IBM License Metric Tool V7.5.0.10

Sign Audit Report

Use this window to sign an audit report in order to certify the pricing data.

Reporting period
Refers to the reporting period of a given audit report.
Comments to the PVU report
Provides you with the opportunity to add comments concerning a particular PVU audit report. The field is mandatory in two cases:
  1. There are no PVU-eligible products found in the infrastructure for the selected reporting period.
  2. A significant part of agents failed to perform the software scan. You can use the download the CSV file link to obtain software scan history for the report and see the list of failed agents. The file shows the following information: software scan scheduled date, scan group name, failed agent host name, failed agent scan date (the column is empty when the scan results were not sent to the server; it provides the scan date when the scan results were sent but there were some problems), and failed agent error status (this column lists not only software scan related problems but also problems connected generally with agent operation). For more information about how to troubleshoot error statuses of failed agents, refer to the information center.
    Note: If you changed the configuration of some cores (or if the server has been delivered with some cores disabled) to reduce the capacity of a server, the PVU full capacity values must be adjusted upward manually to include the cores of which the configuration has changed. Provide the information about the correct PVU full capacity values in this field.
Comments to the systems report
Provides you with the opportunity to add comments concerning a particular systems audit report. To be able to comment on systems reports, you have to enable systems audit reporting in the Set Advanced Configuration Options expandable section of the IBM Audit Reports > Reporting Options window. The field is mandatory in two cases:
  1. There are no CPU-eligible products found in the infrastructure for the selected reporting period.
  2. A significant part of agents failed to perform the software scan. You can use the download the CSV file link to obtain software scan history for the report and see the list of failed agents. The file shows the following information: software scan scheduled date, scan group name, failed agent host name, failed agent scan date (the column is empty when the scan results were not sent to the server; it provides the scan date when the scan results were sent but there were some problems), and failed agent error status (this column lists not only software scan related problems but also problems connected generally with agent operation). For more information about how to troubleshoot error statuses of failed agents, refer to the information center.
Sign
Signs the specific audit report.