Tutorial: Reporting metric utilization per computer group

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Available from 9.2.2.

In this tutorial, you learn how to create computer groups that allow for managing software and generating audit snapshots for a subset of computers.

You can manage software per computer group in the following scenarios:
  • You have IBM software that is installed in multiple IBM subcapacity regions. For more information, see: IBM subcapacity regions.
  • You want to separately manage software that is installed in each business unit in your organization. For more information, see: Organizational business units.
  • You are a service provider and you want to manage software and report metric utilization per customer. For more information, see: Service providers.

Learning objectives

After you complete lessons in this tutorial, you will know how to perform the following tasks.
  • Divide computers in your infrastructure into BigFix® computer groups.
  • Define the scope of audit snapshots by creating computer groups in License Metric Tool.
  • Import part numbers and manage software per computer group.
  • Generate audit snapshots per computer group.

Audience

  • Users who have IBM software installed in multiple IBM subcapacity regions.
  • Users who want to manage software per organizational business unit.
  • Service providers

Prerequisites

Conventions used in this tutorial

This tutorial is based on the example of creating computer groups that reflect IBM subcapacity regions.

Lessons in this tutorial

The tutorial consists of the following lessons:
  1. Lesson 1 (Optional): Creating computer groups in the BigFix console
  2. Lesson 2: Creating computer groups that define the scope of reports
  3. Lesson 3: Managing software and generating audit snapshots per computer group