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IBM License Service provides license consumption reporting and audit readiness for IBM containerized software. IBM License Service is useful to any customer that wants to view and understand the license consumption of IBM Certified Container Software running on a Red Hat OpenShift cluster. For more information about deploying IBM License Service and tracking license usage of standalone IBM Certified Container software, see license tracking page.

License audit snapshot is a record of license usage in your environment over a period of time. The audit snapshot is a compressed .zip package that includes a complete set of audit documents that certify your cumulative license usage. An audit snapshot is needed for compliance and audit purposes. For core license metrics, user is obliged to use License Service and periodically generate audit snapshots to fulfill container licensing requirements. For more information about core license metrics, see Reporter metrics.

You do not need to complete any manual actions to prepare the license audit snapshot; you only need to generate it. At this point, the license audit snapshot is required to be generated at least once a quarter, and stored for two years in a location from which it could be retrieved and delivered to auditors. For more information on capturing license audit snapshot for compliance and audit purposes, see retrieving audit page .

Note: The requirements might change over time. You should always make sure to follow the latest requirements that are posted on Passport Advantage.