New IBM VPC license consumption reports

FlexNet Manager Suite version 2022 R1.1

This release includes two additional reports that can be saved/archived in the same way as the IBM Cloud Pak license consumption reports:

• The IBM VPC License Consumption report is an audit report that displays the consumption details of all VPC-licensed IBM products that are not bundled, for a given reporting period.
• The IBM VPC License Current Consumption report displays the consumption details of all VPC-licensed IBM products that are not bundled, and were being consumed at the time of the most recent full inventory import and license reconciliation.

You can jump directly to either report from the Consumption tab in the IBM VPC license properties page. The reports are also accessible through the Reports menu.

For IBM VPC licenses, depending on what bundle consumption rule has been chosen in the Use rights & rules tab, will determine what VPC report links are displayed in the Consumption tab. If Consume for each product on a device is selected, links to the IBM Cloud Pak License Consumption and IBM Cloud Pak License Current Consumption reports are displayed. If Consume once for each device is selected, links to the IBM VPC License Consumption and IBM VPC License Current Consumption reports are displayed.

To itemize consumption, the reports combine properties of:

• Application
• Host
• Inventory device
• License
• Region
• Resource pools.