Licensing audits

License auditing in IBM® Spectrum Conductor is enabled by default to determine if the current usage is within license entitlement levels and to prevent potential license violations.

For licensing purposes, IBM Spectrum Conductor is priced per managed socket. Managed sockets are calculated every hour and logged to an entitlement audit log, containing IBM Software License Metric (SLM) tags. SLM tag files provide a standardized capability for a product to report its consumption of license metrics (resources that are related to the use of the software asset). After SLM is enabled in a product, a runtime XML file is generated to self-report its license usage.

The IBM License Metric Tool (ILMT) helps you monitor the license usage of all of your IBM products. This tool helps you determine your full and sub-capacity processor value units (PVU) licensing requirements. It helps calculate the number of PVUs available to installed software, including supported virtualized servers.