Licensing

License auditing in Cloud Automation Manager is enabled by default to determine if the current usage is within license entitlement levels and to prevent potential license violations.

For licensing purposes, Cloud Automation Manager is priced per Virtual Processing Core (VPC).

IBM® License Metric Tool (ILMT) is used to help you assess if you are compliant with licensing requirements. ILMT provides useful features for managing virtualized environments and measuring license use. ILMT discovers the software that is installed in your infrastructure, helps you to analyze the usage data, and allows you to generate audit reports. Each report provides you with different information about your infrastructure, for example the computer groups, software installations, and the content of your software catalog.

You can use the ILMT to determine your VPC usage. See Determining the usage of Virtual Processor Cores (VPC) .

By default, every ILMT audit report presents data from the previous 90 days. You can customize the type and amount of information displayed in a report by using filters, and save your personal settings for future use. You can also export the reports to .csv or .pdf format, and schedule report emails so that specified recipients are notified when important events occur. For more information, see the IBM License Metric Tool in IBM Knowledge Center.

You can also review the license usage by using the IBM Multicloud Manager metering service. See IBM Multicloud Manager metering service .