<font size=2 face="sans-serif">Software Use Analysis allows for maintaining
an up-to-date inventory of installed software and ensuring license compliance.
License Metric Tool is a free equivalent that contains a subset of features
available in Software Use Analysis and is used for managing IBM software
only. </font>
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<p><font size=2 face="sans-serif">We are pleased to announce that new features
are available in the Software Use Analysis and License Metric Tool 9.x
Beta:</font>
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<li><font size=2 face="sans-serif"><b>Monitoring usage of license metrics
other than PVU and RVU</b></font></ul><font size=2 face="sans-serif">You
can view the License Use Data report to obtain information about the maximum
usage of license metrics other than PVU and RVU over the last 30 days.
The data is available for products that deliver software license metric
tags and is not aggregated. You can export the history of license use and
aggregate it outside of the application according to the information that
is provided in the license agreement.</font>
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<li><font size=2 face="sans-serif"><b>Extended discovery of Oracle Databases
(SUA only)</b></font></ul><font size=2 face="sans-serif">You can retrieve
information about editions and options of Oracle Databases that are installed
in your environment. The functionality is supported for Oracle Database
10.2 and 11.2, Standard and Enterprise edition.</font>
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<li><font size=2 face="sans-serif"><b>Collecting capacity data directly
from KVM hosts</b></font></ul><font size=2 face="sans-serif">You can collect
capacity data from KVM hosts that are not managed by RHEV-M.</font>
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<li><font size=2 face="sans-serif"><b>Identifying computers running on
public clouds</b></font></ul><font size=2 face="sans-serif">You can identify
which computers are running on public clouds to ensure that PVU values
are properly calculated for them.</font>
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<li><font size=2 face="sans-serif"><b>Coexistence of License Metric Tool
9.x with Software Use Analysis 9.x</b></font></ul><font size=2 face="sans-serif">You
can add License Metric Tool to your environment to monitor the endpoints
that do not require the extended capabilities of Software Use Analysis.
License Metric Tool can be connected to the same Endpoint Manager server
as Software Use Analysis, which allows for managing both applications from
one console and makes monitoring your environment much easier.</font>
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<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">If you are not subscribed to the Beta
yet, visit the following link to find instructions for joining the program:
</font><a href=https://ibm.biz/beta_program><font size=2 color=blue face="sans-serif">https://ibm.biz/beta_program</font></a>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">If you are already subscribed to the
Beta and have the IBM Endpoint Manager installed, ensure upgrade the Beta
fixlet site to version 18. </font>