License name: IBM Db2 Connect Unlimited Edition for System z Millions of Service Units per Hour
Metric of the license is MSU but when license is been created in Flexera, metric has been applied as Custom Metric based on the SKU.
Do we have an option to calculate MSU based license consumption data in Flexera? I doubt, do we need to apply RVU metric in place of MSU?
May 21, 2020 10:42 AM
@aishwarya_t - FlexNet Manager does not have any native support for the Mainframe, neither Inventory or License Consumption. This is why the metric is created as a Custom Field. You would need a tool that does Mainframe Discovery/Inventory to calculate the MSU Consumption and enter this value into the Custom Metric license in FlexNet.
May 21, 2020 11:47 AM
@aishwarya_t - FlexNet Manager does not have any native support for the Mainframe, neither Inventory or License Consumption. This is why the metric is created as a Custom Field. You would need a tool that does Mainframe Discovery/Inventory to calculate the MSU Consumption and enter this value into the Custom Metric license in FlexNet.
May 21, 2020 11:47 AM
Hi @aishwarya_t
As Kirk notes - FNMS cannot inventory the Mainframe.
So the Custom Metric license type is used as a default - allowing manual consumption to be populated, which is relevant for MSU licensed programs.
But - FNMS can help convert manually confirmed MSU consumption into VUE (Value Unit Exhibit) license consumption using VUE (managed under RVU type) points rule tables where your IBM Mainframe licenses are licensed on a VUE metric.
For further details I recommend you read the 'Appendix 1: Managing IBM Mainframe Licenses' in the FNMS 'IBM Best Practice' guide available in the Learning Center
https://learn.flexera.com/series/flexera-practice-guides/ibm-practice-guide
May 27, 2020 04:59 AM - edited May 27, 2020 05:00 AM
Jun 09, 2020 01:52 AM
@aishwarya_t The IBM Db2 for z/OS Data Gate 1.1.0.0 in the License Information Document and Announcement letter (links below) show this is not licensed on MSU / VUE but instead licensed on Virtual Processor Cores (as defined in the LID).
License Information Doc (LID)
https://www-03.ibm.com/software/sla/sladb.nsf/lilookup/1D5B0473A31A3BA485258569007CE797?OpenDocument
Announcement Letter
Jun 09, 2020 03:26 AM