The IBM® License Metric Tool allows you to evaluate your compliance with your IBM license.
If you have not installed a version of IBM License Metric Tool that supports IBM Software License Metric Tag or SWID (software identification) files, you can review the license usage with the License Tracking reports in MobileFirst Operations Console. For more information, see License Tracking report.
If you have purchased IBM MobileFirst Platform Foundation Extension V8.0.0 offering, it is licensed under the Processor Value Unit (PVU) metric.
The PVU calculation is based on IBM License Metric Tool's support for ISO/IEC 19970-2 and SWID files. The SWID files are written to the server when the IBM Installation Manager installls MobileFirst or MobileFirst Analytics Server. When the IBM License Metric Tool discovers an invalid SWID file for a product according to the current catalog, a warning sign is displayed on the Software Catalog widget. For more information on how the IBM License Metric Tool works with SWID files, see https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SS8JFY_9.2.0/com.ibm.lmt.doc/Inventory/overview/c_iso_tags.html.
The number of Application Center installations is not limited by PVU-based licensing.
The PVU license for Foundation Extension can only be purchased together with these product licenses: IBM WebSphere® Application Server Network Deployment, IBM API Connect™ Professional, or IBM API Connect Enterprise. IBM Installation Manager adds or updates the SWID file to be used by the License Metric Tool. For more information on IBM MobileFirst Foundation Extension, see https://www.ibm.com/common/ssi/cgi-bin/ssialias?infotype=AN&subtype=CA&htmlfid=897/ENUS216-367&appname=USN.
For more information on PVU licensing see https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SS8JFY_9.2.0/com.ibm.lmt.doc/Inventory/overview/c_processor_value_unit_licenses.html.
Each instance of a running MobileFirst runtime environment generates an IBM Software License Metric Tag file. The metrics monitored are CLIENT_DEVICE, ADDRESSABLE_DEVICE, and APPLICATION. Their values are refreshed every 24 hours.
About the CLIENT_DEVICE metric
The number of client devices that used the MobileFirst runtime environment, or another MobileFirst runtime instance belonging to the same cluster or server farm, and that were not decommissioned. For more information about decommissioned devices, see Configuring license tracking for client device and addressable device.
The number of client devices that used the MobileFirst runtime environment, or another MobileFirst runtime instance belonging to the same cluster or server farm, and that were decommissioned. For more information about decommissioned devices, see Configuring license tracking for client device and addressable device.
The APPLICATION metric has no subtype unless the MobileFirst runtime environment is running in a development server.
The value reported for this metric is the number of applications that are deployed in the MobileFirst runtime environment. Each application is counted as one unit, whether it is a new application, an additional brand deployment, or an additional type of an existing application (for example native, hybrid, or web).
About the ADDRESSABLE_DEVICE metricThe application type is B2C, B2E, or UNDEFINED. To define the application type of an application, see Setting the application license information.