<html><body><p><font size="2">IBM License Metric Tool </font><b><font size="2">application update 9.2.17</font></b><font size="2"> is now available!</font><br><br><font size="2">This update includes the following key features:</font><br><br><font size="2">• </font><b><font size="2">Support for new platforms and systems</font></b><br><font size="2"> • Hyper-V 2019</font><br><font size="2"> • Linux VMs on Nutanix AVH (IBM Power only)</font><br><font size="2"> • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 endpoints</font><br><font size="2"> • RHEV 4.2 and 4.3 using new API available in RHEV-M 4.x</font><br><br><font size="2">• </font><b><font size="2">Usability improvements for automation of disconnected scanner</font></b><br><br><font size="2">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. </font><br><br><b><font size="2">Benefits</font></b><font size="2">: 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.</font><br><br><font size="2">Remember: You must obtain an approval from IBM Compliance to use disconnected scanner for subcapacity licensing on platforms other than IBM i.</font><br><br><b><font size="2">Other important changes:</font></b><br><br><font size="2">• </font><b><font size="2">Removal of the legacy IBM Software Classification panel</font></b><br><font size="2">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.</font><br><br><font size="2">• </font><b><font size="2">End of support for MS SQL 2008 and 2008 R2 database for License Metric Tool server</font></b><br><font size="2">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.</font><br><br><u><font size="2">Action to take</font></u><br><font size="2">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: </font><a href="https://ibm.biz/lmt_update_9217"><font size="2">https://ibm.biz/lmt_update_9217</font></a><font size="2"> </font><br><br><u><font size="2">Questions</font></u><br><font size="2">If you have any product-related questions, please post them on LMT forum: </font><a href="https://ibm.biz/LMT-support-forum"><font size="2">https://ibm.biz/LMT-support-forum</font></a><font size="2">. </font><br>
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