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Getting the best from IBM License Metric Tool (ILMT) Are you ready for your next IBM audit?: Miriam Redding, Navigate Clear (ITAM Review Annual Conference Australia 2018)

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Getting the best from ILMT-
Are you ready for your next IBM audit?
Miriam Redding, Director

The ITAM Review Australia Conference 2018
Agenda
•  ILMT requirements - Do you need it and why
•  ILMT basics - common challenges and key first steps
•  ILMT tips - recommendations beyond the basics
•  Audits - Tips, Tactics, Timelines & Trends

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Navigate Clear
Augment your team with deep IBM licensing skills when you need them.
With over a decade of working with IBM licensing and IBM tools, such as
ILMT and BigFix, Navigate Clear are able to assist in the following ways:
•  IBM contract review
•  software estate optimisation
•  usage reporting and discovery, including ILMT reconciliation and
bundling
•  general software asset management (SAM) planning, governance,
and review
•  SAM reporting managed service to assist in quarterly reporting
required by IBM

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ILMT Requirements
•  Full capacity vs sub capacity
•  Mandatory & contractual
•  IBM License Metric Tool (ILMT) – mostly PVU
•  2 years reporting
•  Hardware and O/S PVU rules
•  ILMT exemptions based on virtualisation platform

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ILMT Basics
•  Some or all of the environment?
•  Aim for all agents connecting
•  Report accuracy – 40% out of box
•  Initial reconciliation required!
•  Automate product catalogue and PVU table update
•  Backup the database for redundancy
•  v9 runs continuously
•  90 day agent reporting
•  IBM can charge based on inaccurate reports

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ILMT Tips
•  Product evolutions
•  Auto-bundling
•  PVU tables
•  Buried components
•  Inaccurate software tag recognition
•  Reports should ‘read like a book’ over time
•  Errors in re-assignment
•  Errors in agents or VM layer - total PVU count

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Audits – General Tips
•  Team – IT exec, Infrastructure, Apps, Procurement, Legal (if available). One main
contact, regular team reviews. Limit IBM purchasing and scoping new projects.
•  Communication– restrict to team above and limit SME exposure. Review all content
prior to passing it on. Understand your risk.
•  Document everything. Minute meetings and phone calls.
•  Timing control – key projects, lack of resources, and other organisational activities
can create delay. Aim to be frank and realistic if delays are expected.
•  Accuracy – don’t assume accuracy. Review everything.
•  ‘Black and White’ vs ‘Grey’ Areas – clear rules and facts vs vague usage terms
and special circumstances.

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Audits Timeline – What to expect
Notification
•  Resolve NDA
and privacy
•  Define scope
Kick off
•  Agree
Stakeholders
•  Limit scripts
•  Discuss
timing
Data
Collection
•  Audit team
to restrict
access &
review all
content
before
sending
•  Understand
findings first
Draft
Reconciliation
•  Iterative-
review &
question
•  'Black &
White' vs
'Grey' area
3 way
meeting
•  Discuss
unresolved
issues &
'Grey' areas
Final
Settlement

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