Basics for Monday

Question 1

IBM’s internal license management?

Answer 1

ILMT (IBM License Metric Tool)

Question 2

IBM products for FNM

Answer 2

WebSphere, DB2, Lotus, Tivoli, Cognos

Question 3

Traditional SAM capabilities

Answer 3

Discover installed, inventory, PO vs Installed SKUs.

Question 4

Avoid large recurring expenses: Over Licensed issues:

Answer 4

Poor allocation, Redundant Apps, no Usage Tracking, Open-loop procurement

Question 5

Avoid large recurring expenses: Out of Compliance:

Answer 5

License Complexity, Virtualization, M&A/spinoffs, No Barriers to use

Question 6

L-E-O: Complexity 1 of 3: License:

Answer 6

User type, Device, CPU/Core, usage, concurrent. AND frequent changes to license models.

Question 7

L-E-O: Complexity 2 of 3: IT Environment:

Answer 7

Server virtualization, clustering, backup/failover, Application Virtualization,

Question 8

L-E-O: Complexity 3 of 3: Organizational:

Answer 8

Global, Purchasing distributed, Org hierarchy, M&A/Divst, etc

Question 9

Existing methods of SAM- 3 main problems:

Answer 9

Software recognition poor, Cant Reconcile with POs for audits, Cant apply Entitlements/use-rights.

Question 10

Product Use Rights challenges:

Answer 10

Up/downgrade, Portabilty, Multiple on one server, Virtual rights, DR/Backup

Question 11

IBM Use Rights Complexitites:

Answer 11

PVU (processor value unit) for ‘Subcapacity’ VMs.. Resource VU, User VU.

Question 12

ILMT alternative why:

Answer 12

Independent assessment. ILMT is new, Gartner recognizes its controversy.

Question 13

IBM Licensing Challenges 5 catagories:

Answer 13

1 No Constraint to install. #2 Multiple docs define rights (IbmCustAgreemnt, IntlProdLicAgrmt, InntlPasspAdvAgrmt, PasspAdvOnline, LicInfo) #3 Shelfware, due to long relationship w/IBM. #4 ILMT/TAD4D tools accuracy due to License Model Complexity; ProcsrValUnits, UserVU, ResourceVU, SubCapacity prob with DR/Backup/motioning rules not included. #5 IBM in top 10 audits

Question 14

FNM’s list of apps it can manage

Answer 14

Msft, IBM, Adobe, Symantec, SAP, Flexlm

Question 15

FNM Suite install requirements

Answer 15

a. Physical or Virtual machine with at least 4GB RAM
b. Windows Server 2003 or higher
c. Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0, 3.0 or 3.5. Must be registered with IIS.
d. SQL Server 2005 or higher
e. SQL Server Reporting Services
f. IIS 6 or higher with WebDAV and all other components installed
g. If using Oracle discovery, Oracle OLE DB must be installed

Question 16

Summary of 7 FNM-IBM features:

Answer 16

Aids Transparency, License Compliance, and Optimization
Full Capacity and Subcapacity License Management
Independent PVU Subcapacity Calculation
Automated Purchased versus Installed Reconciliation for IBM Applications
Understand Impact of Datacenter Changes on IBM Licensing (‘What If’ Analysis)
Track and Manage IBM Contract Obligations
Financial Dashboard—Rollup GEOs, Business Units