[BESAdmin-Announcements] IBM License Metric Tool application update 9.2.17 is now available.

[Announcements for BES Administrators]

IBM License Metric Tool application update 9.2.17 is now available!

This update includes the following key features:

• Support for new platforms and systems
	• Hyper-V 2019
	• Linux VMs on Nutanix AVH (IBM Power only)
	• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 endpoints
	• RHEV 4.2 and 4.3 using new API available in RHEV-M 4.x

• Usability improvements for automation of disconnected scanner

The disconnected scanner package for all platforms can now be downloaded
with License Metric Tool. Moreover, you can schedule the disconnected scans
on all platforms except IBM i to run automatically. Then, you can use an
external technology to automate the upload of disconnected scan results
from the computers to the License Metric Tool server. The automation
applies to all platforms except IBM i.

Benefits: Thanks to the recent improvements, using and managing the
disconnected scanner gets easier and faster. You do not need to separately
download the disconnected scanner package, and you can schedule the regular
scans to run automatically. You can also use external technology to
automate upload of scan results.

Remember: You must obtain an approval from IBM Compliance to use
disconnected scanner for subcapacity licensing on platforms other than IBM
i.

Other important changes:

• Removal of the legacy IBM Software Classification panel
The IBM Software Classification was already deprecated and substituted with
Software Classification panel in application update 9.2.13. At this point,
the IBM Software Classification panel is entirely removed.

• End of support for MS SQL 2008 and 2008 R2 database for License Metric
Tool server
The support for MS SQL 2008 and 2008 R2 database for License Metric Tool
server is sunset. It is related to Microsoft officially ceasing the support
this July.

Action to take
To learn how to get the application update and deploy it as well as to view
the full list of new features and APARs that were fixed in this application
update, see: https://ibm.biz/lmt_update_9217

Questions
If you have any product-related questions, please post them on LMT forum:
https://ibm.biz/LMT-support-forum.

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