<span style=" font-size:11pt;font-family:sans-serif">This update includes
the following key features:</span><br><span style=" font-size:11pt;font-family:Symbol">·
</span><span style=" font-size:11pt;font-family:sans-serif"><b>Enabler
for reporting non-containerized Cloud Pak programs<br></b>License Metric Tool reports information about utilization of license
metrics by non-containerized products that are installed as part of Cloud
Paks. <br><b>Benefits: </b>Visibility of software products that are installed as
part of Cloud Paks and their license metric utilization.</span><br><span style=" font-size:11pt;font-family:Symbol">·
</span><span style=" font-size:11pt;font-family:sans-serif"><b>Support
for new platforms and virtualization technologies</b></span><br><span style=" font-size:11pt;font-family:Courier New">o
</span><span style=" font-size:11pt;font-family:sans-serif">Citrix
Hypervisor 8</span><br><span style=" font-size:11pt;font-family:Courier New">o
</span><span style=" font-size:11pt;font-family:sans-serif">IBM
i 7.4</span><br><span style=" font-size:11pt;font-family:Courier New">o
</span><span style=" font-size:11pt;font-family:sans-serif">Oracle
Compute Instance</span><br><span style=" font-size:11pt;font-family:Symbol">·
</span><span style=" font-size:11pt;font-family:sans-serif"><b>Security
enhancements<br></b>For more information, see: </span><a href=https://ibm.biz/LMT_security_enhancements><span style=" font-size:11pt;color:blue;font-family:sans-serif"><u>Security
enhancements</u></span></a><span style=" font-size:11pt;font-family:sans-serif">.</span><br><br><span style=" font-size:11pt;font-family:sans-serif">Other important
changes:</span><br><span style=" font-size:11pt;font-family:Symbol">·
</span><span style=" font-size:11pt;font-family:sans-serif"><b>End
of support for DB 10.1 as a database for the License Metric Tool server<br></b>Support for DB2 10.1 as a database for the License Metric Tool server
is removed. To upgrade to License Metric Tool 9.2.19, first migrate to
a higher version of DB2. For information about plans related to supporting
DB2, see: </span><a href=https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/1846473 target=_blank><span style=" font-size:11pt;color:blue;font-family:sans-serif"><u>Changes
in versions of DB2 supported by the License Metric Tool server</u></span></a><span style=" font-size:11pt;font-family:sans-serif">.</span><br><span style=" font-size:11pt;font-family:Symbol">·
</span><span style=" font-size:11pt;font-family:sans-serif"><b>Support
for DB 11.5 as a database for the License Metric Tool server<br></b>Support for DB2 11.5 as a database for the License Metric Tool server
is introduced. This version of the database is also supported by BigFix
starting from version 9.5.14.</span><br><span style=" font-size:11pt;font-family:Symbol">·
</span><span style=" font-size:11pt;font-family:sans-serif"><b>End
of support for some operating systems and virtualization technologies<br></b>Support is dropped for the following operating systems and virtualization
technologies. If you are using any of them, upgrade to newer versions that
are supported by License Metric Tool.</span><br><span style=" font-size:11pt;font-family:Symbol">·
</span><span style=" font-size:11pt;font-family:sans-serif">Operating
systems</span><br><span style=" font-size:11pt;font-family:Courier New">o
</span><span style=" font-size:11pt;font-family:sans-serif">Debian
7</span><br><span style=" font-size:11pt;font-family:Courier New">o
</span><span style=" font-size:11pt;font-family:sans-serif">IBM
i 5.1</span><br><span style=" font-size:11pt;font-family:Courier New">o
</span><span style=" font-size:11pt;font-family:sans-serif">Oracle
Solaris 10</span><br><span style=" font-size:11pt;font-family:Courier New">o
</span><span style=" font-size:11pt;font-family:sans-serif">Red
Hat Enterprise Linux 5 on x86</span><br><span style=" font-size:11pt;font-family:Courier New">o
</span><span style=" font-size:11pt;font-family:sans-serif">Ubuntu
12</span><br><span style=" font-size:11pt;font-family:Courier New">o
</span><span style=" font-size:11pt;font-family:sans-serif">Ubuntu
14</span><br><span style=" font-size:11pt;font-family:Courier New">o
</span><span style=" font-size:11pt;font-family:sans-serif">Windows
Vista</span><br><span style=" font-size:11pt;font-family:Symbol">·
</span><span style=" font-size:11pt;font-family:sans-serif">Hypervisor
and virtualization technologies</span><br><span style=" font-size:11pt;font-family:Courier New">o
</span><span style=" font-size:11pt;font-family:sans-serif">Red
Hat Virtualization 3.x</span><br><span style=" font-size:11pt;font-family:Courier New">o
</span><span style=" font-size:11pt;font-family:sans-serif">VMware
vSphere 5.x</span><br><span style=" font-size:11pt;font-family:Courier New">o
</span><span style=" font-size:11pt;font-family:sans-serif">XenServer
/ Citrix XenServer 6.x<br></span><br><span style=" font-size:11pt;font-family:Symbol">·
</span><span style=" font-size:11pt;font-family:sans-serif"><b>Changes
in the process of upgrading from very old releases<br></b>Upgrading the License Metric Tool server to the latest version remains
a one-click process for 8 versions back. It means, that you can upgrade
to version 9.2.19 with one click from version 9.2.11 or higher. For older
versions, you need to first obtain the intermediate installer. Then, you
can upgrade the License Metric Tool server to the latest version.</span><br><span style=" font-size:11pt;font-family:Symbol">·
</span><span style=" font-size:11pt;font-family:sans-serif"><b>Inventory
Exploration report becomes deprecated</b><br>Inventory Exploration report becomes deprecated. It is planned to be removed
in the coming release of License Metric Tool. Instead of the deprecated
report, use the Software Summary report that provides extended information
about your software inventory.</span><br><span style=" font-size:11pt;font-family:Symbol">·
</span><span style=" font-size:11pt;font-family:sans-serif"><b>Deprecated
version of the Software Installations report is removed</b></span><br><br><span style=" font-size:11pt;font-family:sans-serif"><b>Action to take</b></span><br><span style=" font-size:11pt;font-family:sans-serif">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:
</span><a href=https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SS8JFY_9.2.0/com.ibm.lmt.doc/Inventory/start/c_release_notes.html><span style=" font-size:11pt;color:blue;font-family:sans-serif"><u>Release
Notes</u></span></a><span style=" font-size:11pt;font-family:sans-serif">.</span><br><br><span style=" font-size:11pt;font-family:sans-serif"><b>Questions</b></span><br><span style=" font-size:11pt;font-family:sans-serif">If you have any
product-related questions, post them on the License Metric Tool forum:
</span><a href="https://ibm.biz/LMT-support-forum"><span style=" font-size:11pt;color:blue;font-family:sans-serif"><u>https://ibm.biz/LMT-support-forum</u></span></a><span style=" font-size:11pt;font-family:sans-serif">.
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