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You can track and manage IBM licenses in both VMware vSphere environments and IBM LPAR infrastructures by integrating the Software Asset Management publisher pack for IBM with Software Asset Management providers that are authorized to participate in the IBM Authorized SAM Provider (IASP) Program. With these integrations, you can track and manage IBM licensing directly without having to integrate with the IBM License Metric Tool (ILMT) or BigFix Inventory.

The IASP Program is an invitation-only license verification program that allows clients who contract with authorized Software Asset Management providers to report on their IBM license usage independently. For more information on the IASP Program, see IASP Verification .

The IBM publisher pack supports integrations with the following authorized Software Asset Management providers: Anglepoint (through the Anglepoint Elevate platform) Deloitte

To integrate with an authorized Software Asset Management provider, you must request and install the IBM License Compliance for Software Asset Management application from the ServiceNow® Store . This application provides the core functionality and license metrics that are required for tracking and managing IBM licensing directly. If you are integrating with Anglepoint , you must also request and install Anglepoint 's IBM Licensing for Software Asset Management application from the ServiceNow® Store . This application enables you to store IBM software information from Anglepoint .

After you install the necessary applications, you must retrieve the IBM software discovery catalog from the authorized Software Asset Management provider that you are integrating with. This catalog, which is maintained separately by each authorized Software Asset Management provider, is a centralized repository of IBM software information that discovery tools, such as the ServiceNow® Discovery application, can use to identify the IBM software that is discovered in your environment. After you retrieve the catalog, you must upload it to your ServiceNow instance.

On successful upload, you can use the ServiceNow Discovery application to run a discovery for your IBM software. The Discovery application uses the uploaded catalog to identify any IBM software that is discovered in your environment. It then sends this data to the authorized Software Asset Management provider for comprehensive software classification and bundling.

After your discovered IBM software is properly classified and bundled, the authorized Software Asset Management provider sends this data back to your ServiceNow® instance. The Software Asset Management application can then use the processor value unit (PVU), resource value unit (RVU), and virtual processor core (VPC) license metrics to reconcile this data so that you can track your IBM software usage and optimize your licensing costs. For more information on the PVU and RVU license metrics, see IBM processor value unit (PVU) and resource value unit (RVU) licenses . For more information on the VPC license metric, see <a class="xref" href="ibm-virtual-processor-core-licensing.html" title="If you integrate the Software Asset Management publisher pack for IBM with Software Asset Management providers that are authorized to participate in the IBM Authorized SAM Provider (IASP) Program, you can track and manage IBM virtual processor core (VPC) licenses. You can also track and manage these licenses when you integrate with the IBM License Metric Tool (ILMT) or BigFix Inventory using version 2 of the integration APIs.">IBM virtual processor core (VPC) licenses .

Prerequisites Before you can integrate the IBM publisher pack with an authorized Software Asset Management provider, you must complete the following prerequisites: Request and install the IBM License Compliance for Software Asset Management application from the ServiceNow® Store . See Request the IBM License Compliance for Software Asset Management application for authorized Software Asset Management provider integrations for detailed instructions. Enable the Use ServiceNow Software Asset Management and Discovery for IBM license compliance ( com.snc.samp.ibm.use_samp_ibm_licensing ) Software Asset Management property. See Software Asset Management properties for more information on this property. Activate the Discovery (com.snc.discovery) plugin on your ServiceNow instance. See Request Discovery for detailed instructions. Activate the File-based Discovery (com.snc.discovery.file_based_discovery) plugin on your ServiceNow instance. See File-based Discovery for more information on file-based Discovery . Request and install the Discovery and Service Mapping Patterns application from the ServiceNow Store . See Discovery patterns used by ITOM Visibility for more information on Discovery and Service Mapping patterns. If you want to use domain separation for the integration, activate the Domain Support - Domain Extensions Installer (com.glide.domain.msp_extensions.installer) plugin on your ServiceNow instance. See Domain separation plugin for detailed instructions. Download the IBM software discovery catalog from the authorized Software Asset Management provider.

If you are integrating the IBM publisher pack with Anglepoint , you must also complete these additional prerequisites: Request and install Anglepoint 's IBM Licensing for Software Asset Management application from the ServiceNow® Store . See <a class="xref" href="../task/request-anglepoint-application.html" title="If you are integrating the Software Asset Management publisher pack for IBM with Anglepoint, request Anglepoint's IBM Licensing for Software Asset Management application from the ServiceNow Store. This application extends the base Software Asset Management File Names [samp_file_name], File Maps [samp_file_map], and File Sets [samp_file_set] tables so that you can store IBM software information from Anglepoint.">Request Anglepoint's IBM Licensing for Software Asset Management application for detailed instructions. Set up the Anglepoint Elevate platform.

Virtualization technologies supported by IBM Authorized SAM Provider (IASP) integrations IBM Authorized SAM Provider (IASP) integrations support IBM licensing in both VMware vSphere environments and IBM LPAR infrastructures. IBM reconciliation for IBM Authorized SAM Provider (IASP) integrations IBM reconciliation keeps your IBM license positions accurate and up-to-date without requiring manual calculations. Reconciliation runs weekly or on-demand. Setting up an IBM Authorized SAM Provider (IASP) integration Before you can integrate the Software Asset Management publisher pack for IBM with an authorized Software Asset Management provider, complete the setup process. Creating a connection for the Anglepoint integration If you are integrating the Software Asset Management publisher pack for IBM with Anglepoint , you can create a connection between your ServiceNow instance and the Anglepoint Elevate platform to transfer licensing data for your IBM software products. View the daily aggregated peak usage of your IBM software products View the highest daily sub-capacity and full capacity Processor Value Unit (PVU), Resource Value Unit (RVU), and Virtual Processor Core (VPC) usage for your IBM software products based on the edition, license metric, and region of each product. View devices with the highest daily usage of your IBM software products View the breakdown for the highest daily usage of your IBM software products by physical host based on both the edition and license metric of each product. View product classifications for your IBM components View the product classifications for all IBM components that are installed in your environment. These product classifications enable you to track and manage licensing for your IBM components. Specify the virtual machine (VM) managers for which you are tracking IBM licenses Specify the virtual machine (VM) managers, such as VMware vCenter Servers and IBM Hardware Management Consoles (HMCs), for which you want to track IBM licenses. You can track licenses for IBM software that is discovered within these specified VM managers only. Deduplicating IBM software installations To track and manage your IBM licenses, you can integrate the IBM publisher pack with an authorized Software Asset Management provider, IBM License Metric Tool (ILMT), or BigFix Inventory. If you are switching between an authorized Software Asset Management provider integration and either an ILMT or BigFix Inventory integration, you can deduplicate software installations that have the same edition, version, and language but are discovered through different sources. Enable IBM reconciliation for specific domains If you are using domain separation for the integration between the Software Asset Management publisher pack for IBM and an authorized Software Asset Management provider, enable IBM reconciliation only for specific domains. Verify the meta data for your IBM hosts To improve the accuracy of your IBM license calculations, verify the meta data for the physical hosts that your IBM software is installed on. Update any meta data that is incorrect or out of date.

Parent Topic: Software Asset Management publisher pack for IBM