Independent ILMT & BigFix specialist

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Stay compliant, avoid penalties and keep control, with support from an independent specialist who has worked with ILMT since 2014.


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Example quarterly ILMT audit snapshot with agent, scan and VM Manager status

Already received an IBM audit letter, or is an audit underway? That is a different job than prevention. See how I help companies respond and bring the claim down.

SERVICES

ILMT Managed Services

ILMT that stays audit-ready all year.

Agent and scan monitoring, catalog updates and a quarterly audit-ready package: a signed compliance report, archived snapshots, a discrepancy list.

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ILMT Health Check

Find out before the auditor does.

A fixed-price review of agents, scans, VM Manager and reporting, with a prioritized repair plan. The fee is credited against your first quarter of care.

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IBM Audit Response

An audit letter is not a verdict.

Independent verification of the auditor's numbers, an exposure map per product and a communication plan. I reply the same or next business day.

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BigFix & ILMT Training

Your team, able to run ILMT on its own.

Hands-on workshops on your environment, from half a day to three days. The fee is credited if training leads to a maintenance contract.

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HOW I WORK


Depending on what you need, I take over some or all of these steps. The goal is always the same: an ILMT environment whose reports you can hand to an auditor.

Planning & design

A deployment plan matched to your infrastructure, with prerequisites verified before anything gets installed.

Setup & configuration

ILMT and BigFix server installation, agent rollout across endpoints, relay architecture for segmented networks.

Inventory & licensing

Software scans, classification and bundling, so the PVU numbers reflect what actually runs.

Maintenance & support

Quarterly updates, health checks and troubleshooting, so the reports stay reliable between audits.

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SELECTED RESULTS


An audit claim that did not hold

Situation: an auditor reported license shortfalls at a fuel and energy group in Poland. The numbers came from a badly misconfigured ILMT.

Action: independent review of the auditor’s figures and a correctly rebuilt ILMT configuration.

Result: the WebSphere MQ requirement dropped from 1450 to 1050 licenses and Domino from 9220 to 1420 PVU. The claim did not hold.

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716 endpoints, 91% flying blind

Situation: an international insurance group had 716 endpoints in ILMT, 91% without current scan results and 74% without physical processor data.

Action: health check, diagnosis, prioritized repair plan.

Result: reliable sub-capacity reporting restored before an audit could price it as full capacity.

ILMT Health Check »

3-4 hours a month instead of an audit finding

Situation: at a bank, 8 of 11 ILMT agents had stopped reporting after years without maintenance.

Action: repair, a long-overdue server upgrade, ongoing care.

Result: roughly 3-4 hours a month keeps quarterly audit-ready report packs coming.

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Tomasz Oniśk, independent IBM ILMT and BigFix specialist

ABOUT


My name is Tomasz Oniśk and I am an independent IBM ILMT and BigFix specialist. I started in 2014 with 7.5-to-9.x migrations and my first full deployments, and I have run my own practice since 2020.

Around 30 ILMT environments have passed through my hands since then: banks, insurers, energy companies, public institutions. I have repaired them after years of neglect, walked them through IBM audits and kept them in shape so the quarterly reports simply exist when someone asks for them.

I speak both languages of this job: the technical one of server, network and security teams, and the business one of managers who need to know what the numbers mean and what they will cost.

Certifications: IBM Certified Deployment Professional: Sub-Capacity Licensing Tools & Processes and Endpoint Manager (BigFix), IBM Certified System Administrator: AIX, Red Hat Certified Engineer, ITIL 4 Foundation, plus a dozen more technical certifications across IBM Power and storage, Microsoft and Red Hat.

I only take on as many clients as I can handle personally. For larger projects I bring in a few trusted independent specialists I have worked with for years.

FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

What does it cost?

The ILMT Health Check has published price ranges on its page. Maintenance is a flat monthly fee based on the size of your environment, quoted after a short call. Audit response is priced individually. The first 30-minute call costs nothing.

Which regions do you cover?

I work remotely with clients across Europe, in Polish and English, over VPN, a jump host or supervised sessions. On-site visits are possible when a project needs them. I am based in Poland.

How long does an ILMT deployment take?

A basic environment is up in a few days. Larger, segmented infrastructures take longer, mostly because of network and access arrangements rather than ILMT itself. For the technical details, see the step-by-step installation guide.

I am under an IBM audit and have no ILMT. What now?

Time matters, panic does not. The IBM Audit Response page describes what I do in the first 48 hours. Write through the form and pick "Active IBM audit" as the topic, I reply the same or next business day.

How quickly can we start?

A 30-minute call is enough to scope the work, and an NDA can be signed before any details change hands. A health check typically starts within days of getting access.

Can you take over our ILMT completely?

Yes. ILMT Managed Services comes in three packages, from a quarterly review to full administration of ILMT and BigFix. Partial help is fine too.

What happens when something breaks?

Under ongoing care I monitor agents and scans and repair issues as part of the service. If you run ILMT yourself, start with the troubleshooting guide.

How do I know we are compliant?

You hold the proof in your hands every quarter: a signed compliance report, an archived audit snapshot and a discrepancy list. That is the quarterly audit-ready package, the core of ongoing maintenance.

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