White paper · ILMT and Sub-Capacity
The ILMT field guide.
The IBM License Metric Tool is the single document that decides whether you pay sub-capacity or full capacity under audit. This field guide sets out the rules that keep your virtual count defensible. Independent and buyer side. Not affiliated with IBM.
What is inside.
- The three conditions that preserve sub-capacity rights: ILMT installed within 90 days, scanning continuously, and quarterly reports retained for two years.
- How a single gap in scan history can default an entire product to full-capacity charging.
- Why ILMT miscategorizes installs, and how to correct the bundle and component mapping before an auditor reads it.
- Purging stale machines so decommissioned hosts stop inflating the PVU count.
- A pre-audit checklist for proving your data freshness and scan frequency.
Who it is for.
Software asset managers, IT procurement leads, and infrastructure owners who run IBM PVU products under sub-capacity and want to keep that position defensible before, not during, an audit.
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Independent. Not affiliated with IBM Corporation.Buyer Side · Est. 2019