Virtualization types that require VM manager connections

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License Metric Tool requires that connections to VM managers are defined for the following virtualization types: Azure Stack HCI, Azure VMware Solution, Kernel-based Virtual Machine, Nutanix, Microsoft Hyper-V, VMware vSphere, Citrix Hypervisor, and Red Hat OpenShift Virtualization. Other virtualization types that are supported by License Metric Tool do not require defining connections to VM managers.

Important: For information about supported versions, go to IBM® License Metric Tool 9.2 - Supported Operating Systems and click Supported Hypervisor.

Table 1. Virtualization types that require VM manager connections
Virtualization Type	Details
Azure Stack HCI	For more information, see: Microsoft Hyper-V and Azure Stack HCI.
Azure VMware Solution
Citrix Hypervisor (formerly XenServer)	XenServer Tools must be installed on all VMs.
KVM not managed by RHV-M nor Oracle Linux Virtualization Manager	Capacity data from x86 KVM hosts that are not controlled by RHV-M nor Oracle Linux Virtualization Manager is collected directly from the host. For more information, see the following links: Collecting capacity data from virtualization hosts for Xen and KVM (BigFix scenario) Collecting capacity data from virtualization hosts with disconnect scanner (disconnected scenario)
Microsoft Hyper-V	For more information, see: Microsoft Hyper-V and Azure Stack HCI.
Nutanix AVH managed by Nutanix PRISM	For more information, see: Nutanix.
Oracle Cloud VMware Solution	Oracle Cloud VMware Solution is supported the same way as an on-prem VMware infrastructure installation. To collect data, configure connection to the vCenter Server that is specific to your instance of the Oracle Cloud VMware Solution (not to the Oracle Cloud portal).
Oracle Linux KVM managed by Oracle Linux Virtualization Manager	For more information, see: Kernel-based Virtual Machine.
Red Hat KVM managed by RHV-M	For more information, see: Kernel-based Virtual Machine.
Red Hat OpenShift Virtualization	For more information, see: Red Hat OpenShift Virtualization.
VMware Cloud on AWS	VMware Cloud on AWS is supported the same way as an on-prem VMware infrastructure installation. To collect data, configure connection to the vCenter Server that is specific to your instance of the VMware Cloud on AWS (not to the AWS portal). If the VM Manager Tool is installed on a virtual machine on VMware Cloud on the AWS infrastructure, ensure that you complete the following steps. Enable communication between the VM where the VM Manager Tool is installed and the vCenter Server by using the TCP port 443. To allow for this communication, configure the Management Gateway firewall. In the default configuration, such communication is denied. If the vCenter Server URL points to an external IP, modify the hosts file on the VM where the VM Manager Tool is installed and add an entry that points to the private address of the vCenter Server.
VMware vSphere ESXi	For more information, see: VMware vSphere.
VMware vSphere vCenter	For more information, see: VMware vSphere.