Reporting to IBM
FlexNet Manager Suite
2020 R2
(On-Premises)
FlexNet Manager Suite provides some specialized reports to assist you in reporting
your IBM PVU points consumption, or your IBM VPC entitlement consumption, ready for
an IBM-appointed auditor (who may demand such reports up to two years after the
reporting period).
Tip: Although some of the following reports are very
similar to those from ILMT, there are acceptable presentation differences between
ILMT and FlexNet Manager Suite reports of sub-capacity licensing. IBM's
sub-capacity reporting requirements do not require exact copies of the ILMT reports
(nor is FlexNet Manager Suite intended to copy ILMT).
To
meet IBM's reporting requirements, the following classes of data should be saved and
safely archived for each reporting period (typically each month, but least once each
quarter). This process suggests a best practice that assists you in the event of an
audit.Important: Reports show data based on the latest full license
reconciliation calculations. In fact, if for some reason you have not yet run a
full (overnight) license reconciliation since switching to high-frequency PVU
mode for FlexNet Manager Suite, reports like IBM PVU License
Consumption are unable to display any data.
To archive regular reports for use with an IBM-appointed auditor:
FlexNet Manager Suite (On-Premises)
2020 R2