<span style=" font-size:10pt;font-family:sans-serif">Announcements: </span><ul><li><span style=" font-size:10pt;font-family:sans-serif"><b>Support for
DB2 10.5 will be removed in application update 9.2.24<br></b>Support for DB2 10.5 was officially withdrawn on 30th April 2020 (See:
</span><a href="https://www.ibm.com/support/lifecycle/details?q45=O867886D56780E50~P361708A47969L67~Q361708G47969Z67"><span style=" font-size:10pt;color:blue;font-family:sans-serif"><u>Software
lifecycle</u></span></a><span style=" font-size:10pt;font-family:sans-serif">).
Because of that, License Metric Tool will also withdraw support for DB2
10.5 at the end of 2Q 2021. If you use this version of DB2 for the License
Metric Tool server, BigFix server, or both, upgrade it promptly to version
11.5. For information about the evolution of the DB2 support matrix, see:
</span><a href=https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/1846473><span style=" font-size:10pt;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:10pt;font-family:sans-serif">.</span><li><span style=" font-size:10pt;font-family:sans-serif"><b>Version 1 REST
APIs become deprecated<br></b>Version 1 REST APIs for retrieving computer systems, clusters, software
instances, and license usage become deprecated. They are still fully functioning
and supported. However, they are not going to be changed or updated. It
is recommended to use their version 2 equivalents.</span><li><span style=" font-size:10pt;font-family:sans-serif"><b>Support for
Windows 2008 and 2008 R2 is removed<br></b>Starting from this application update, support for Windows 2008 and
2008 R2 is removed. If you use these operating systems, promptly upgrade
them to supported versions. Information about removing the support was
announced in the following technote: </span><a href=https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/1079427 target=_blank><span style=" font-size:10pt;color:blue;font-family:sans-serif"><u>Schedule
of removing items from the list of subcapacity eligible technologies</u></span></a><span style=" font-size:10pt;font-family:sans-serif">.</span><div></div></ul><span style=" font-size:10pt;font-family:sans-serif"><br>Application update 9.2.23 introduces the following key features:</span><div><ul><li><span style=" font-size:10pt;font-family:sans-serif"><b>Integration
with Red Hat Marketplace</b></span><br><span style=" font-size:10pt;font-family:sans-serif">You can integrate
License Metric Tool with Red Hat Marketplace to view consolidated license
information. After you configure the integration, license usage data is
exported to Red Hat Marketplace on demand. Because no data is sent automatically,
you always have control over what data is exported to Red Hat Marketplace
and when.</span><br><span style=" font-size:10pt;font-family:sans-serif"><b>Benefits:</b>You can view consolidated license information and thus make well-informed
purchases, renewals and trade-ups in the future.</span><br><li><span style=" font-size:10pt;font-family:sans-serif"><b>Semi-automated
method of migrating License Metric Tool to a different computer</b></span><br><span style=" font-size:10pt;font-family:sans-serif">A new semi-automated
procedure allows for migrating the License Metric Tool server, its database,
and the BigFix server to a different computer and reduces the amount of
manual configuration afterwards. You can use the procedure when the operating
system of the computer on which the License Metric Tool server is installed
needs to be upgraded. For example, when you need to migrate Red Hat Enterprise
Linux 6 to a higher supported version.</span><br><span style=" font-size:10pt;font-family:sans-serif"><b>Benefits:</b>The procedure reduces the amount of manual work required after the migration
and eliminates the duplication of computers that was caused by resubscribing
endpoints between BigFix servers.</span><br><li><span style=" font-size:10pt;font-family:sans-serif"><b>Disconnected
scanner can be used on computers that run on public clouds</b></span><br><span style=" font-size:10pt;font-family:sans-serif">Computers that
run on public clouds need to be identified as such to ensure that PVU consumption
is properly calculated for software that is installed on these computers.
Starting from this application update, you can use the disconnected scanner
to report license usage for software that runs on public clouds. Using
the disconnected scanner still requires approval from the IBM Compliance
Team.</span><br><span style=" font-size:10pt;font-family:sans-serif"><b>Benefits:</b>You can report license usage for software that is installed on public clouds
on which the BigFix client cannot be installed.</span></ul><ul><li><span style=" font-size:10pt;font-family:sans-serif"><b>Support for
new platforms and virtualization technologies</b></span><br><span style=" font-size:10pt;font-family:sans-serif">o
Debian 10 x86 (64 bit) by using the BigFix client</span><br><span style=" font-size:10pt;font-family:sans-serif">o
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 on zSystems by using the
BigFix client</span><br><span style=" font-size:10pt;font-family:sans-serif">o
Red Hat Virtualization 4.4</span><br><span style=" font-size:10pt;font-family:sans-serif">o
SLES 15 on zSystems by using the BigFix client</span><br><span style=" font-size:10pt;font-family:sans-serif">o
Ubuntu 18 guest on Ubuntu KVM on Power by using the
BigFix client and the disconnected scanner</span><br><span style=" font-size:10pt;font-family:sans-serif">o
Support for NEC public cloud under BYOSL policy<br></span><li><span style=" font-size:10pt;font-family:sans-serif"><b>Security enhancements</b></span><br><span style=" font-size:10pt;font-family:sans-serif">For more information,
see: </span><a href=https://ibm.biz/LMT_security_enhancements><span style=" font-size:10pt;color:blue;font-family:sans-serif"><u>Security
enhancements</u></span></a><span style=" font-size:10pt;font-family:sans-serif">.</span><div></div></ul><br><span style=" font-size:10pt;font-family:sans-serif"><b>Action to take</b></span><br><span style=" font-size:10pt;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:10pt;color:blue;font-family:sans-serif"><u>Release
Notes</u></span></a><span style=" font-size:10pt;font-family:sans-serif">.</span><br><br><br><span style=" font-size:10pt;font-family:sans-serif"><b>Questions</b></span><br><span style=" font-size:10pt;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:10pt;color:blue;font-family:sans-serif"><u>https://ibm.biz/LMT-support-forum</u></span></a><span style=" font-size:10pt;font-family:sans-serif">.
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