A feature of Azul Intelligence Cloud, JVM Inventory is a cloud service that continuously catalogs running JVMs to slash months off Oracle Java migration timelines and help ensure ongoing Oracle license compliance for audit defense
JVM Inventory combined with the Azul Migration Toolkit (Azul’s scanner that finds JDKs which are present) or other SAM tools provides enterprises with the most accurate, complete view of their Oracle Java footprint. It gathers data directly from the JVM at runtime to provide precise details on vendor, version, install path and the applications running on it.
Azul’s Migration Advisory experts and channel partners use this data to validate and enrich ITAM reports, find running Oracle Java instances for replacement, and group unused Oracle instances for removal. Enterprises can confidently accelerate their Oracle Java migration to an OpenJDK alternative with actionable intelligence that identifies which Oracle JVMs are in use, subject to Oracle’s commercial terms and are not covered by bundled licenses.
JVM Inventory uses information that is only available at runtime (Java main class) to map Java applications to Oracle JVMs that are actually being used. Migration teams can quickly notify application owners that these instances are being replaced. This can slash weeks or months of effort off the average 6-9 month timeline to migrate off Oracle Java to OpenJDK solutions such as Azul Platform Core.
JVM Inventory retains the ongoing usage history of JVMs to continuously track migration progress to compliance, reducing the burden of running multiple scans with SAM tools and analyzing spreadsheet reports as the sole means of validating Oracle burndown.
Once Oracle Java is eliminated, JVM Inventory helps ensure Oracle Java stays out of an enterprise’s application infrastructure. Through continuous runtime detection, organizations can instantly identify and act on regressions – such as new Oracle JVMs being run – before they create audit risk.
By maintaining an up-to-date, runtime-level inventory, teams can automate alerts, streamline replacement of new Oracle JVMs for compliance, and have the intelligence they need to help confidently defend against audits.
JVM Inventory is a cloud service that continuously detects and catalogs running JVMs to accelerate classification, migration and tracking of Oracle Java instances. JVM Inventory uses the Azul Intelligence Cloud Agent to connect to a running JVM at startup and receive information the JVM already has when running a Java application. It does not perform network-wide searches for JDK installations on local and/or remote file systems.
Traditional tools provide a snapshot in time of deployed JVMs. By contrast, JVM Inventory continuously detects and gathers data directly from running JVMs, allowing it to go beyond just standard JVM vendor, version, and install path information to include which applications the JVM is running and whether the JVM is actually being used at all.
Azul’s Migration Advisory experts and channel partners combine JVM Inventory with the Azul Migration Toolkit (AMT) and/or other ITAM tools to provide enterprises with the most accurate, complete view of their Oracle Java footprint.
