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FoxholeSteve · ‎Apr 27, 2022

Thank you Kirk, Since the BMC applications are not bundled by default, it is up to us to create the bundles in FNM. I did find a PDF that matches components with the ITSM primary application (and other bundles). Per your instructions above, that will be the process to create the bundles. We are also detecting file evidence of BMC installations, I'm thinking that, if we do not need those for recognition, we can set them to ignore so they are removed from Unmanaged applications. Thanks, Steve

FoxholeSteve · ‎Apr 21, 2022

My client has entitlements for BMC Remedy ITSM and other components. ITSM contains several components which can be installed separately, this would make it a bundle from what I understand (not a suite). The PURL does not treat any of the components as a bundle. FNM is picking up all the components and treating them as their own installation. Are there any best practices when creating bundles for BMC Remedy ITSM? What have others done with the ITSM product? Thank you, Steve

FoxholeSteve · ‎Oct 21, 2021

Hi Kirk, In our staging environment, I see that the calculations are using the VMs hardware properties to calculate PVU usage which is great. However, the VM/Host relationship is not set. In production, I see the cluster and host for the VMs. FNM is calculating usage based on 48 cores and using the 100x multiplier so 4,800 consumed. Once I set the PVU scanning for sub-capacity in production, I expect to see the calculations based on the VM hardware properties. Will the IBM regions that own the devices get created automagically? I see an option to assign a device to a region but no devices are listed. My other question was, how does FNM handle hosts and clusters? Will the frequent scanning be enough so we don't have to set affinity? Thanks! Steve B

FoxholeSteve · ‎Oct 21, 2021

I'm working on setting up FNM to calculate IBM sub-capacity licensing and I was hoping to get a better understanding of what's happening. I've looked at the documentation but I still have questions. Here's a little background. I have VMs that are running WebSphere MQ PVU and the VMs are clustered. FNM agents are running on the host machines. I checked the Enable frequent hardware scanning under Inventory Settings. I set the Use Rights on Virtual Machines and Hosts to Use sub-capacity license calculations where available in the license properties. I performed a reconcile on just the IBM publisher and one ran over night. We have FNMS 2019 R2 installed and will upgrade to 2021 R1 in the next couple months. Do I need to set VM host affinity? I would think that doesn't matter if we get the hardware properties from the VM. This might be an IBM requirement since we are getting rid of ILMT. When I set the PVU hardware scanning under Inventory Scanning, do I need to update the FNM agent on those host machines or is the update sent automatically? Are the IBM regions automatically created? I don't see where I can create them in the FNM UI. Best Regards, Steve B

FoxholeSteve · ‎Oct 20, 2021

I would like to configure IBM sub-capacity licensing in FNM for IBM WebSphere MQ PVU. The documentation says to set IBM PVU scanning in FNM settings and deploy the FlexNet agent to the Hyper-V servers. FNM is calculating PVU consumption based on the host hardware and not the VM itself so we are overconsuming our PVU license. Is it possible to configure FNM so it calculates consumption of the VM and not the host without setting affinity rules? The VMs are clustered move from server to server. Thanks, Steve

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