You can configure License Metric Tool to send email
notifications about crucial events that require your action. These events include the appearance of
computers that require troubleshooting, the appearance of new components whose assignment needs to
be reviewed and confirmed, and exceeded thresholds of license metric utilization. Thanks to these
notifications, you can stay up to date with your work without the need of checking License Metric Tool itself.
About this task
Important: Notifications are sent only about computers on which the BigFix® client or the disconnected scanner is installed.
There is no notification about computers that exist in your infrastructure but are not discovered by
License Metric Tool.
Procedure
- To set up notifications about computers that require troubleshooting, perform the
following steps.
- In the top navigation bar, go to
.
- From the list of saved report views on the left, select Computers with
Issues.
- Set up email notifications to be sent whenever the number of rows on the report
exceeds one or according to your preferences. This type of notification should be sent to
Infrastructure Administrators. For more information, see: Scheduling report emails.
- To set up notifications about newly discovered components whose assignment needs
confirming, perform the following steps.
- In the top navigation bar, go to
.
- From the list of saved report views on the left, select IBM Software -
Pending Classification.
- Set up email notifications to be sent whenever the number of rows on the report
exceeds one or according to your preferences. This type of notification should be sent to Software
Asset Managers. For more information, see: Scheduling report emails.
- To set up notifications about license thresholds that are exceeded, perform the following
steps.
- In the top navigation bar, go to
.
- From the list of saved report views on the left, select Exceeded
Thresholds.
- Set up email notifications to be sent whenever the number of rows on the report
exceeds one or according to your preferences. This type of notification should be sent to Software
Asset Managers. For more information, see: Scheduling report emails.
Results
You are notified whenever an item that requires your action appears in License Metric Tool.
What to do next
Create the snapshot of license metric utilization at least once per quarter. Store it for
two years for your reference and for the subcapacity auditing purposes. For more information, see:
Creating snapshots of license metric utilization for auditing purposes.