Make sure your IBM products, platforms and complex clustering

configurations stay compliant

Responding to virtualization, clustering and cloud technologies that enable

organizations to do more with less, vendors like IBM have adjusted their

licensing agreements and made compliance more of a challenge. IBM has

recently released a new version of its Passport Advantage Agreement (PAA)

and introduced sub-capacity licensing to cover multi-core and virtualization

technologies. These developments can leave you exposed to audits and

expensive fines. You need an independent third-party solution.

iQSonar is a fast, lightweight and agentless discovery and dependency mapping

solution. It automates the management of hardware and software assets by

providing an accurate and up-to-date inventory of hardware and software along

with measurement of IBM products deployed across an organization. Integration

with third-party CMDB solutions like ServiceNow drives continuous compliance

and ongoing asset optimization.

iQSonar enables IBM license reconciliation across a range of software (including bundles):

IBM DATABASES

• DB2

• Informix

IBM WEBSPHERE APPLICATION SERVER (WAS)

IBM INFOSPHERE

• DataStage

• QualityStage

• Standalone and WAS instances

OTHER VIRTUALIZATION PLATFORMS

• VMware vSphere

• Microsoft Hyper-V

• Citrix XenServer

• Oracle VM

iQSonar automates the management of hardware and software assets by providing an accurate and up-to-date inventory of hardware and software along with measurement of IBM products deployed across an organization.

INTRODUCTION

AGENTLESS

Nothing interferes with discovery because nothing is installed on the devices

that can slow it down or obstruct the process. Less obstructive, faster and more

flexible to deploy, it occupies minimal resources compared to other

IBM-supported tools.

FULL DISCOVERY You don’t need to know what’s there before the scan starts and you don’t

need to worry that something will be missed.

SINGLE SOLUTION

Not only does it work with IBM, iQSonar also supports Oracle,

Microsoft, VMware and Citrix.

NO OBSTACLE

Supports comprehensive network topologies including access via SSH Gateways

and measurements of multiple instances of software on a single device.

EASY INTEGRATION

APIs and connectors let you build a total solution with leading IT service

management tools, including ServiceNow or software asset management tools

such as Aspera SmartTrack, Snow License, Brainware Spider, Flexera FlexNet

Manager Suite. It can also be used for side-by-side comparison with IBM

products like ILMT (and sometimes a replacement).

AT-A-GLANCE: Why iQSonar?

CAPABILITY iQSonarSuite

IBMILMT

IBMTADd

IBMSUA

FlexeraFNMS

Fast deployment l

Agentless discovery l

Agentless inventory l

Agent-based inventory l l l l

Measurement of IBM products l

Discovery of bundled IBM products l l l

Capability to manage non-IBM products l l l l

Out of box comprehensive reporting and business intelligence functionality l l

Out of box integration with CMDBs and ITSM solutions l l l l

Out of box integration with ServiceNOW l l

Out of box integration with SAM platforms l l

IBM approved tool for sub-capacity measurement per Passport Advantage

contractl l l

Accepted by IBM as alternative to ILMT/SUA products l l

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