3 Chapter 3. IBM Tivoli License Manager general overview IBM Tivoli License Manager is the IBM solution to reconcile software license usage in an organization with the licenses owned by that organization. It offers a way to control and apply software vendors' licensing policies, enabling easy management of different products in different ways and reflecting the rules of each product's license agreement. This chapter gives an overview of the IBM Tivoli License Manager V2.2 product, describes its functionality, components, architecture, and gives some considerations for implementation. These topics are described in the following sections: 3.1, "Product overview" on page 61 3.2, "Architecture" on page 62 3.3, "Physical components" on page 64 3.4, "Logical components" on page 66 3.6, "ITLM Catalog Manager" on page 72 © Copyright IBM Corp. 2006. All rights reserved. 59