Disk space requirements on Windows (disconnected 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 and its database on a single computer |
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Up to 1 000 | 46 GB |
1 000 - 5 000 | 56 GB |
5 000 - 25 000 | 113 GB |
25 000 - 50 000 | 192 GB |
50 000 - 150 000 | 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 on one computer and its database on a separate computer is advised due to processor, memory, and storage requirements.
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Detailed requirements for the License Metric Tool server
Default Directory | Space required | Comments |
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C:\Program Files (x86)\ILMT_installer\ | 1 GB | Compressed installer that is downloaded to the selected endpoint from BigFix®. It can be deleted after extracting. |
2 GB | Extracted installer. | |
C:\Program Files\IBM\LMT | 4 GB See Comments |
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installation directory. The amount includes space required for future upgrades. If the datasource directory is a subdirectory of C:\Program Files\IBM\LMT, add the amount of the space that is required for the C:\Program Files\IBM\LMT\datasource directory. |
C:\Program Files\IBM\LMT\datasource | See Comments | Default disconnected data source directory. The amount of the disk space
that is required in case of frequent data collection (up to one week per computer node) and daily
data imports. It can be calculated according to the following formula:
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%TEMP% | 350 MB | Temporary files used during the installation. |
%USERPROFILE% | 1 MB | The home directory of the user running the installation. |
Detailed requirements for MS SQL Server for License Metric Tool
Default Directory | Space required | Comments |
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C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server | 1 GB | Database installation directory. |
C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\MSSQL11.MSSQLSERVER\MSSQL\DATA | 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 analyses. It can be calculated according to the following formula*:
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C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\MSSQL11.MSSQLSERVER\MSSQL\DATA | See Comments | Database 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*:
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C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\MSSQL11.MSSQLSERVER\MSSQL\DATA | See Comments | tempdb database that is used to store and manage temporary
objects. The size of tempdb can be calculated according to the following formula*:
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