6.6 Software usage monitoring When you enable software usage monitoring, you allow the ITLM Agent to collect usage statistics for the product. IBM Tivoli License Manager by default does not collect any usage information about software. As described in 6.5, "Procurement management" on page 203, contracts and licenses can be defined independently, but to effectively manage license compliance, defined licenses must be linked to a valid software signature entry in the ITLM Master Catalog. When a software signature entry is assigned to a license definition, IBM Tivoli License Manager automatically enables the usage monitoring for the software product associated to the ITLM Master Catalog entry. Software usage information can also be enabled for software products with no license definitions, as long as a valid entry in the ITLM Master Catalog exists for the product, as seen in Figure 6-8. Catalog Management Catalog Entry signature Multi Instance Discovery Software Monitoring Enablement Product Properties Definitions Figure 6-8 Software monitoring Enabling software usage monitoring for a product can be done using the IBM Tivoli License Manager administrative Web interface, under the Product Properties Definitions tasks (Figure 6-8). The IBM Tivoli License Manager administrator must have one of the following roles: Administrator, License Administrator, or Procurement and Licensing Manager. For additional information, refer to IBM Tivoli License Manager Administration , SC32-1430. Chapter 6. IBM Tivoli License Manager logical design 211