Developing an IBM estimated license position
The diagram below details the recommended approach for developing estimated license positions within License Optimizer with additional guidance for developing IBM estimated license positions. Click the highlighted sections in the diagram to access the related section of the help.
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Import, or manually create install-based inventory |
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Check Software Teaching for new or unrecognized products |
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Run recognition |
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For IBM, check:
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For IBM mainframe, see IBM Mainframe |
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Import, or manually create, usage-based inventory |
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For IBM user-based metrics, see IBM user-based metrics |
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For IBM RVU metrics, see IBM resource-based metrics |
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Import, or manually create, entitlement |
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Match entitlement to DSL |
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Check metrics and paths |
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