Reported license metrics

BigFix Inventory reports utilization for a number of license metrics for IBM and non-IBM products. It also shows products that are assigned any BigFix metric even if calculating utilization is not yet supported for this metric. It gives you an overview of all IBM metrics for which you should have licenses.

Metrics for which utilization is calculated

License metric utilization is calculated for products that are assigned to one of the metrics that are listed in the following table. Their utilization is shown on the All Metrics report. For more information, see: License metric utilization.

For every of these metrics, BigFix Inventory calculates the so-called high-water mark. For more information, see: High-water mark.

To learn about custom metric requirements of all the All Metrics panel, refer to the conditions mentioned here.

Table 1. Metrics for which utilization is calculated
Vendor	Product	Metric	Description
IBM	IBM products that are sold as part of FlexPoint bundles	FlexPoint	PVU and RVU software that is assigned to a FlexPoint bundle, must be licensed based on subcapacity rules. For more information, see: IBM FlexPoints.
	IBM products that are licensed based on the listed metrics	Install Instances	A unit of measure that is based on the number of installed instances regardless of whether the instances are installed on one or many computers. For example, when three instances of a product are installed on one computer, the metric quantity is 3.
		Processor Value Unit (PVU)	For more information, see: IBM Processor value unit (PVU).
		Resource Value Unit (RVU MAPC)	For more information, see: IBM Resource value unit (RVU MAPC).
		Virtual Processor Core (VPC)	For more information, see: IBM Virtual processor core (VPC).
	Selected IBM Products	Other IBM metrics	For more information, see: Other IBM metrics.
SAP	SAP-ABAP based products	Engines, Users	For more information, see: Discovering and measuring SAP and Raw utilization of license metrics. Note: Information about SAP metrics is shown only on the Resource Utilization report.
Oracle	All discoverable versions of Oracle Database (Enterprise Edition)	Oracle Processor Core	For more information, see: Oracle Processor Core.
		Oracle Concurrent Sessions, Oracle User Sessions	For more information, see: Extended discovery of Oracle Database and Raw utilization of license metrics. Note: Information about Oracle Database concurrent user sessions metrics is shown only on the Resource Utilization report.
	Programs discovered by BigFix Inventory and based on the Instal Seats metric	Install Seats	A unit of measure that is based on the number of computers on which the software is installed. For example, when three instances of a product are installed on one computer, the metric quantity is 1.
Microsoft	Windows Server 2016 Datacenter Windows Server 2019 Datacenter Windows Server 2022 Datacenter	Microsoft Windows Server Physical Processor Core (default metric for the products)	These metrcis are used for Microsoft Processor Core licenses. For more information, refer to Managing Microsoft Processor Core licenses. Note: It is recommended to use these metrics with BigFix Inventory version 10.0.14.
	Windows Server 2016 Standard Windows Server 2019 Standard Windows Server 2022 Standard	Microsoft Windows Server Standard Physical Processor Core (default metric for the products)
	Microsoft SQL Server Standard Edition Microsoft SQL Server Enterprise Edition	Microsoft SQL Server Physical Processor Cores (default metric for the products)
	Windows Server 2008 R2 Datacenter	Microsoft Single Physical Processor	For more information, see: Microsoft Single and Dual Physical Processor.
	Windows Server 2012 Datacenter Windows Server 2012 R2 Datacenter	Microsoft Dual Physical Processor
	Microsoft SQL Server Standard Edition Microsoft SQL Server Enterprise Edition	Microsoft SQL Server Physical Processor Core	For more information, see 10.0.12 Managing Microsoft Processor Core licenses.
	Microsoft SQL Server Standard Edition Microsoft SQL Server Enterprise Edition	Microsoft SQL Server Virtual Processor Core	For more information, see 10.0.12 Managing Microsoft Processor Core licenses.
	Microsoft SQL Server 2012, 2014, and 2016 (Standard and Enterprise)	<deprecated>Microsoft Physical Core with SA	For more information, see: <deprecated> Microsoft Physical Core with SA. Notice: The metric has been deprecated.
	Microsoft SQL Server 2012, 2014, and 2016 (Standard and Enterprise).	<deprecated> Microsoft Virtual Core with SA	For more information, see: <deprecated> Microsoft Virtual Core with SA. Notice: The metric has been deprecated.
	Microsoft Office 365	Registered User	For more information, see: Registered User.
	Programs discovered by BigFix Inventory and based on the Instal Seats metric	Install Seats	A unit of measure that is based on the number of computers on which the software is installed. For example, when three instances of a product are installed on one computer, the metric quantity is 1.
VMware	vSphere vCenter	VMware sockets	For more information, see: Measuring license metric utilization of VMware products and Raw utilization of license metrics. Note: Information about VMware metrics is shown only on the Resource Utilization report.
VMware	Programs discovered by BigFix Inventory and based on the Instal Seats metric	Install Seats	A unit of measure that is based on the number of computers on which the software is installed. For example, when three instances of a product are installed on one computer, the metric quantity is 1.
Adobe	Adobe Illustrator CC Adobe PhotoShop CC Adobe InDesign CC Adobe Premiere Pro CC Adobe After Effects CC Adobe Dreamweaver CC Adobe Muse CC	Registered User	For more information, see: Registered User.
Adobe	Programs discovered by BigFix Inventory and based on the Instal Seats metric	Install Seats	A unit of measure that is based on the number of computers on which the software is installed. For example, when three instances of a product are installed on one computer, the metric quantity is 1.
Other	Non-IBM products that use this metric. Non-IBM products that are discovered by SWID tags and for which the software catalog does not define license details.	Install Seats	A unit of measure that is based on the number of computers on which the software is installed. For example, when three instances of a product are installed on one computer, the metric quantity is 1.