Report columns
This glossary provides a brief description of every column that can be found in the reports that are available in License Metric Tool.
A B C D E F G H I L M N O P R S T U V W Y
<no data>
when the data does not exist.<not set>
when the value is not yet set. You can set it using the dedicated option.If the
<not set>
value appears under the Product Name column, see: The <not set> value appears under the Product Name column on the Software Classification panel.<n/a>
when the data is not relevant for the particular report line.- The cell is empty when the value does not exist and cannot be populated.
A
- Action
- Indicates whether the upload of the part numbers file overwrote the previously uploaded part numbers or added part numbers to the existing ones.
- Agent Version
-
- BigFix®: Version of the BigFix agent that is deployed on the computer.
- Disconnected: Version of the disconnected scanner that is deployed on the computer.
- Always Not Charged
- Indicates whether a component is always not charged.
- Authentication Method
- Method of authentication that is used to log in to License Metric Tool.
- Automatic Scan Status
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- BigFix: Indicates whether the shared disk is
scanned by using the automatic version of the optimized scanning mode. For more information, see:
Step 2a: Optimized mode - Automatic scanning of remote shared disks (BigFix scenario). The column can have one
of the following values:
- Disabled
- OK
- Pending
- Disconnected: Not applicable
- BigFix: Indicates whether the shared disk is
scanned by using the automatic version of the optimized scanning mode. For more information, see:
Step 2a: Optimized mode - Automatic scanning of remote shared disks (BigFix scenario). The column can have one
of the following values:
B
- Bundle Metric
- Metric that is assigned to the Cloud Pak or FlexPoint bundle.
- Bundle Metric Contribution
- Indicates the number of license metric units that the particular product contributes to the overall metric quantity of the Cloud Pak or FlexPoint bundle to which that product is assigned.
- Bundle GUID
- Generally unique identifier of the Cloud Pak or FlexPoint bundle.
- Bundle Type
- Indicates whether the item that is listed in the Product Name column is a
product (the value is then
<n/a>
), Cloud Pak or FlexPoint bundle. - Bundled Product GUID
- Generally unique identifier of the product that is listed in the Bundled Product Name column.
- Bundled Product Metric
- Metric that is assigned to the product that is listed in the Bundled Product Name column.
- Bundled Product Name
- Name of the product that is assigned to a Cloud Pak or FlexPoint offering.
- Bundling Option from IBM Catalog (previously: IBM-provided Bundling Option)
- Specifies whether the definition of the product and metric pair comes from the software catalog that is provided by IBM or was added manually.
- Bundling Tag Used
- Indicates whether the product assignment is based on a bundling tag.
C
- Catalog-based Scan
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- BigFix: Indicates whether the catalog-based scan is a part of the scan schedule configured directly from License Metric Tool.
- Disconnected: Not applicable
- Capacity Scan Status (previously: Status)
- Indicates whether data from a hypervisor is available.
- Catalog Part Numbers
- Part numbers that represent the product that are listed in the software catalog.
- Catalog Provider
- Name of the catalog content originator.
- Catalog Scan Successful
- Indicates whether the catalog scan was successful. The scan might be unsuccessful because the computer is out of space, it is misconfigured, or the scan was stopped.
- Catalog Version
- Version of the software catalog that is available on the computer. If different versions of the catalog are available on various computers, update the scanner to the latest version. For more information, see the following links.
- Changed PVU per Core Value
- Specifies whether the number of processor value units for a specific server was manually changed.
- Charged
- Indicates whether the component contributes to license metric utilization of the
product or not.
If the product is assigned to a Cloud Pak or FlexPoint bundle, the column additionally indicates whether the product contributes to license metric utilization of the Cloud Pak or FlexPoint bundle. In such case, the value in the column is Yes, only when both the relation between the component and product, and the relation between the product and Cloud Pak are charged. Otherwise, the value is No.
Relation between component and product is charged Relation between product and Cloud Pak is charged Value in the column Yes Yes Yes Yes No No No Yes No No No No - Children
- Number of nested computer groups.
- Cloud Pak or FlexPoint Bundle (previously: FlexPoint or Cloud Pak Bundle)
- Cloud Pak or FlexPoint bundle to which the product and its components are assigned. For more information, see: Assigning components to products and Cloud Paks.
- Cluster Cores
- The total number of processor cores available within the cluster of host computer systems.
- Cluster Name
- Name of the cluster to which a particular host computer system belongs.
- Comment
- Extra technical information. Possible values on the server level include:
- Incomplete virtualization hierarchy - It indicates that data from a physical host on which the virtual machine exists is missing. As a result, default PVU counting is applied. For information how to solve the problem, see: Troubleshooting the Outdated VM Manager Data and No VM Manager Data statuses. For information about default PVU counting, see: Default subcapacity counting.
- All instances are excluded
- Component Creation
- Date and time when the component was created.
- Component Definition Source
- Specifies the entity that provided the component definition. The column is removed in application update 9.2.31 as it contains internal License Metric Tool information.
- Component Detailed Version
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Detailed version of the software component that is installed on the computer. This information is provided only for the components that are discovered with software identification (SWID) tags. For the components that are discovered with other detection methods the values in Component Detailed Version and Component Version columns are duplicated.
The supplemental SWID tags are not supported. Thus, if the fix pack version is embedded in the supplemental tag, it is not shown.
Starting from application update 9.2.11, the column presents the highest reported version of the component. Versions are sorted in numerical order. If the version consists of digits and letters, it is sorted in numerical order and then the alphabetical order. Precision of sorting is up to four places per position, and up to four positions.
- Component Modification
- Date and time when the component was modified.
- Component Name
- Product component that was discovered on the computer.
- Component Tags
- Tags defined on the Software Components panel. These tags are common for all discovered instances of the same component.
- Component Version
- Version of the software component that is installed on the computer.
- Computer Count
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- BigFix: Number of computers on which the software is installed or the shared disk is mounted.
- Disconnected: Number of computers on which the software is installed.
- Computer Deletion Date
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- BigFix: Date and time when the computer stopped being discovered, for example because it was removed from the infrastructure, the data source was removed, or the BigFix client was uninstalled.
- Disconnected: The date and time when the disconnected computer was decommissioned.
- Computer First Seen
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- BigFix: Date and time when information about the computer was imported from BigFix for the first time.
- Disconnected: Date and time of generating the disconnected scanner package that was imported to the License Metric Tool server for the first time.
- Computer Group
- Computer group to which the user has access.
- Computer ID of VM Manager Tool
- Identifier of the computer on which the VM Manager Tool that collects data from the particular VM manager is installed.
- Computer Last Seen
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- BigFix: Date and time when the agent connected to the BigFix server the last time.
- Disconnected: Date and time of generating the disconnected scanner package that was last imported to the License Metric Tool server.
- Computer Name
- Host name of the computer on which the data specific to the report was discovered. For VMware products displayed on the Resource Utilization report, the name of the computer where the VM Manager Tool is installed.
- Computer Name of VM Manager Tool
- Name of the computer on which the VM Manager Tool that collects data from the particular VM manager is installed.
- Computer Type
- Type of the computer: physical, virtual, or public cloud.
- Computers
- Number of computers.
- Confidence
- Reliability of the signature that is defined in the software catalog. The lowest confidence equals 0, the highest confidence equals 3.
- Confirmed
- Indicates whether the software classification was manually confirmed.
- Connection Test Status
- Indicates whether connection to the VM manager was tested and what was the result of the test.
- Contact Information
- The column is not used.
- Count
- The number of software instances in the group that is filtered based on the selected columns.
- CPU Core Full Capacity
- Total count of physical processor cores of the server on which the product is installed.
- CPU Core Subcapacity
- Number of processor cores that are used by a software product.
- CPU Core Subcapacity Limit
- Total count of physical cores of the server on which the product is installed. It is counted at the time when the subcapacity is maximum which means when the number of cores that are used by the product is the highest.
- Created By
- Name of the user that created the custom rule.
- Criteria
- Definition of the custom rule.
- Current Status
- Details of the signature after modification.
- Current Value
- Value that is currently set for the server parameter.
D
- Database Host
- Host of the computer on which the License Metric Tool database exists.
- Database Name
- Name of the License Metric Tool database.
- Database Type
- Type of the License Metric Tool database. Possible values are: DB2, disconnected, SQL Server.
- Database User Name
-
- BigFix: Name of the user that is used to connect to the License Metric Tool database.
- Disconnected: Not applicable
- Data Collection Time
- Date and time when data was collected from the VM manager.
- Data Import Time
- Date and time when data from the VM manager was imported to License Metric Tool.
- Data Source Computer ID
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- BigFix: An identifier of a computer as defined in BigFix.
- Disconnected: An identifier of a computer assigned by the License Metric Tool server.
- Data Source Name
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- BigFix: Name of the BigFix server from which data is uploaded to the License Metric Tool server.
- Disconnected: Name of the disconnected data source form which data is uploaded to the License Metric Tool server.
- Default Report
- Indicates whether the saved report view is set as the default view for a particular report.
- Default PVU Value
- Indicates whether a default number of processor value units is assigned to the computer. The default number is assigned when the processor is not listed in the PVU table. The default value is 100 PVUs per core.
- Delayed Data Upload
- Indicates whether the computer has uploaded new data to the License Metric Tool server within the last 10 days. To change the number of days after which the status is displayed, edit the following parameters on the Advanced Server Settings panel.
- For computers with the BigFix client, change the computer_health_delayed_data_config parameter.
- For disconnected computers, change the computer_health_delayed_data_config_disconnected parameter.
- Deployment Type
- Type of the VM Manager Tool deployment: local, central or distributed.
- Designated Computer
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- BigFix: Provides information about the computer that is designated to scan the particular shared disk.
- Disconnected: Not applicable
- Description
- Additional description of an item. The column is removed in application update 9.2.31 as it contains internal License Metric Tool information.
- Details
- On the Audit Trail, it is information about the type and date of action that influences data on other reports as well as the user who performed the action. On other reports, it is a link to detailed information about the software product.
- Discovery
- Indicates whether the signature is used for software discovery.
- Discovery End
- Date and time when the component instance was reported for the last time. If the component is
still detected, the column shows
<n/a>
. - Discovery Start
- Date and time when the component was first detected by License Metric Tool.
- DNS Name
- Name of the computer that is specified in the Domain Name System.
- Download
- Link to downloading the data import log.
- Duration
- Duration of the data import.
E
- Enabled
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- BigFix: Indicates whether the scan that was configured directly from License Metric Tool is enabled.
- Disconnected: Not applicable
- Entitled
- Indicates whether you defined that you are entitled for the particular product. By default, the
column shows No for all products. It shows Yes when you upload
part numbers for the particular product or manually define that you are entitled for this product.
For more information, see: Defining software entitlements.
On the Software Classification and All Metrics panels, if the component is assigned to a product that is a part of a Cloud Pak or FlexPoint bundle, the column indicates whether you are entitled to use the Cloud Pak or FlexPoint bundle. Otherwise, the column applies to the product to which the component is assigned.
- End of Support
- Date when the software component reaches end of support.
- Excluded
- Indicates whether the product on a computer is currently excluded from pricing calculations.
- Exported Directory
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- BigFix: Exported directory of the shared disk.
- Disconnected: Not applicable
F
- First Detected
- Date and time when the software component was detected by the scanner for the first time.
- First Measured
- Date and time when the license metric was first measured.
- FlexPoints
- Total utilization of FlexPoints by the FlexPoint bundle.
- FlexPoints per Metric Unit
- The factor by which the number of metric units is multiplied to obtain the number of FlexPoints that the products uses.
- Frequency
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- BigFix: Frequency of the scan that was configured directly from License Metric Tool.
- Disconnected: Not applicable
- From Software Template
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- BigFix: Indicates whether the software was discovered on a particular computer or was generated from a software template. In the latter case, the software is installed on a shared disk that is mounted on the particular computer. For more information, see: Discovering software on shared disks (BigFix scenario).
- Disconnected: Not applicable
G
- Global Default Report
- Indicates whether the saved report view is set as a default view of the particular report for all users.
- GUID
- Generally unique identifier of the software component.
H
- Has Low Disk Space
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- BigFix: Indicates whether the computer has less than 100 MB of free disk space.
- Disconnected: Not applicable
- Has Missing Prerequisites
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- BigFix: Indicates whether any scanner prerequisites are missing on the computer.
- Disconnected: Not applicable
- Hybrid Product
- Indicates if the product can be deployed only on traditional VMs or both on traditional VMs and Kubernetes clusters. If both deployment options are possible, cumulative license usage might need to be combined from both License Metric Tool and License Service.
I
- ID
- Identifier of a computer group.
- Imported Part Numbers
- Part numbers that you imported to License Metric Tool. They represent IBM products that you purchased.
Bundled products assigned to Cloud Paks or Flexpoint bundles imported parts number value from its overall bundle. - Installed Software
- Number of software items that are installed on the computer.
- Instance
- Identifier of the software instance. For VMware products displayed on the Resource Utilization report, it specifies the license key, machine type and the host name.
- Instance Tags
- Tags for individually discovered instances of a software. These tags are independent from component tags in the catalog. Discovery tags are set by using the dedicated option.
- Internal Computer ID
- Identifier of a computer as defined in License Metric Tool.
- IP Address
- IP address of the computer.
- Is Capped
- Indicates whether the partition is capped, that is whether its access to processor resources is limited. Available only for AIX. For other operating systems, the column shows no data.
- Is Out of Sync
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- BigFix: Indicates whether the time that is set on the computer is at least an hour from the time that is set on the License Metric Tool server.
- Disconnected: Not applicable
L
- Last Login
- Date and time when the user last logged in to License Metric Tool.
- Last Seen
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- BigFix: Date and time when the agent connected to the BigFix server the last time.
- Disconnected: Date and time of generating the disconnected scanner package that was last imported to the License Metric Tool server.
- Last Software Change
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- BigFix: Date and time when the software on a particular computer last changed and the change triggered a software scan that was imported to License Metric Tool.
- Disconnected: Not applicable
- Last Software Scan Attempt (previously: Last Scan Attempt)
- Date and time when the last software scan was initiated.
- Last Software Scan Failed
- Indicates whether the last software scan was successful or failed. The scan might fail because the computer is out of space, it is misconfigured, or the scan was stopped.
- Last Successful Capacity Scan
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- BigFix: Date and time of the last successful capacity scan. When the column is empty, either no capacity scan finished successfully, or the Scanner Information analysis is not enabled on the computers in your infrastructure.
- Disconnected: Date and time of the last successful capacity scan. When the column is empty, no capacity scan finished successfully.
- Logical Processors
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- BigFix: Number of processor cores that are assigned to the partition on which the BigFix agent is installed. The number takes into account hyper-threading on the x86 architecture.
- Disconnected: Number of processor cores that are assigned to the partition on which the disconnected scanner is installed. The number takes into account hyper-threading on the x86 architecture.
- LPAR Entitlement
- Number of processor cores that are assigned to the logical partition. Available only for AIX. For other operating systems, the column shows no data.
M
- Maximal Trend Value
- Maximum value of the license metric utilization over the last 30 days.
- Maximal Trend Value History
- Graphic representation of the history of license metric utilization over the last 30 days.
- Maximum Value
- Maximum value that the parameter accepts.
- Metric
- Type of the license metric that is used by the software item.
- Metric Quantity
- The highest number of metric units that the product used over the specified period. If the product is a part of a bundle, the column shows how many license metric units the product contributes to the maximum value of the license metric for the entire bundle. The maximum value of the license metric that was used by the product might be different from the contributed value.
- Metric Quantity History
- Graphic representation of the history of metric consumption over the specified time period. If you set the license threshold, the graph also includes a line that represents the threshold. For more information, see: Setting license metric threshold.
- Metric Subtype
- Subtype of the license metric. For VMware products displayed on the Resource Utilization report, metric subtype indicates if the count refers to the metric utilization or overall license capacity.
- Metric Type
- Type of the license metric.
- Metric Units Convertible to FlexPoints
- The number of metric units that are converted into FlexPoints. The number of convertible metric units can be lower than the overall number of units that are used by the product. It happens when some instance of the product are not a part of the FlexPoint bundle.
- Minimum Value
- Minimum value that the parameter accepts.
- Missing Software Scan
- Indicates when no successful software scan was run on the computer within the last 40 days.To change the number of days after which the status is displayed, edit the following parameters on the Advanced Server Settings panel.
- For computers with the BigFix client, change the computer_health_delayed_data_config parameter.
- For disconnected computers, change the computer_health_delayed_data_config_disconnected parameter.
- Modification Date
- Date and time when the item was modified.
- Modification Type
- Type of the modification.
- Modified By
- User who modified the item.
- Modified Software
- Software item that was modified.
- Mounted Shared Disks
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- BigFix: List of directories of all shared disks that are mounted on the computer. To see the data, run the Discover Remote Shared Disks task on the computer.
- Disconnected: Not applicable
N
- Name
- Name of an item. It depends on the report on which the column is displayed.
O
- Old Scanner Version
- Indicates whether the version of the scanner that is installed on the computer is older than 4
releases when compared to your current version of the License Metric Tool server.To change the number of releases after which the scanner is considered old, edit the following parameters on the Advanced Server Settings panel.
- For computers with the BigFix client, change the computer_health_obsolete_scanner_config parameter.
- For disconnected computers, change the computer_health_obsolete_scanner_config_disconnected parameter.
- One to One
- Indicates whether the product to which the component is currently assigned is the only bundling option that is available in the software catalog.
- Operating System
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- BigFix: Operating system of the computer on which the BigFix agent is installed.
- Disconnected: Operating system of the computer on which the disconnected scanner is installed.
- Operation Status
- Status of the connection to the VM manager.
- Outdated BigFix Agent Version (previously: Has Outdated Version)
-
- BigFix: Indicates whether the latest version of the agent is installed on the computer. For some operating systems, no newer version of the agent is available.
- Disconnected: The value in the Outdated Agent Version column is always false, because the BigFix agent is not installed on such computers.
- Outdated Capacity Scan
- Indicates when no successful capacity scan was run on the computer within the last 12 hours.To change the number of hours after which the status is displayed, edit the following parameters on the Advanced Server Settings panel.
- For computers with the BigFix client, change the computer_health_outdated_capacity_config parameter.
- For disconnected computers, change the computer_health_outdated_capacity_config_disconnected parameter.
P
- Package Data Scan
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- BigFix: Indicates whether the package data scan is a part of the scan schedule configured directly from License Metric Tool.
- Disconnected: Not applicable
Note: Starting from application update 9.2.33, information about installed packages is not collected. The Package Data Scan column is not present. - Parameter Name
- Name of the server parameter.
- Parent Organization
- Organization that owns the content of the catalog.
- Partition Cores
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- BigFix: Specifies the number of processor cores that are assigned to the partition on which the BigFix agent is installed.
- Disconnected: Specifies the number of processor cores that are assigned to the partition on which the disconnected scanner is installed.
In both cases, when you click a product that is licensed under the PVU subcapacity or RVU MAPC subcapacity on the All Metrics report, and you drill down to information about a single computer, the column shows the number of partition cores measured when the peak of the metric value occurred. When you sum up partition cores from VMs running on a single server, the value might not be equal to the number of cores that contribute to metric utilization on the server level. It is in line with subcapacity pricing rules. For more information, see: Virtualization Capacity License Counting Rules.
If the computer is a physical machine, the 'Partition Cores' value can be affected by the number of the processor cores enabled in BIOS.
- Partition ID
- ID of the partition. For VM running in a virtualization type that requires VM manager connection, the column shows the attribute commonly referred to in IBM License Metric Tool as VM UUID (universally unique identifier of a VM). For a partition (LPAR or WPAR) running on a Power system, the column shows the Partition ID. For a guest running on an IBM Z (z/VM guest, z/KVM guest or z/CX guest), it shows the guest Name. For a VM running on a Microsoft Hyper-V, VMware ESXi, KVM, Citrix Hypervisor and Nutanix AVH managed by Nutanix PRISM it shows VM SMBios System Serial Number. For a Solaris zone, it shows the zone Name. For a physical machine or computer running in a public cloud, it shows no data.
- Partition Virtual Processors
- BigFix: Number of virtual processors that are assigned to the partition on which the BigFix agent is installed.
- Disconnected: Number of virtual processors that are assigned to the partition on which the disconnected scanner is installed.
- Path
- Installation path of the software that was discovered on the computer or where the .slmtag file was discovered.
- Peak Date
- Indicates the date of license metric peak value for the reporting period. If the product is a part of a bundle, the column shows the date of the highest value for the entire bundle.
- Permissions
- Permissions that are assigned to the particular role. Permissions define which reports and panels the user who is assigned a particular role can view or edit. For more information, see: Roles.
- Physical Shared Pool Cores
- Number of processors that work in the shared mode.
- Platform Name
- Name of the platform on which the software is discovered by means of the particular signature.
- Predefined End of Support
- Indicates whether the end of support date was provided by IBM or was specified manually by a user.
- Present
- Indicates whether the component instance is currently installed.
- Private
- Indicates whether the saved report view can be used only by its creator or by other users as well.
- Processor
- Details of the processor.
- Processor Brand (previously: Brand)
- Brand of the processor that was matched in the PVU table. If the brand is
Other
, the processor is not listed in the PVU table. For details of the processor read from the computer operating system, see: Processor Brand String. - Processor Brand String
- Full specification of the processor including its brand, model and speed as read from the computer operating system.
- Processor Model (previously: Model)
- Model of the processor.
- Processor Type (previously: Type)
- The type of the processor according to the number of cores. For the meaning of the column on the Computer Groups, Metric Custom Fields, and VM Managers panels, see: Type.
- Processor Vendor (previously: Vendor)
- Vendor of the processor.
- Product and Metric from IBM Catalog (previously: Catalog-provided)
- Specifies whether information that the product can use the license metric comes from the software catalog that is provided by IBM or was added manually.
- Product Conversion Ratio
- Indicates how license metric units of the bundled product are converted to metric units of the Cloud Pak. The value is show in the following format: <integer>:<integer>. For example, 2:1. If the product is free of charge, the value is Not charged.
- Product Definition Source
- Specifies the entity that provided the product definition. The column is removed in application update 9.2.31 as it contains internal License Metric Tool information.
- Product GUID
- Generally unique identifier of the software product.
- Product Metric
- Type of the license metric that is used by the product.
- Product Name
- Name of the product.
For application updates 9.2.30 and earlier, product names of Cloud Paks or specific Cloud Pak extensions that are treated as Cloud Paks have no drill down on the Products & Metrics report. It means that product names are not links to reports with further details. Starting from application update 9.2.31, the names are drill downs to a report with information about the Cloud Pak, bundled products that can be installed in traditional virtualized environments, license metrics used both by the Cloud Pak and bundled products, and the conversion ratios.
- Product Version
- Version of the software product.
- Product Version GUID
- Generally unique identifier of the software product version.
- Public Cloud Type
- Type of the public cloud on which the computer runs as specified by the user. The value None indicates that the computer does not run on a public cloud or no public cloud was yet selected. For the list of supported public clouds, information about licensing rules that apply on public clouds, how to identify computers as running on public clouds, and existing limitations, see: Licensing on public clouds.
- Publisher
- Name of the company that published the software item.
- Publisher Definition Source
- Specifies the entity that provided the publisher definition. The column is removed in application update 9.2.31 as it contains internal License Metric Tool information.
- Publisher Name
- Name of the company that published the software item.
- PVU per Core
- Number of processor value units that are assigned to a processor core on a computer system. By default, the value is taken from the PVU table. It can also be manually set on the Hardware Inventory report. For more information, see: Changing the PVU per core value. See also: Changed PVU per Core Value.
- PVU Full Capacity
- Number of processor value units that are used by a product that is installed on the server.
- PVU Subcapacity
- Number of processor value units that are used by a product that is installed on the server partition.
- PVU Subcapacity Limit
- Total count of processor value units for the server on which the product is deployed, counted at the time when subcapacity is maximum. Maximum subcapacity is when the number of cores that are used by the product is the highest.
R
- Release
- Release of the software product.
- Release Definition Source
- Specifies the entity that provided the release definition. The column is removed in application update 9.2.31 as it contains internal License Metric Tool information.
- Resource Utilization Scan
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- BigFix: Indicates whether the resource utilization scan is a part of the scan schedule configured directly from License Metric Tool.
- Disconnected: Not applicable
- Roles
- Roles that the user is assigned.
S
- Scanner Version
- Version of the scanner that is installed on the computer.
- Scanning Shared Disks
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- BigFix: Indicates whether shared disks were scanned during the last software scan.
- Disconnected: Not applicable
- Server Active Sockets
- Number of physical processor chips that are mounted on the server.
- Server Cores
- Number of processor cores that are used by the server.
- Server ID
- Identifier of the server. The format of the identifier is specified by the managedServerTagTemplate parameter for hosts from which data is collected by the VM Manager Tool or by the Run Capacity Scan on Virtualization Hosts fixlet or by the standaloneServerTagTemplate parameter for the remaining hosts. For more information about the parameters, see: Advanced server settings.
- Server Model
- Model of the server.
- Server Name
- A unique system in the enterprise. For a physical machine, it is the hardware manufacturer,
type, and a machine serial number. For a virtual machine, it is the manufacturer and host name. For
a virtual machine with an incomplete definition, it is a UUID that is prefixed with
TLM_VM_
.- If the computer is a physical machine, the Server Name column shows the hardware manufacturer, type, and a machine serial number.
- If the computer is a virtual machine, the Server Name column shows the manufacturer and host name of the physical host.
- If the computer is a virtual machine for which a VM manager is not configured, the Server Name
column shows a UUID assigned by License Metric Tool prefixed with
TLM_VM_
. -
The serial number of the physical host with zCX (System Z Container Extensions)
is followed by the
for zCX
suffix. For example, for CEC with z/VM guest and zCX hypervisor, the serial numbers will be123456
and123456 for zCX
respectively. The distinction is related to the different pricing rules established for zCX. For information how to use License Metric Tool to report subcapacity of products that are deployed in zCX, see: Using the IBM License Metric Tool for sub-capacity pricing. For information about subcapacity counting rules, see: Sub-capacity (Virtualization) License Counting RulesIBM System z™ Virtualization Environment.
- Server Serial Number
- Serial number of the server.
- Server Type
- Type of the server.
- Server User Name
-
- BigFix: Name of the user that is used to connect to the BigFix server.
- Disconnected: Not applicable
- Server Vendor
- Vendor of the server.
- Shared
- Indicates whether a component instance is shared between multiple products.
- Shared Disk Type
-
- BigFix: Type of the shared disk.
- Disconnected: Not applicable
- Shared Mode
- Indicates whether the logical partition works in the shared mode. Available only for AIX. For other operating systems, the column shows no data.
- Shared Pool ID
- Identifier of the shared processor pool.
- Signature Creation
- Date and time when the signature was created.
- Signature Definition Source
- Specifies the entity that provided the signature. The column is removed in application update 9.2.31 as it contains internal License Metric Tool information.
- Signature ID
- Identifier of the signature.
- Signature Modification
- Date and time when the signature was last modified.
- Software Component
- Name of the software component.
- Software ID
- Identifier of the software to which the modification applies.
- Software Identification Tags Scan
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- BigFix: Indicates whether the software identification tags scan is a part of the scan schedule configured directly from License Metric Tool.
- Disconnected: Not applicable
- Software Level
- Specifies the version, release, and modification number of a software item.
- Software Name
- Name of the software product.
- Software Product
- Name of the software product.
- Software Release
- Release of the software product.
- Software Scan Never Uploaded (previously: Catalog Scan Not Uploaded)
- Indicates whether the software scan was ever uploaded. The scan might be missing because the computer or a relay is offline, there is a network outage, or the last scan attempt was more than 30 days ago.
- Software Tags Scan Successful
- Indicates whether the last software tags scan was successful.
- Software Version
- Version of the software product.
- Start Date
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- BigFix: Date and time when the scan that was configured directly from License Metric Tool was run for the first time.
- Disconnected: Not applicable
- Start Time
- Date and time when the import of data started.
- Status
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- On the Data Imports panel, the column indicates whether the import succeeded or failed. For more information, see: Import logs.
- On the Hardware Inventory report, the column indicates whether data from a hypervisor is available.
- On the Part Numbers Upload panel, the column indicates whether the uploaded part numbers file was already imported to License Metric Tool or is still pending.
- On the Scan Configurations panel, the column indicates the status of the scan that was configured directly in License Metric Tool.
- System Model
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- BigFix: Name of the hardware system or virtualization technology that is discovered by the BigFix agent.
- Disconnected: Name of the hardware system or virtualization technology that is discovered by the disconnected scanner.
- Suppressed
- Indicates whether the component is currently suppressed from the inventory.
T
- Threshold
- The maximum number of metric units that a product is entitled to use within a computer group. The value is set manually and is used to calculate the metric threshold delta.
- Threshold Delta
- It is calculated by subtracting the metric quantity from the threshold. If license utilization is lower than or equal to the threshold, the delta is displayed in green. Otherwise, it is displayed in red.
- Top-level Directory
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- BigFix: Indicates whether the shared disk is a top-level directory in the shared disk structure.
- Disconnected: Not applicable
- Total Components
- Number of components of software products that are listed in the catalog.
- Total Publishers
- Number of software publishers that are listed in the catalog.
- Total Releases
- Number of releases of software products that are listed in the catalog.
- Total Signatures
- Number of signatures that are listed in the catalog. The column is removed in application update 9.2.31. You can obtain the same information after you click the link in the Name column on the Software Components report.
- Total Software Products
- Number of software products that are listed in the catalog.
- Total Versions
- Number of versions of software products that are listed in the catalog.
- Type
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- On the Computer Groups report, the column indicates whether the type of the group is Reporting or Software Template. For more information, see: Setting up computer groups.
- On the Metric Custom Fields panel, the column indicates the type of the custom filed. For example, boolean or string.
- On the VM Managers panel, the column indicates the type of the VM manager.
- On other reports, it is the type of the processor according to number of cores.
U
- Uploaded At
- Date and time when the part numbers file was uploaded to License Metric Tool.
- Uploaded By
- User who uploaded the part numbers file.
- URL
- URL to the VM manager.
- User Name
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- Name of the user who created the custom report view.
- On the Users panel, it is the name of the user.
- On the Data Imports panel, it is the name of the user who ran the import.
V
- Value Type
- Type of the parameter value. For example, boolean or string.
- Version
- Version of an item. It depends on the report on which the column is displayed.
- Version Definition Source
- Specifies the entity that provided the version definition. The column is removed in application update 9.2.31 as it contains internal License Metric Tool information.
- Virtual Shared Pool Cores
- Number of active processor cores in the virtual shared pool.
W
- Website
- Website of the software publisher.
Y
- Your Next Scheduled Export
- Date and time when the saved report will be sent to the recipients that you specified in the schedule. The column does not contain sending dates scheduled by other users.