This glossary lists terms that are specific to License Statistics and feature usage monitoring.
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License request Anchor |
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| Lic request def |
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| Lic request def |
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| Request for license
| A request made by a user to obtain a particular software license. |
Borrow | A type of license usage that allows a user to use a network license without being connected to the license server.
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UsageUsage | Refers to the use of a license, which means that the license is taken from a pool of available licenses. A user can use two licenses of the same feature, as shown below. Users Using License
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Borrow | A type of license usage that allows a user to use a network license without being connected to the license server.
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Denial | The denial of a request for a license. |
Monitoring Monitoring Anchor |
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| Monitoring def |
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| Monitoring def |
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| | Gathering realtime information from a particular license server about feature usage details. |
Importing Anchor |
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| Importing def |
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| Importing def |
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| | Gathering information from a license server log file about feature usage details. |
Entities |
Software | An application. |
Log file | One or more ASCII text files written by a license server. |
License
| License for particular software. |
Feature | The definition of a license.
The parts of a feature are: - Name (for example, Windows).
- Version (one feature can have multiple versions, such as Windows XP, Vista, 7, 8 and so on).
- Type, which can be:
- Floating
- Node-locked
- Token
As shown in the diagram below, a feature is defined by its name, version and type. There can be multiple versions with the same name, but each version can have only three license types: nodelocked, floating, or token. Although the features may share the same name, each feature with a different version and/or type is an individual, unique feature.
Feature
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License manager Anchor |
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| Lic manager def |
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| Lic manager def |
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| A solution that provides the ability to manage licenses. |
User | An application or person that requests a license. |
Host | The computer on which a user is accessing a license. A user can use a feature on more than one host, and a host can be used by more than one user, as shown below.
User on Hosts
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| Lic server def |
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| Lic server def |
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| License server | Software hosting licenses for a single software vendor. A license server can be one of the following: - Imported license server: A license server from which data was imported.
- Realtime license server: A license server for which data were gathered through monitoring.
- Monitored license server : Realtime license server for which license usage data is being gathered.
- License server group: Two or more license servers that are treated as one.
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Vendor | The manufacturer of a software application using a particular license manager.
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Gathering Type Anchor |
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| Gathering type def |
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| Gathering type def |
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| | The license server type (Realtime or Imported). |
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| Query interval def |
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| Query interval def |
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| Query Interval | A value (number of minutes) specified for how often feature usage data is gathered for a monitored license server. |
Linux system | Refers to Linux32 or Linux64 platform. |
Windows system | Refers to Win32 or Win64 platform. |
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