Disk space requirements on Linux (BigFix scenario)
Ensure that the computer on which you are installing License Metric Tool meets the minimal disk space requirements.
Simplified disk space requirements
The following table shows general disk space requirements depending on the number of endpoint units. To learn more about directories in which the free disk space is required and how to calculate the amount of space for data that depends on the number of computers, see the following sections.
Endpoint units | License Metric Tool server, its database, and BigFix on a single computers | License Metric Tool server and its database on a single computer |
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Up to 1 000 | 60 GB | 46 GB |
1 000 - 5 000 | 72 GB | 56 GB |
5 000 - 25 000 | 136 GB | 113 GB |
25 000 - 50 000 | Set up with the License Metric Tool server and database on a single computer and BigFix on a separate computer is advised. | 192 GB |
50 000 - 150 000 | Set up with the License Metric Tool server, database and BigFix on separate computers is advised. | Set up with the License Metric Tool
server on one computer and its database on a separate computer is advised due to processor, memory, and storage requirements.
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150 000 - 250 000 | Set up with the License Metric Tool server, database and BigFix on separate computers is advised. | Set up with the License Metric Tool
server on one computer and its database on a separate computer is advised due to processor, memory, and storage requirements.
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Disk space requirements for the All-in-One installation
The following table shows simplified disk space requirements for the All-in-One installation of License Metric Tool. For more detailed requirements for each component, see: Detailed disk space requirements for the License Metric Tool server.
Computer | Default Directory | Space required | Comments |
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Computer 1 on Linux | /opt | 10 GB | The License Metric Tool server, DB2 database and some components of BigFix. |
/var | 10 GB | BigFix server. | |
/home | 50 GB | Database content. | |
/root | 10 GB | Compressed installer that is downloaded to the selected endpoint from BigFix and the installer after it is extracted. The
compressed installer can be deleted after it is extracted. Important: All-in-One
installation does not support a non-root installation.
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/tmp | 1 GB | Temporary files used during the installation. Important: The
installer must be able to run executable files in this directory.
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Computer 2 on Windows | C:\Program Files\BigFix Enterprise\BES Console | 90 MB | BigFix console installation directory. The console must be installed on Windows. |
Detailed disk space requirements for the License Metric Tool server
Default Directory | Space required | Comments |
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/root/LMT_installer | 1 GB | Compressed installer that is downloaded to the selected endpoint from BigFix. The compressed installer can be deleted after it is extracted. |
2 GB | Extracted installation files. | |
/etc | 1 MB | Directory that stores scripts that start the server. |
/opt/ibm/LMT | 4 GB | License Metric Tool installation directory. The amount includes space required for future upgrades. |
/tmp | 350 MB | Temporary files used during the installation. Important: The
installer must be able to run executable files in this directory.
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/var | 10 kB | Directory that stores the installation registry. |
$HOME | 1 MB | Home directory of the user running the installation. |
Detailed disk space requirements for DB2 for License Metric Tool
Default Directory | Space required | Comments |
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/home/db2fenc1 | 1 MB | Home directory of the DB2 fenced user. |
/home/db2inst1 | See Comments | Database server instance. The amount of disk space that is required for the
database server depends on the number of computers in your environment and the average size of scan
files and analysis. It can be calculated according to the following formula*:
For example:
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/home/db2inst1/db2inst1 | See Comments | Database server transaction logs. During the data
import (ETL process), License Metric Tool
requires some additional free disk space for database server transaction logs. The amount of disk
space that is required can be significant because transaction logs store two sets of data:
To lower the amount of disk space that is necessary for transactions logs, distribute the scans over time so they are processed during several data imports instead of one. The size of transaction logs can be calculated
according to the following formula*:
For example:
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/opt/IBM/db2 | 1.5 GB | DB2 installation directory. |
/var/db2 | 10 kB | Directory that stores DB2 global registry. |
/var/log | 1 MB | Directory with log files. |
Detailed disk space requirements for BigFix
Default Directory | Space required | Comments |
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/var/opt/BESInstallers | 90 MB | Directory with console and client installers. |
/var/opt/BESServer | 2 GB | BigFix installation directory. |
/var/opt/BESServer/wwwrootbes/bfmirror/downloads/sha1/ | Around 3 GB | BigFix cache. It stores
files that are downloaded by some of the fixlets before they are distributed to the selected
endpoints. For example, the License Metric Tool
installer. The required space might increase if you run some of the fixlets multiple times. For example, each time you run the Upgrade to the latest version of IBM License Metric Tool 9.x, a new installer is downloaded to the cache. Thus, the required space increases. To check whether a fixlet downloads any files and what their size is, log in to the BigFix console, and check the value in the Download Size column for the particular fixlet. Then, ensure that enough disk space is available in the BigFix cache. |
/var/opt/BESWebReportsServer | 300 MB | Web Reports installation directory. |
/opt/BESWebReportsServer | 50 MB | Directory with the Web Reports server binaries. |
/opt/BESServer | 100 MB | Directory with server binaries. |
3 GB | Temporary space for server binaries. The space is needed only when you are using the All-in-One installer. | |
/var/log | 1 MB | Directory with log files. |
C:\Program Files\BigFix Enterprise\BES Console | 90 MB | BigFix console installation directory. The console must be installed on Windows. |
For disk speed, see: Storage performance requirements.
Disk space requirements for DB2 for BigFix
For information about hardware requirements for DB2 that is used as the BigFix database, see the Database requirements.
Apart from the disk space that is described in the guide, ensure additional disk space for transaction logs on the computer where the BigFix database is installed. To calculate the required disk space, check how many objects exist in all fixlet sites that you have enabled in the BigFix console. An object is every computer group, analysis, fixlet, and task that exist in the console, including the ones that are not relevant. Every 1000 objects requires 1GB of free disk space. For example, if you have 500 fixlets and tasks, 300 analyses, and 20 computer groups, you have 820 objects in total. Thus, 1 GB of disk space is required.