IBM Tivoli Asset Discovery for Distributed V7.5.0.10

Audit Report Summary

Use this window to view, sign, or download the audit report. Click a product to drill down to view its details.

The window provides the links that help you act on the selected audit report. You can use the download the CSV file link to obtain software scan history for the report. It shows the following information: software scan scheduled date, scan group name, failed agent host name (available only if there are failed agents), failed agent scan date (available only if there are failed agents - it 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.

There are three tabs:

Number of discovered network addresses
The number of computers discovered by the Nmap scan.
Number of systems without agents
The number of computers discovered by the Nmap scan which do not have an agent installed.
PVU Report
The tab shows software products in your IT infrastructure discovered by the software scans during the time period for the selected audit report, and each product's CPU core and processor value unit (PVU) capacity under full and subcapacity regulations. Click a product to view servers with component instances.
Tip: If a given product is ineligible for subcapacity, you can click it to view its PID and part number information, but you cannot view the list of servers with this product (only in the case of audit reports generated in version 7.2 or higher of the product).
Generate Delta Report
Use this link to generate a delta report which shows the differences in processor value unit (PVU) capacity between the chosen audit report and the last signed report.
Note: Delta report is not generated immediately after you click the Generate Delta Report link - it is generated daily at a given time.
Comments
Indicates whether you can save some processor value units by changing the default assignment of the unconfirmed instances (by assigning these instances to other products).

Systems Report
The tab shows systems software products in your IT infrastructure discovered by the software scans during the time period for the selected audit report, and each product's CPU core capacity under full and subcapacity regulations. Additionally, it shows the number of partitions on which a given product has been discovered. Click a product to view partitions with component instances.
Comments
Indicates whether you can save some central processing units (CPUs) by changing the default assignment of the unconfirmed instances (by assigning these instances to other products).
RVU Report
The tab shows software products in your IT infrastructure discovered by the software scans during the time period for the selected audit report, and each product's CPU core and resource value unit (RVU) capacity under full and subcapacity regulations. Click a product to view servers with component instances.
Tip: If a given product is ineligible for subcapacity, you can click it to view its PID and part number information, but you cannot view the list of servers with this product.

Audit report statuses
Some report statuses reflect situations that you can affect; others are simply information about system status.
Ready - The report is ready to be signed. Review and sign the report if it matches the processor value unit (PVU) or systems capacity, as measured in PVUs and CPUs, available to the licensed products.
Signing - The report is being signed. It is not possible to make any changes that would affect the report's PVU or CPU values. If the signing process fails, the audit report status will change to ready again. You will be able to check the reason why it was not signed in the log files.
Signed - The report has been signed. You must keep it for two years.
Pending - You must sign the reports in chronological order. There is a ready report that must be signed before you can sign this one.
Waiting - You can view this report but cannot sign it until the finalization period is over. The finalization period defines the number of days during which agents can continue reporting on the period covered by this report. If any agents have not yet sent their data to the server, the contents of this report might still change.
Running - Data for the report is not available at the moment because it is being collected or recalculated.
Note: When the service provider feature is enabled, data is also not available if essential periodic calculations for the corresponding report group are not triggered. You can trigger essential periodic calculations for a report group in the Manage Software Inventory panel. If essential periodic calculations are not triggered, the report status does not change from running.
Data can also be unavailable if you have performed one of the following actions:
  • new manual or scheduled report generation (if the report covers the period when data has not been aggregated)
  • software bundle management
  • product instance classification
Try again later to view this report.
The time you need to wait for the report to be generated depends on the following factors:
  • the value of the maxAggregateUsageAge parameter of the setserverconf command in case of report generation. This parameter specifies the age of the data (in days) before it is processed and consolidated by the server. The setting is used to ensure that all the information relevant for aggregation has arrived at the server, taking into account the frequency with which it is uploaded from the agent.
  • the size of your IT infrastructure which influences the time a given report is in the running state.
  • the amount of data processed in the software bundle management or product instance classification.
View only - You cannot sign this report because its reporting period overlaps with that of a signed report. However, you can still use the report as a reference (or delete it). Note that this report does not provide any additional information in the Details expandable section and about the PVU and tier table version.
Non-continuous - There is a gap between the end date of the last signed report or the server installation date (or the first day after the end date of the last migrated Tivoli® License Compliance Manager 2.3 report) and the start date of this one. To sign this report, you must first create and sign a report that covers the gap because the reports must be signed in chronological order. Use the info command to view the server installation date and the date of the next report.
The diagram shows the relationships between the statuses:
Diagram with additional explanation of audit report statuses.

To view the description of actions that you can perform with the table, see Table actions list.


Download summary as PDF
Downloads the audit report summary as a single document in the PDF format for saving. The summary shows the data from the Details section and the table as well. The format retains the filtering and sorting performed on the table. The PDF format has a limited capacity so it may not be possible to create it for too large tables. You cannot download a summary RVU report in a PDF file.
Download the whole report as PDF
Downloads the entire audit report as a single document in the PDF format for saving. It shows more detailed information than the summary, including the product ID and part number information. The PDF format has a limited capacity so it may not be possible to create it for too large tables. Note that products ineligible for subcapacity licensing will not be shown in the report generated in the 7.2 or higher version of the product.
Note: If you see the Agent with inconsistent scan data icon next to an agent, it means that it has some inconsistencies in the software scan data from the specific reporting period. You can use the download the CSV file link above the table to open the CSV file and find out what the problems with the agent are.
Download the whole report as XML
Downloads the entire audit report as a single document in the XML format for saving. An audit report must be signed before it can be downloaded in this format. Note that products ineligible for subcapacity licensing will not be shown in the report generated in the 7.2 or higher version of the product.
Download summary as CSV
Downloads the audit report summary as a single document in the CSV format for saving and editing. It shows the data from the Details section and the table as well. The format has no limitations as far as the number of rows is concerned and it retains the filtering and sorting performed on the table. Use a spreadsheet application to open it.
Download the whole report as CSV
Downloads the entire audit report as two documents in the CSV format for saving and editing. One document shows the data from the table. The second one shows more detailed information, including the product ID and part number information. The format has no limitations as far as the number of rows is concerned. Use a spreadsheet application to open it. Products ineligible for subcapacity licensing will not be shown in the report generated in the 7.2 or higher version of the product.