The IBM® Verify Identity Access virtual appliance can generate scan results which can be uploaded to the IBM License Metric Tool. See License metric tool support for more information. To calculate license usage manually, create a Processor Value Unit (PVU) report.
About this task
To manually create the Processor Value Unit (PVU) report you must determine the number and speed of the central processing units (CPUs) on the virtual machine (VM).
Procedure
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Select the hypervisor that you are using.
- VMware
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- Open the vSphere Client and connect to the IBM Verify Identity Access appliance.
- Supply the host name and the user name and password.
- Select the IBM Verify Identity Access appliance from the list of VMs.
- Select the Summary tab to view the number of CPUs assigned. In the General section of the tab there is a line similar to the following entry.
CPU: 1 vCPU
- Select the Resource Allocation tab to view the speed of the processors. The CPU section of the tab displays information similar to the following entry:
Host CPU 0 MHz ---> 2800 MHz
Consumed: 52.00 MHz
- Exit the VSphere Client. Retain this information for use in the next steps.
- KVM
- For more information, see the KVM documentation.
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Consult the following document for specific instructions on how to calculate the PVUs for the target application (the virtual appliance). See page 8 of the document:
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Use the data that you collect to place entries in the following spreadsheet. See the instructions within the spreadsheet.
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Retain the spreadsheet and data in the event of a license compliance audit.