Introducing IBM Tivoli License Manager

Introducing IBM Tivoli License Manager

by Edson Manoel, John Aronis, Ron Falciani, Sebastien Fardel, Aniruddha Parnaik
Released March 2003
Publisher(s): IBM Redbooks
ISBN: 9780738428239

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Book description

IBM Tivoli License Manager is a new IBM product that fills a growing need to reconcile software licenses that are already in use in an organization, with the licenses owned by the organization. It offers a technical way to control and apply the software vendors’ pre-defined licensing policies. It allows the Administrator to easily manage different products in different ways, reflecting the rules of each products license agreement.

The primary objective of this IBM Redbooks publication is to introduce the new IBM offering for designing and creating a license management solution, and it is targeted at the technical professional responsible for providing license management services in an IT organization. It can be used as a reference book for the deployment of IBM Tivoli License Manager Version 1.1, guiding you during the planning, installation, configuration, administration, tuning, and general product usage phases - focusing on how to effectively deploy this product in a way that quickly generates real business value for customers.

This book is a valuable addition to the existing product documentation and should be read in conjunction with the official product documentation, which complements the concepts explained in this book.

Please note that the additional material referenced in the text is not available from IBM.

Table of contents

  1. Figures
  2. Tables
  3. Examples
  4. Notices
    1. Trademarks
  5. Preface
    1. The team that wrote this redbook
    2. Become a published author
    3. Comments welcome
  6. Chapter 1: Introduction to license management
    1. Software License Use Management requirements
    2. Asset Management and Asset Protection
    3. License Use Management
    4. License management system
    5. Conclusion
  7. Chapter 2: IBM Tivoli License Manager general overview
    1. IBM Tivoli License Manager overview
    2. IBM Tivoli License Manager physical components
      1. IBM Tivoli License Manager Master Catalog
      2. Network communication
      3. Data flow
    3. IBM Tivoli License Manager logical components (1/2)
    4. IBM Tivoli License Manager logical components (2/2)
    5. IBM Tivoli License Manager interfaces
      1. Web interface
      2. XML interface
    6. Licence Management process
      1. Software entitlement process (1/2)
      2. Software entitlement process (2/2)
    7. Example scenarios
      1. Microsoft license management
      2. Oracle license management
      3. IBM Tivoli software license management (1/2)
      4. IBM Tivoli software license management (2/2)
  8. Chapter 3: Implementation planning
    1. Physical design
      1. ITLM Administration Server considerations
      2. ITLM Runtime Server considerations
      3. Scalability limits
      4. Network considerations
      5. Security considerations
      6. Hardware considerations
      7. File systems considerations
      8. Physical design example
    2. Logical design
      1. Naming convention
      2. Customer considerations
      3. Division considerations
      4. Monitored Nodes considerations
      5. Administrator considerations
      6. Logical design example
    3. Disaster and recovery
      1. Backup and restore
      2. Failover considerations
    4. Planning for IBM Tivoli License Manager
      1. Planning overview
      2. Planning for IBM DB2 Universal Database Enterprise Edition (1/2)
      3. Planning for IBM DB2 Universal Database Enterprise Edition (2/2)
      4. Planning for HTTP Server
      5. Planning for Proxy server
      6. Planning for IBM WebSphere Application Server (1/2)
      7. Planning for IBM WebSphere Application Server (2/2)
      8. Planning for IBM Tivoli License Manager Administration server
      9. Planning for IBM Tivoli License Manager Runtime Server
      10. Planning for IBM Tivoli License Manager Agent
      11. Planning for IBM Tivoli License Manager Catalog Manager
  9. Chapter 4: Getting IBM Tivoli License Manager up and running
    1. Example scenario
    2. Setting up the ITLM Administration server
      1. IBM DB2 Server installation
      2. IBM DB2 Fixpack 7 installation
      3. IBM WebSphere installation
      4. IBM WebSphere Fixpack 4 installation
      5. ITLM Administration server installation
      6. Creating DB2 schema for Administration server on AIX
      7. Connecting DB2 database to Administration server on AIX
      8. Setting up SSL configuration
      9. Setting up event notification for Administration server
    3. Setting up the ITLM Runtime server on AIX
      1. ITLM Runtime server installation
      2. Creating DB2 schema for Runtime server on AIX
      3. Connecting DB2 database to Runtime server on AIX
      4. Setting up event notification for Runtime server
      5. Registering Runtime server to the Administration server
    4. Setting up the ITLM Runtime server on Windows
      1. IBM DB2 Server installation
      2. IBM DB2 Fixpack 7 installation
      3. IBM WebSphere installation
      4. IBM WebSphere Fixpack 4 installation
      5. ITLM Runtime Server Installation
      6. Creating database schema for Runtime server on Windows
      7. Setting up event notification for ITLM Runtime server
      8. Registering Runtime server to the Administration server
  10. Chapter 5: Administering IBM Tivoli License Manager
    1. Case study: Physical design
    2. Analysis and planning
    3. Infrastructure build and design process
    4. Test scenarios and pilot
    5. Case study: Logical design
    6. Managing Customers and administrators
      1. Adding a Customer to the Administration server
      2. Creating and adding administrators accounts
      3. Updating or deleting administration account details
      4. Creating administrator accounts on the Runtime server
    7. Managing IBM Tivoli License Manager components
      1. Registering a Runtime server with the Administration server
      2. Creating Divisions
      3. Deploying an Agent on a node
      4. Scheduling an inventory scan
      5. Adding application users
    8. Managing software entitlement and license pool
      1. Gathering customer licensing and procurement information
      2. Selecting a product for entitlement or license pool maintenance
      3. Creating a license pool
    9. Managing software product components
      1. Updating the Master Catalog from the Unknown file table (1/2)
      2. Updating the Master Catalog from the Unknown file table (2/2)
      3. Importing new releases of the ITLM catalog
  11. Chapter 6: Reporting with IBM Tivoli License Manager
    1. ITLM pre-defined reports
      1. ITLM Administration server reports
      2. ITLM Runtime Server report (1/2)
      3. ITLM Runtime Server report (2/2)
    2. Tivoli Data Warehouse integration
    3. Tivoli Data Warehouse overview
    4. Tivoli Data Warehouse concepts and components
    5. ITLM and TDW integration components
    6. Installation and configuration for TDW integration
      1. ITLM Warehouse enablement pack installation
      2. ITLM Warehouse enablement pack configuration (1/2)
      3. ITLM Warehouse enablement pack configuration (2/2)
    7. TDW reports
      1. Accessing the reports
      2. Reports available with IBM Tivoli License Manager
  12. Chapter 7: Performance maximization techniques
    1. Initial considerations
    2. IBM DB2 Performance tuning considerations
      1. Small ITLM environments
      2. Medium ITLM environments
      3. Large ITLM environments
    3. IBM WebSphere performance tuning
    4. IBM HTTP Server performance tuning
    5. ITLM components performance considerations
    6. Operating system performance tuning
      1. Windows environments
      2. AIX environments
  13. Appendix A: ITLM Agent installation using IBM Tivoli Configuration Manager
    1. Software Package structure
      1. Software Package variables
      2. Software Package version
      3. Software Package definition (1/2)
      4. Software Package definition (2/2)
    2. Installation script structure
    3. Agents definition file structure
  14. Appendix B: SSL key creation for IBM Tivoli License Manager
    1. Overview
    2. Creating the SSL key files
    3. Creating the server certificate file
    4. Creating the key trusted store file
  15. Appendix C: IBM Tivoli License Manager databases
    1. The ITLM Administration server database
    2. The ITLM Runtime server database
  16. Appendix D: Additional material
    1. Locating the Web material
    2. Using the Web material
      1. System requirements for downloading the Web material
      2. How to use the Web material
  17. Abbreviations and acronyms
  18. Related publications
    1. IBM Redbooks
    2. Other publications
    3. Online resources
    4. How to get IBM Redbooks
  19. Index (1/2)
  20. Index (2/2)
  21. Back cover

Product information

  • Title: Introducing IBM Tivoli License Manager
  • Author(s): Edson Manoel, John Aronis, Ron Falciani, Sebastien Fardel, Aniruddha Parnaik
  • Release date: March 2003
  • Publisher(s): IBM Redbooks
  • ISBN: 9780738428239