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IBM License Metric Tool (ILMT)

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automation of snapshot creation

We would like to automate the creation of the audit snapshot. As this needs to be done at least once per quater it would be nice if this can be automated, either by the tool itself or by a cronjob which may communicate through some API calls
10 months ago in IBM License Metric Tool (ILMT) 1 Not under consideration

Install new ILMT Scanner versions via REST API

Today disconnected scanners have to upgrade manually. It should be possible to upgrade them during the result upload process, depending onto a user right (“Manage_Upgrades”) and together with a date/time for the upgrade due to customers change man...
10 months ago in IBM License Metric Tool (ILMT) 2 Functionality already exists

ILMT report export should contain the schedule information

It is possible to export and import ILMT reports via REST API but their schedules will not be exported an imported with them. Today, deleting a n ILMT user, lead to the deletion of all his reports as well as the related schedules. Having a backup ...
10 months ago in IBM License Metric Tool (ILMT) 0 Future consideration

Provide an complete overview of all parameter within ILMT disconnected scanner setup (confiog) file setup_config.ini

Within the setup_config.ini file there are only the "basic" configuration parameters. Within the ILMT documentation you will find some addional paramerter which can be set, e.g PUBLIC_CLOUD_TYPE to identify systems on public clouds. These paramert...
11 months ago in IBM License Metric Tool (ILMT) 3 Not under consideration

REST API to generate Audit Snapshot report

Would like to have the ability to generate the Audit Snapshot using a REST API as we are handling multiple accounts within ILMT utilizing different Computer Groups. Having an API to trigger the generation of the Audit Snapshots would help gather e...
11 months ago in IBM License Metric Tool (ILMT) 2 Future consideration

reasign reports

If you delete a ILMT user account all reports will be deleted. It should be possibne to reasign the reports to another user account. Exporting / importing thze reports might not be an option becaus the possible "attached" report email optione will...
11 months ago in IBM License Metric Tool (ILMT) 0 Future consideration

multiple select deletes of ILMT reports

It's possible to add a huge ammount of reports to ILMT via REST API, but if you like to delete the reports via ILMT GUI it's one possible to deletre them one by one. Pleas add a multiple select delet to the ILMT GUI.
11 months ago in IBM License Metric Tool (ILMT) 0 Future consideration

Ability to create audit snapshot scheduled report

We use the scheduled reports in ILMT to simplify reporting. One of the reports we require usually every quarter is the audit snapshot and currently this can't be scheduled to send this report. Is it possible to add an option to allow the creation ...
11 months ago in IBM License Metric Tool (ILMT) 1 Future consideration

Add the remaining setup_config.ini parameters to the lmt_inventory_template.yml for the Disconnected Scanner

There are already several of the Parameters from the setup_config.ini file in the lmt_inventory_template.yml but not all. Most notably for our implementation are the LMT_SERVER_URL and the CURL_PARAMETERS parameters. These should be added to the l...
12 months ago in IBM License Metric Tool (ILMT) 2 Needs more information

Make the Task "Run Capacity Scan on Virtualization Hosts " able to use libvirt service when it's deployed on a Container

Task "Run Capacity Scan on Virtualization Hosts " isn't relevant on hypervisors because the libvirt service, instead of being installed on the Hypervisor itself, is running inside a Docker Container running in the Hypervisor. According to Openstac...
about 1 year ago in IBM License Metric Tool (ILMT) 0 Planned for future release