Installing the IBM License Metric Tool on VMware

The IBM® License Metric Tool (ILMT) helps you determine whether your IBM API Connect deployment is compliant with licensing requirements.

About this task

ILMT provides useful features for managing virtualized environments and measuring license utilization. ILMT discovers the software that is installed in your infrastructure, helps you to analyze the consumption 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.

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.

To deploy the ILMT with API Connect, complete the following steps for the Management, Developer Portal, and Analytics OVAs. The instructions refer to topics in the ILMT documentation:

Procedure

  1. Add a disconnected data source to your ILMT deployment as explained in Adding a data source.
  2. Download the scanner installer as explained in Downloading the disconnected scanner package (disconnected scenario).
  3. Install the scanner and run scans as explained in Installing the disconnected scanner and gathering scan results (disconnected scenario).
  4. Set up daily transfer of scan results to ILMT as explained in Setting up daily transfer of scan results to the License Metric Tool server (disconnected scenario).