Reporting to IBM

FlexNet Manager Suite 2024 R1 (On-Premises)
FlexNet Manager Suite provides a digitally-signed report package that is ready for you to submit to IBM for audits. The package includes the following reports:
  • IBM Cloud Pak consumption report
  • IBM PVU license consumption report
  • IBM VPC license consumption report
  • IBM Unlicensed Installations report

This package can be used as a trusted source for audit as the data contained in the package can be validated for authenticity. It meets IBM's reporting requirements and is accepted by IBM.

Tip: Although some of the 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).
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.
Important: If you are on a version earlier than FlexNet Manager Suite 2022 R2, this digitally-signed report package is not available. You still need to generate and save individual reports for audits. See the topic "Reporting to IBM" in the documentation specific to your version available at https://docs.flexera.com/.

To download the digitally-signed report package:

  1. Go to any of the following pages:
    • IBM Cloud Pak License Consumption (Reports > License Compliance > Licenses > IBM Cloud Pak License Consumption)
    • IBM PVU License Consumption (Reports > License Compliance > Licenses > IBM PVU License Consumption)
    • IBM VPC License Consumption (Reports > License Compliance > Licenses > IBM VPC License Consumption)
    • IBM Unlicensed Installations (Reports > Discovery & Inventory > Inventory > IBM Unlicensed Installations)
  2. Select the reporting period.
  3. Click Download the IBM audit report.
    The downloaded package contains the following data:
    • IBM Cloud Pak license consumption report
    • IBM PVU license consumption report
    • IBM VPC license consumption report
    • IBM Unlicensed Installations report
    • Report summary
      Note: The report summary contains the generation date, user account that generated the report, period of the report, and statistics for the out-of-date inventory devices.
    • Checksums
Beyond these typical sub-capacity reporting requirements, your enterprise might have additional reporting requirements defined by your IBM agreements, such as License Management Option (LMO) reports, which are not addressed in this topic.

FlexNet Manager Suite (On-Premises)

2024 R1