Analyzing Hardware Inventory report and hardware scan files

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1 Analyzing Hardware Inventory report and hardware scan files IBM LICENSE METRIC TOOL AND BIGFIX INVENTORY SUPPORT OPEN MIC To hear the WebEx audio, select an option in the Audio Connection dialog or by accessing the Communicate > Audio Connection menu option. To ask a question by voice, you must either Call In or have a microphone on your device. You will not hear sound until the host opens the audio line. For more information, visit: By : Pau Leen Lee ILMT Support Engineer leepl@my.ibm.com 28 February 2017 NOTICE: BY PARTICIPATING IN THIS CALL, YOU GIVE YOUR IRREVOCABLE CONSENT TO IBM TO RECORD ANY STATEMENTS THAT YOU MAY MAKE DURING THE CALL, AS WELL AS TO IBM S USE OF SUCH RECORDING IN ANY AND ALL MEDIA, INCLUDING FOR VIDEO POSTINGS ON YOUTUBE. IF YOU OBJECT, PLEASE DO NOT CONNECT TO THIS CALL.

2 Panelists Presenter : Sherrie Clarke, ILMT L2 Support Engineer Panelists: Khalid Yahya, ILMT Advisory Software Engineer Leslie Popow, ILMT L2 Support Engineer Hope Maxwell-Daley, ILMT L2 Support Team Leader Moderator: Hope Maxwell-Daley

3 Goal of Session Advise users so they can a) Accomplish simple troubleshooting for hardware files b) Locate and distinguish different computer IDs c) Locate hardware files and know how to use them

4 Agenda of Session a) Hardware Inventory Summary b) Viewing hardware inventory from ILMT UI c) Checking Hardware computer in Big Fix console d) Viewing hardware information from database e) Checking related files

5 Hardware Refresher Understanding the hardware process in ILMT

6 Hardware software scans based on software identification (SWID) tags For hardware discovery - is being used by scanner Scanner is obtained during installation of BigFix client From BigFix client, it will enables both software and capacity scans These capacity scans are collected set of data which will appear in ILMT reporting 6 IBM Security

7 Viewing Hardware Inventory from ILMT UI You need to login to ILMT / BFI Web User Interface Click Reports > Infrastructure Hardware Inventory 7 IBM Security

8 Checking Computer ID from Big Fix Console Computer ID is assigned by Big Fix For ILMT, remote_id is being used 8 IBM Security

9 Adding Column for computer ID 9 IBM Security

10 Computer Properties Summary 10 IBM Security

11 Detecting From Database Queries to capture information from database

12 1) You would need to login to TEMADB or SUADB 2) DB2 connect SUADB 3) Run the following statement to see one sample hardware which is found in reporting: select * from sam.processors p join dbo.computers c on p.computer_id = c.id where c.remote_id = <- use computer ID from Big Fix select * from sam.processors p where p.partition_network_address = LMT923' 12 IBM Security

13 Query1 output sample 13 IBM Security

14 Query2 output sample 14 IBM Security

15 Running the Scans Procedure in Big Fix Console to Run Hardware Scans

16 To check for the files in hardware repository, one needs to ensure that fixlet Run Capacity Scan has been done. To perform the Run Capacity Scan: a) Use the credentials to login to BigFix console b) Select Sites > External Sites > IBM License Reporting (ILMT) > Fixlets and Tasks and select Run Capacity Scan and Upload Results c) Select Take Action, and choose Click here to schedule regular capacity scans and uploads of results. d) Select the device computer involved 16 IBM Security

17 Determining Hardware output files 17 IBM Security

18 Checking COMPUTER ID from Hardware Inventory Console 18 IBM Security

19 How to check if capacity scan ran from logs How to check if capacity scan ran from UI There is no logging that can be seen from ILMT UI directly, however in case of error, you should take note of No Scan Data in ILMT UI Dashboard. 19 IBM Security

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