Integration with IBM License Metric Tool

IBM® AD generates IBM Software License Metric Tag (SLMT) files. The versions of IBM License Metric Tool that support IBM Software License Metric Tag can generate License Consumption Reports.

Each instance of AD generates an IBM Software License Metric Tag file. The USER metrics are monitored. The values are refreshed every 15 minutes.

IBM AD generates an SLMT tag file that records the active user count at 15-minute intervals. The recorded information is:

AUTHORIZED_USER: containing the number of the authorized active account that used the IBM AD Analyze Client during a 15-minute period.
FLOATING_USER: containing the number of the unauthorized active account that used the IBM AD Analyze Client during a 15-minute period.

You can find the IBM SLM tag files under the IBM ADDI installation directory.

Following is an example of the content of an SLM tag file:

<SchemaVersion>2.1.1</SchemaVersion>
	<SoftwareIdentity>
		<PersistentId>4cb9f56ab26c41cc8b16670b3d87636a</PersistentId>
		<Name>IBM Application Discovery</Name>
		<InstanceId>AD/.</InstanceId>
	</SoftwareIdentity>
	<Metric logTime="2020-04-30T22:33:20+00:00">
		<Type>AUTHORIZED_USER</Type>
		<SubType></SubType>
		<Value>4</Value>
		<Period>
			<StartTime>2020-04-29T06:59:11+00:00</StartTime>
			<EndTime>2020-04-29T07:14:11+00:00</EndTime>
		</Period>
	</Metric>
	<Metric logTime="2020-04-30T22:33:20+00:00">
		<Type>FLOATING_USER</Type>
		<SubType></SubType>
		<Value>1</Value>
		<Period>
			<StartTime>2020-04-29T06:59:11+00:00</StartTime>
			<EndTime>2020-04-29T07:14:11+00:00</EndTime>
		</Period>
	</Metric>

Besides SLMT, AD provides another way to manage license usages through the IBM AD Audit service web GUI. For more information, see Audit Service Web GUI Overview.