Introducing IBM Tivoli license manager

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....

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor Corporativo: International Business Machines Corporation. International Technical Support Organization (-)
Otros Autores: Manoel, Edson (-)
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Austin, TX : IBM, International Technical Support Organization 2003.
Edición:1st ed
Colección:IBM redbooks.
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Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009755061906719
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Front cover
  • Contents
  • Figures
  • Tables
  • Examples
  • Notices
  • Trademarks
  • Preface
  • The team that wrote this redbook
  • Become a published author
  • Comments welcome
  • Chapter 1. Introduction to license management
  • 1.1 Software License Use Management requirements
  • 1.2 Asset Management and Asset Protection
  • 1.3 License Use Management
  • 1.4 License management system
  • 1.5 Conclusion
  • Chapter 2. IBM Tivoli License Manager general overview
  • 2.1 IBM Tivoli License Manager overview
  • 2.2 IBM Tivoli License Manager physical components
  • 2.2.1 IBM Tivoli License Manager Master Catalog
  • 2.2.2 Network communication
  • 2.2.3 Data flow
  • 2.3 IBM Tivoli License Manager logical components
  • 2.4 IBM Tivoli License Manager interfaces
  • 2.4.1 Web interface
  • 2.4.2 XML interface
  • 2.5 Licence Management process
  • 2.5.1 Software entitlement process
  • 2.6 Example scenarios
  • 2.6.1 Microsoft license management
  • 2.6.2 Oracle license management
  • 2.6.3 IBM Tivoli software license management
  • Chapter 3. Implementation planning
  • 3.1 Physical design
  • 3.1.1 ITLM Administration Server considerations
  • 3.1.2 ITLM Runtime Server considerations
  • 3.1.3 Scalability limits
  • 3.1.4 Network considerations
  • 3.1.5 Security considerations
  • 3.1.6 Hardware considerations
  • 3.1.7 File systems considerations
  • 3.1.8 Physical design example
  • 3.2 Logical design
  • 3.2.1 Naming convention
  • 3.2.2 Customer considerations
  • 3.2.3 Division considerations
  • 3.2.4 Monitored Nodes considerations
  • 3.2.5 Administrator considerations
  • 3.2.6 Logical design example
  • 3.3 Disaster and recovery
  • 3.3.1 Backup and restore
  • 3.3.2 Failover considerations
  • 3.4 Planning for IBM Tivoli License Manager
  • 3.4.1 Planning overview
  • 3.4.2 Planning for IBM DB2 Universal Database Enterprise Edition
  • 3.4.3 Planning for HTTP Server.
  • 3.4.4 Planning for Proxy server
  • 3.4.5 Planning for IBM WebSphere Application Server
  • 3.4.6 Planning for IBM Tivoli License Manager Administration server
  • 3.4.7 Planning for IBM Tivoli License Manager Runtime Server
  • 3.4.8 Planning for IBM Tivoli License Manager Agent
  • 3.4.9 Planning for IBM Tivoli License Manager Catalog Manager
  • Chapter 4. Getting IBM Tivoli License Manager up and running
  • 4.1 Example scenario
  • 4.2 Setting up the ITLM Administration server
  • 4.2.1 IBM DB2 Server installation
  • 4.2.2 IBM DB2 Fixpack 7 installation
  • 4.2.3 IBM WebSphere installation
  • 4.2.4 IBM WebSphere Fixpack 4 installation
  • 4.2.5 ITLM Administration server installation
  • 4.2.6 Creating DB2 schema for Administration server on AIX
  • 4.2.7 Connecting DB2 database to Administration server on AIX
  • 4.2.8 Setting up SSL configuration
  • 4.2.9 Setting up event notification for Administration server
  • 4.3 Setting up the ITLM Runtime server on AIX
  • 4.3.1 ITLM Runtime server installation
  • 4.3.2 Creating DB2 schema for Runtime server on AIX
  • 4.3.3 Connecting DB2 database to Runtime server on AIX
  • 4.3.4 Setting up event notification for Runtime server
  • 4.3.5 Registering Runtime server to the Administration server
  • 4.4 Setting up the ITLM Runtime server on Windows
  • 4.4.1 IBM DB2 Server installation
  • 4.4.2 IBM DB2 Fixpack 7 installation
  • 4.4.3 IBM WebSphere installation
  • 4.4.4 IBM WebSphere Fixpack 4 installation
  • 4.4.5 ITLM Runtime Server Installation
  • 4.4.6 Creating database schema for Runtime server on Windows
  • 4.4.7 Setting up event notification for ITLM Runtime server
  • 4.4.8 Registering Runtime server to the Administration server
  • Chapter 5. Administering IBM Tivoli License Manager
  • 5.1 Case study: Physical design
  • 5.2 Analysis and planning
  • 5.3 Infrastructure build and design process.
  • 5.4 Test scenarios and pilot
  • 5.5 Case study: Logical design
  • 5.6 Managing Customers and administrators
  • 5.6.1 Adding a Customer to the Administration server
  • 5.6.2 Creating and adding administrators accounts
  • 5.6.3 Updating or deleting administration account details
  • 5.6.4 Creating administrator accounts on the Runtime server
  • 5.7 Managing IBM Tivoli License Manager components
  • 5.7.1 Registering a Runtime server with the Administration server
  • 5.7.2 Creating Divisions
  • 5.7.3 Deploying an Agent on a node
  • 5.7.4 Scheduling an inventory scan
  • 5.7.5 Adding application users
  • 5.8 Managing software entitlement and license pool
  • 5.8.1 Gathering customer licensing and procurement information
  • 5.8.2 Selecting a product for entitlement or license pool maintenance
  • 5.8.3 Creating a license pool
  • 5.9 Managing software product components
  • 5.9.1 Updating the Master Catalog from the Unknown file table
  • 5.9.2 Importing new releases of the ITLM catalog
  • Chapter 6. Reporting with IBM Tivoli License Manager
  • 6.1 ITLM pre-defined reports
  • 6.1.1 ITLM Administration server reports
  • 6.1.2 ITLM Runtime Server report
  • 6.2 Tivoli Data Warehouse integration
  • 6.3 Tivoli Data Warehouse overview
  • 6.4 Tivoli Data Warehouse concepts and components
  • 6.5 ITLM and TDW integration components
  • 6.6 Installation and configuration for TDW integration
  • 6.6.1 ITLM Warehouse enablement pack installation
  • 6.6.2 ITLM Warehouse enablement pack configuration
  • 6.7 TDW reports
  • 6.7.1 Accessing the reports
  • 6.7.2 Reports available with IBM Tivoli License Manager
  • Chapter 7. Performance maximization techniques
  • 7.1 Initial considerations
  • 7.2 IBM DB2 Performance tuning considerations
  • 7.2.1 Small ITLM environments
  • 7.2.2 Medium ITLM environments
  • 7.2.3 Large ITLM environments
  • 7.3 IBM WebSphere performance tuning.
  • 7.4 IBM HTTP Server performance tuning
  • 7.5 ITLM components performance considerations
  • 7.6 Operating system performance tuning
  • 7.6.1 Windows environments
  • 7.6.2 AIX environments
  • Appendix A. ITLM Agent installation using IBM Tivoli Configuration Manager
  • Software Package structure
  • Software Package variables
  • Software Package version
  • Software Package definition
  • Installation script structure
  • Agents definition file structure
  • Appendix B. SSL key creation for IBM Tivoli License Manager
  • Overview
  • Creating the SSL key files
  • Creating the server certificate file
  • Creating the key trusted store file
  • Appendix C. IBM Tivoli License Manager databases
  • The ITLM Administration server database
  • The ITLM Runtime server database
  • Appendix D. Additional material
  • Locating the Web material
  • Using the Web material
  • System requirements for downloading the Web material
  • How to use the Web material
  • Abbreviations and acronyms
  • Related publications
  • IBM Redbooks
  • Other publications
  • Online resources
  • How to get IBM Redbooks
  • Index
  • Back cover.