Virtualization types that require VM manager connections

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License Metric Tool requires that connections to VM managers are defined for the following virtualization types: Azure Stack HCI, Azure VMware Solution, Kernel-based Virtual Machine, Nutanix, Microsoft Hyper-V, VMware vSphere, and Citrix Hypervisor. Other virtualization types that are supported by License Metric Tool do not require defining connections to VM managers.

Important: For information about supported versions, go to IBM® License Metric Tool 9.2 - Supported Operating Systems and click Supported Hypervisor.
Table 1. Virtualization types that require VM manager connections
Virtualization Type Details Comments
9.2.31 Azure Stack HCI Microsoft Hyper-V and Azure Stack HCI
  • License Metric Tool does not support a direct connection to Azure Portal to retrieve data.
  • License Metric Tool does not support a connection by using the cluster name of Azure Stack HCI. Thus, you must set up connections in one of the following ways:
    • Configure connection to one host in the cluster and use the Share credentials with other hosts in the same cluster option.
    • Configure connection to each host in the cluster separately.
  • To use WinRM communication interface, configure WinRM on all hosts. For more information, see: Configuring WinRM on Hyper-V and Azure Stack HCI hosts.
9.2.28 Azure VMware Solution    
9.2.12 Citrix Hypervisor (formerly XenServer)  
  • XenServer Tools must be installed on all VMs.
KVM not managed by RHV-M nor Oracle Linux Virtualization Manager  
Microsoft Hyper-V Microsoft Hyper-V and Azure Stack HCI
  • If you are going to use WinRM communication interface, configure WinRM on all hosts. For more information, see: Configuring WinRM.
9.2.17 Nutanix AVH managed by Nutanix PRISM Nutanix
  • 9.2.17 Support for Linux® guests on AHV 5.10+ on IBM Power® CS appliances, managed by Nutanix PRISM. AIX® guest is not currently supported.
  • 9.2.18 Support for Linux and Windows guests on AHV 5.10+ on x86 appliances, managed by Nutanix PRISM.
  • License Metric Tool supports PRISM Element API v2.0
9.2.32 Oracle Cloud VMware Solution  
  • Oracle Cloud VMware Solution is supported the same way as an on-prem VMware infrastructure installation.
  • To collect data, configure connection to the vCenter Server that is specific to your instance of the Oracle Cloud VMware Solution (not to the Oracle Cloud portal).
9.2.25 Oracle Linux KVM managed by Oracle Linux Virtualization Manager Kernel-based Virtual Machine  
Red Hat KVM managed by RHV-M Kernel-based Virtual Machine
  • License Metric Tool supports instances that use HTTP Basic Authentication and version 3 REST API.
  • You must use VM Manager Tool in version 1.6.0.1 or higher.
  • Starting from VM Manager Tool update 9.2.17, License Metric Tool supports instances that use version 4 API and Oauth2 Authentication.
9.2.27 VMware Cloud on AWS  
  • VMware Cloud on AWS is supported the same way as an on-prem VMware infrastructure installation.
  • To collect data, configure connection to the vCenter Server that is specific to your instance of the VMware Cloud on AWS (not to the AWS portal).
  • If the VM Manager Tool is installed on a virtual machine on VMware Cloud on the AWS infrastructure, ensure that you complete the following steps.
    • Enable communication between the VM where the VM Manager Tool is installed and the vCenter Server by using the TCP port 443. To allow for this communication, configure the Management Gateway firewall. In the default configuration, such communication is denied.
    • If the vCenter Server URL points to an external IP, modify the hosts file on the VM where the VM Manager Tool is installed and add an entry that points to the private address of the vCenter Server.
VMware vSphere ESXi VMware vSphere
VMware vSphere vCenter VMware vSphere
  • You must have at least read-only rights to all VMs. For more information, see: Verifying permissions.
  • License Metric Tool supports configuration with one single sign-on domain, one single sign-on site, and vCenter Server with Platform Services Controller on the same machine (Embedded Deployment Model).
  • License Metric Tool supports vCenter Server installation on a Windows computer and as a vCenter Server Appliance.
  • 9.2.15 License Metric Tool supports the configuration with an external Platform Services Controller (PSC) with one PSC on a different machine.

    Configuration with multiple external PSCs (complex environments such as Multisite Single Sign-On Deployments) is not supported by License Metric Tool. The only supported way to connect to such an environment is to connect to each ESX box separately.