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Workspace IBM License Metric Tool (ILMT)
Created by Guest
Created on Oct 29, 2024

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ILMT Support to Autoscaling

I have a suggestion for enhancing ILMT's functionality. It would be beneficial if ILMT could support scale sets, auto-scaling, or similar setups to prevent issues with duplicate entries in reports.

My idea is to implement a rule where you can specify the name of the machine that will report to ILMT. Since these machines often share the same name as the parent machine but have different IPs, the rule should allow for a defined range of IPs.

For example:
Server1 IP: 10.90.2.1/24.

When Server1 scales up to additional servers within the range of 10.90.2.1/24, ILMT should recognize them as existing instances and avoid duplicating entries.

I believe this enhancement could significantly improve reporting accuracy and streamline management.

Idea priority Low
  • Guest
    Jan 20, 2026

    Hi.

    Yes, ASG (AWS Auto Scaling) is an example of this. For example, we have an Auto-Scaling group configured for Min. 2, Preferred 3 & Max 5. The high water mark can ONLY ever be 5 as it represents the maximum number of instances that can be active at one time. This is also what we should be licensed for.

    Here is a standard scenario that most organizations using ASG would encounter. This is where ILMT has all the data but fails to apply the correct count (high water mark) leading to issues.

    Day 1 - we scale to Max 5. (High water mark established & should comply with our license entitlement)

    Day 2 - at 2am we terminate them all. At 4am we spin up 3 (Preferred) new ones at the start of the new day. 

    High water mark is still 5 but ILMT now says it's 8! The expotential growth continues indefinitely. We can tag the EC2 instances with a name to relate them to a specific ASG but ILMT is counting based on unique hostname. Since the hostname changes for every individual instance then ILMT cannot group them and apply rules associated with the ASG. Trying to force a design change on AWS ASGs (not even sure how that would work) to comply with ILMT existing rules makes no sense. 

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