Dan,
IBM makes available the IBM License Metric Tool (
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/downloading-ibm-license-metric-tool-92). This can be used to run inside your company in order to provide reports about the number of installations of IBM products including Rational Developer for i. This can be used for audit purposes.
At a high level, the tool looks for specific files.
e.g.
ibm.com_IBM_Rational_Developer_for_i_RPG_and_COBOL_Tools-9.8.0.swidtag
ibm.com_IBM_Rational_Developer_for_i_RPG_and_COBOL_Tools-9.6.0.swidtag
Thanks,
Eric Simpson
Software Developer and Project Lead – IBM i Application Development Tools
IBM Systems
esimpson@xxxxxxxxxx<mailto:esimpson@xxxxxxxxxx>
From: WDSCI-L <wdsci-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> on behalf of Dan Bale <dan.bale@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thursday, October 26, 2023 at 11:24 AM
To: Rational Developer for IBM i <wdsci-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [EXTERNAL] Re: [WDSCI-L] How to audit RDi 9.6 users
Thanks Steve,
I know we have a few IBM'ers here; are they also "license team members"? I hope so, because I'd really rather not go down the IBM rabbit hole trying to find someone who can help.
- Dan
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From: WDSCI-L <wdsci-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> On Behalf Of Steve Ferrell via WDSCI-L
Sent: Thursday, October 26, 2023 10:55 AM
To: Rational Developer for IBM i <wdsci-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Steve Ferrell <Steve.Ferrell@xxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [WDSCI-L] How to audit RDi 9.6 users
Hi David,
He mentioned that they download the .v96.pek.jar file. That indicates they are using Authorized User licenses.
We will need to hear from an IBM License team member on the best way to calculate the usage in a network.
Steve Ferrell
Principal Software Engineer Lead RDi
Fortra
Are you running a local license server?
FWIW, we download the following two files from our network drive to do the install:
RationalDeveloperForiV9.6TrialWebInstall-Windows.zip
com.ibm.rational.developer.ibmi.rpgcobol.v96.pek.jar
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