Content of the computer.yml file (disconnected scenario)
Available from 9.2.5.
The computer.yml file contains
information about computers that are scanned with the disconnected scanner. It is used to catalog
scan results and correctly display them in the user interface of License Metric Tool.
Starting from application
update 9.2.25, the file is recreated during every capacity scan to ensure that changes of IP
addresses or host names are captured.
Content of the computer.yml file
Important: Do not change values in the computer.yml file. If any
value is incorrect, contact IBM support.
| Attribute | Mandatory | Description |
|---|---|---|
| endpointID | Yes | Unique ID of the computer in the following format.
By default, the endpointID is not shown in the License Metric Tool user interface. To show this information, add the endpointID as a custom computer property. For more information, see: Collecting custom computer properties with disconnected scanner (disconnected scenario). |
| Agent Version | No | Version of the disconnected scanner. It can be different from the version of the License Metric Tool server. However, best practice is to always use the latest version of the scanner that is delivered with the latest version of the License Metric Tool server. |
| Catalog Version | No | Version of the software catalog separated with a dot (.). For example, 1250110.0. |
| Operating System | Yes | Operating system. |
| Computer Name | Yes | Name of the computer. |
| DNS Name | No | Domain name of the computer. |
| IP Address | No | IP address of the computer. |
| vmmanagerPresent | Yes | Specifies whether the disconnected VM Manager Tool is installed on the computer. |
Hardware serial number and LPAR ID
in the <hardware_serial>:<LPAR_ID> format. For example,
Host name, and epoch time (number of
seconds from 1970) in the <host_name>-<epoch_time>
format. For example, 
Host name, machine GUID, and epoch time
(number of seconds from 1970) in the
<host_name>-<machine_GUID>-<epoch_time>
format. For example, Adding custom properties to the computer.yml file
Note: Starting from application update 9.2.25, adding custom properties to the
computer.yml file is no longer supported. Instead, custom properties should be
defined in the computer_properties.yml file. For more information, see: Collecting custom computer properties with disconnected scanner (disconnected scenario). Computer properties that you defined in the
computer.yml file in earlier application updates are still imported to License Metric Tool.
If you added a custom property in License Metric Tool, you can add this property to the
computer.yml file so that it is collected from the disconnected computers. For
example: endpointID: QROHJA87-a9f53ddc
Agent Version: 9.2.20.0
Catalog Version: 0.0
Computer Name: QROHJA87
Operating System: Windows 10
DNS Name: QROHJA87
IP Address: 198.51.100.0
vmmanagerPresent: true
<custom_property>: <value>