Keywords

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BigFix Inventory

BigFix Inventory Discovery

BigFix

BigFix

BigFix Inventory

BigFix Inventory

BigFix Inventory

BigFix Platform

BigFix Platform Agent

IBM® License Metric Tool

License Metric Tool

License Reporting.efxm

BigFix Inventory.efxm

Software Use Analysis

IBM Endpoint Manager

Tivoli® Software Knowledge Base Toolkit

Software Knowledge Base Toolkit

Software inventory tool scanner

software inventory tool scanner

VM Manager tool

IBM®

Web UI

Common Inventory Technology

IBM® Software Inventory Tool scanner

IBM® Software Inventory Tool

IBM® Software Inventory Tool Scanner

SAP Metric Data Collector

IBM License Reporter

You must be a Master Operator to perform this task.

You must be an Administrator to perform this task.

You must be an Administrator to perform this task.

You must have the root operating system privileges.

You must have the Edit Server Configuration permission to perform this task.

You must have the Manage Computer Groups permission to perform this task.

You must have the Manage Data Sources permission to perform this task.

You must have the Manage Directory Servers permission to perform this task.

You must have the Manage Endpoints and View Endpoints permission to perform this task.

You must have the Manage Roles permission to perform this task.

You must have the Manage User Provisioning permission to perform this task.

You must have the Manage Users permission to perform this task.

You must have the Manage Catalogs permission to perform this task.

You must have the Manage Computer Properties permission to perform this task.

You must have the Manage Contracts permission to perform this task.

You must have the Manage Imports permission to perform this task.

You must have the Manage Shared Disks permission to perform this task.

You must have the Manage Software Classification permission to perform this task.

You must have the Manage Uploads permission to perform this task.

You must have the View License Metrics and View Audit Trail permissions to perform this task.

You must be an Administrator or have the Manage Support Data and View Endpoints permissions to perform this task.

You must have the Manage Uploads permission to perform this task.

You must have the Manage Usage and Package Properties permission to perform this task.

You must have the Manage VM Managers and Servers permission to perform this task.

You must have the View Audit Trail permission to perform this task.

You must have the View Catalog Audit permission to perform this task.

You must have the View Endpoints permission to perform this task.

You must have the View Hardware Inventory permission to perform this task.

You must have the View License Metrics permission to perform this task.

You must have the View Processors permission to perform this task.

You must have the View Raw Data permission to perform this task.

You must have the View Software Catalog and Signatures permission to perform this task.

You must have the View Endpoints and Manage Catalogs permissions to perform this task.

You must have the View Raw Data, View Endpoints and Manage Catalogs permissions to perform this task.

You must be an Administrator to perform this task.

You must be an Administrator or you must have the Manage Catalogs permission to perform this task.

You must be an Infrastructure Administrator to perform this task.

You must be an Auditor to perform this task.

You must be a Software Asset Manager to perform this task.

You must be a Catalog Manager to perform this task.

You must be a Contract Manager to perform this task.

You must be an Administrator or an Infrastructure Administrator to perform this task.

You must have the Manage Part Numbers Uploads permission to perform this task.

You must have the Manage Entitlements and Part Numbers Uploads permission to perform this task.

You must have the Manage Hardware Inventory permission to perform this task.

You must have the View License Metrics permission to view the threshold and the Manage Contracts permission to change it.

You must have the View Endpoints and Manage Software Classification permissions to perform this task.

You must have the Manage Software Classification permission to view the Software Classification panel and classify software. To view some additional columns related to computers on which the components are installed, you also need the View Endpoints permission.

You must have the View Software Catalog and Signatures and Manage Part Numbers Uploads permissions to perform this task.

You must have the View Software Catalog and Signatures and Manage Licenses permissions to perform this task.

You must have the Manage License and the Manage Software Classification permissions to set the license metric quantity.

You must be an Administrator or have the Manage Support Data and View Endpoints permissions to perform this task.

Naughty Notes

Note: TEMADB is the default database name. If you are unsure whether it applies to your database, see: Checking the database name.

Important: If you see any discrepancies between the fixlets in your site and the fixlets described in the documentation, check the version of your fixlet site and update it if necessary.

Note: This task is optional, because it can be completed by an automated script. Use it only for advanced scenarios.

Tip: Avoid using admin, administrator, root or a similar name for the administrative account. Such an account might be prone to hacker attacks and locked out if an attacker exceeds the specified number of failed login attempts. For more information, about the account lockout, see: Configuring user account lockout.

The BigFix client is not available for IBM i systems. Software discovery on these systems is based on the so-called disconnected scans, a semi-automatic procedure that uses scripts to initiate software and capacity scans. To monitor software that is installed on the IBM i systems, set up disconnected scans after you complete the migration. For more information, see: Discovering software and hardware on IBM i.

Important: Starting from application update 9.2.7, the IBM Software Classification is deprecated and replaced by the Software Classification panel. For more information, see: Software Classification panel.

Tip: To ensure that the action is applied on all computers that are added in the future, select Dynamically target by property.