For up-to-date product documentation, see the IBM MobileFirst Foundation Developer Center.

Integration with IBM License Metric Tool

The IBM® License Metric Tool allows you to evaluate your compliance with your IBM license.

If you have not installed a version of IBM License Metric Tool that supports IBM Software License Metric Tag or SWID (software identification) files, we can review the license usage with the License Tracking reports in MobileFirst Operations Console. For more information, see License Tracking report.

About PVU-based licensing using SWID files

If you have purchased IBM MobileFirst Platform Foundation Extension V8.0.0 offering, it is licensed under the Processor Value Unit (PVU) metric.

The PVU calculation is based on IBM License Metric Tool's support for ISO/IEC 19970-2 and SWID files. The SWID files are written to the server when the IBM Installation Manager installls MobileFirst or MobileFirst Analytics Server. When the IBM License Metric Tool discovers an invalid SWID file for a product according to the current catalog, a warning sign is displayed on the Software Catalog widget. For more information on how the IBM License Metric Tool works with SWID files, see https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SS8JFY_9.2.0/com.ibm.lmt.doc/Inventory/overview/c_iso_tags.html.

The number of Application Center installations is not limited by PVU-based licensing.

The PVU license for Foundation Extension can only be purchased together with these product licenses: IBM WebSphere® Application Server Network Deployment, IBM API Connect™ Professional, or IBM API Connect Enterprise. IBM Installation Manager adds or updates the SWID file to be used by the License Metric Tool. For more information on IBM MobileFirst Foundation Extension, see https://www.ibm.com/common/ssi/cgi-bin/ssialias?infotype=AN&subtype=CA&htmlfid=897/ENUS216-367&appname=USN.

For more information on PVU licensing see https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SS8JFY_9.2.0/com.ibm.lmt.doc/Inventory/overview/c_processor_value_unit_licenses.html.

SLMT tags

IBM MobileFirst Platform Foundation generates IBM Software License Metric Tag (SLMT) files. Versions of IBM License Metric Tool that support IBM Software License Metric Tag can generate License Consumption Reports. Read this section to interpret these reports for MobileFirst Server, and to configure the generation of the IBM Software License Metric Tag files.

Each instance of a running MobileFirst runtime environment generates an IBM Software License Metric Tag file. The metrics monitored are CLIENT_DEVICE, ADDRESSABLE_DEVICE, and APPLICATION. Their values are refreshed every 24 hours.

About the CLIENT_DEVICE metric

The CLIENT_DEVICE metric can have the following subtypes:

• Active Devices

  The number of client devices that used the MobileFirst runtime environment, or another MobileFirst runtime instance belonging to the same cluster or server farm, and that were not decommissioned. For more information about decommissioned devices, see Configure license tracking for client device and addressable device.

• Inactive Devices

  The number of client devices that used the MobileFirst runtime environment, or another MobileFirst runtime instance belonging to the same cluster or server farm, and that were decommissioned. For more information about decommissioned devices, see Configure license tracking for client device and addressable device.

The following cases are specific:

• If the decommissioning period of the device is set to a small period, the subtype "Inactive Devices" is replaced by the subtype "Active or Inactive Devices".
• If device tracking was disabled, only one entry is generated for CLIENT_DEVICE, with the value 0, and the metric subtype "Device Tracking Disabled".

About the APPLICATION metric

The APPLICATION metric has no subtype unless the MobileFirst runtime environment is running in a development server.

The value reported for this metric is the number of applications that are deployed in the MobileFirst runtime environment. Each application is counted as one unit, whether it is a new application, an additional brand deployment, or an additional type of an existing application (for example native, hybrid, or web). About the ADDRESSABLE_DEVICE metric

The ADDRESSABLE_DEVICE metric has the following subtype:

• Application: <applicationName>, Category: <application type>

The application type is B2C, B2E, or UNDEFINED. To define the application type of an application, see application license information for the apps you register to MobileFirst Server.">Set the application license information.

The following cases are specific:

• If the decommissioning period of the device is set to less than 30 days, the warning "Short decommissioning period" is appended to the subtype.
• If license tracking was disabled, no addressable report is generated.

For more information about configuring license tracking using metrics, see

• Configure license tracking for client device and addressable device
• Configure IBM License Metric Tool log files

Parent topic: License tracking