for data-at-rest encryption. IBM has confirmed that this co...
19 days ago in IBM License Metric Tool (ILMT) 0 Submitted

Publish a single matrix showing ILMT support lifecycle dates for all supported operating systems, including server support, endpoint support, and subcapacity eligibility.

Today, information about operating system support lifecycle in IBM License Metric Tool is spread across SPCR reports, support announcements and subcapacity eligibility documentation. It would be very useful to provide a consolidated matrix showing...
3 months ago in IBM License Metric Tool (ILMT) 0 Submitted

Enhance ILMT functionality to display subcapacity shared pool values for virtual machines hosted on VMware.

Proposal: Enhance ILMT Functionality to Display Subcapacity Shared Pool Values for VMware-Hosted VMs As ILMT (IBM License Metric Tool) is a critical component for software asset and license management, particularly in virtualized environments like...
about 1 year ago in IBM License Metric Tool (ILMT) 0 Under review

Enable a solution for EC2 Re-hydration, disconnected scanner and duplicated software

In a cloud environment, re-hydration of EC2 instances (destroying old instances then replacing with a fresh, updated instance to apply security patches, OS upgrades, or configuration changes, often automated to avoid downtime) is completed on a fr...
about 2 months ago in IBM License Metric Tool (ILMT) 0 Submitted

Directory Exclusion for Software Scans on IBM i

The ability to exclude directories from software scans, already supported on Windows and Unix/Linux, is also of value on IBM i. Excluding directories containing a large number of files will reduce scan duration, Currently, this option is not avail...
7 months ago in IBM License Metric Tool (ILMT) 0 Under review