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The information on this page refers to License Statistics v6.8 9 and newer, which added new columns Agent Groups to the Realtime License Servers gridRealtime License Server settings for Autodesk license manager; added an Action toggle to enable/disable license servers; and removed "copy URL to clipboard" from the Action column. If you are using a version previous to v6.89,  see documentation for previous versions.

You can add realtime license servers and edit information for existing realtime license servers using the License Servers page, found under the Administration section in the left navigation pane. (This page is visible only for License Statistics administrator users.) Note: This page also lets you add and edit imported license servers.

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Column NameDescription
License Server
The display name for the license server.
License Server IDThe ID of the License Server. 
License Server DescriptionThe optional user-defined description for the license server. 
HostnameThe hostname of the license server. If the license server is configured to be redundant (three servers are used) this is the hostname of the main license server. 
PortThe port to use for the license server. If the license server is configured to be redundant (three servers are used) this is the port for the main license server. 
Lic ManagerThe license manager type (can be any supported license manager or a custom license manager).
StatusThe status of the license server.  For detailed information about license server status, see License Servers.
Enabled

Indicates (Yes/No) whether monitoring is enabled for the license server.

The Action column includes a toggle that allows you to enable/disable the license server as needed.

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RedundantAn icon showing one computer indicates that the license server is not redundant. An icon showing three computers indicates the license server is redundant.
Realtime DenialsIndicates (Yes/No) whether monitoring Realtime Denials is enabled for the license server.
Feature VersioningIndicates (Yes/No) whether Feature Versioning is enabled for the license server.
Anonymous UsernamesIndicates (Yes/No) whether use of anonymous usernames is enabled for the license server.
Anonymous Hostnames Indicates (Yes/No) whether use of anonymous hostnames is enabled for the license server.
Query IntervalSets the time interval (in minutes) between queries.

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Note

Some columns, as noted above, are hidden by default. To control the visibility of these and other columns, see instructions for filtering grid content. 

Info

If the Realtime License Servers grid's "Action" column contains a link icon, you can click this icon to obtain a URL that is used for License Statistics Agent.

Adding or editing a realtime license server

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SettingDescription
General settings
Name The name for the license server that will be displayed in License Statistics. This can be any descriptive, unique name that helps you identify the license server in License Statistics pages.
Enabled

Check this box to enable monitoring for the license server. When this box is not checked, monitoring for the license server is disabled. The license server will appear in License Statistics pages as "Down."

Only enabled license servers are counted in the number of license servers you can monitor according to your License Statistics license agreement. You can add any number of disabled license servers. If you have reached your limit of license servers you can monitor, you can disable any license servers that you do not need to monitor and enable the license servers you do need to monitor.

License Manager Type

The type of license manager you are using for the license server. This selection list includes all supported license managers. 

If you select Custom as the license manager type, you must specify the path to your custom XML file (see Supporting a custom license server for information on adding a custom license server) in the Hostname field under Connection settings.

Query Tool Path

The path to the license manager's query tool defaults to license_statistics_installation_directory/query_tool_default_name, where the query tool default name is specific to the license manager being used, as follows:

License managerQuery tool default name
LM-Xlmxendutil
BETA LMbeta_lm_stat
DassaultDSLicSrv
FlexNetlmutil
GNSlicstat
IBM LUMi4blt
LICMANlicman20_appl
LS-Dynalstc_qrun
MathLMmonitorlm
OLicenseolixtool
RLMrlmutil
Sentinel RMSlsmon
TLMlicdstat

Edit the path if needed, and make sure the query tool is in the specified path. 

Important: The query tool executable (and the path provided in the License Statistics UI) must be local. If you edit the path, ensure that the query tool executable is located on the same machine as the License Statistics installation.  

Query Tool Path is not applicable when using the Custom, JetBrains, License4J, and oXygen license manager types.

EPLAN BundleFor the EPLAN LM license manager type, bundles are supported. See EPLAN Bundles for more information. 
DescriptionAn optional description for the license server. The Description can be entered/edited only after the license server has been validated.
Connection settings

Redundant

Check this box to specify that redundant servers are being used (for example, in LM-X you would check Redundant if you are using HAL). When Redundant is checked, you must enter the hostname and port number for all three servers.

The Redundant setting is applicable only for LM-X, FlexNet, BetaLM, Dassault, IBM LUM and GNS license manager types.

Hostname

The license server hostname. This entry cannot contain spaces or special characters, except underscores, hyphens and periods.

Hostname is not applicable when using the LICMAN license manager type.

When using the Custom license manager type, you must specify the path to your custom XML file in this field.

Port Number

The license server port number, which may have a default setting depending on the license manager selected, as follows.

License serverPort number
LM-X6200
RLM5053
Dassault4084
GNS7200
Altair6200
JetBrains8080
License4J16090
Oxygen8080
TLM9090

The Port Number setting is not applicable when using the IBM LUM, LICMAN, Sentinel RMS, MathLM, and Custom license manager types.

Login

The username to access protected resources.

This setting is applicable only for JetBrains and oXygen license manager types.

Password

The password to access protected resources..

This setting is applicable only for Dassault, JetBrains and oXygen license manager types.

Agents settings
Agent Groups

Agent Group(s) that will be used to automatically monitor Autodesk applications on their hosts.

This setting is applicable only for Autodesk license manager type.

Vendor settings
Vendor Daemon Name

An optional vendor daemon name for the license server. This entry cannot contain spaces or special characters, except underscores, hyphens and periods. 

Applicable only for FlexNet, RLM, and OLicense license manager types.  

FlexNet license servers are configured with case-sensitive names by default, so make sure the vendor name uses the correct case when configuring a FlexNet license server. An error in the vendor name may cause problems with License Statistics usage monitoring. See "Failure to find licenses for FlexNet license server" in FLEXlm and FlexNet license server issues for more information.

Vendor Display Name
An optional name to display for the vendor in reports. The Vendor Display Name can be entered/edited only after the license server has been validated.
Vendor NameThe vendor name.
Additional settings
Encoding

Changes the encoding used by License Statistics when analyzing data from a license server.

By default, this is set to UTF-8. For a list of supported encodings, see:

https://docs.oracle.com/en/java/javase/13/intl/supported-encodings.html

Query Interval

Time in minutes between each license server query.

Choose between 1, 2, 5 (default) and 10 minutes. 

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anon_names
anon_names
Anonymous Usernames/ Hostnames

Make users and/or hosts anonymous in the database and HTML output (normally used to protect users for legal reasons, as is required in some countries).

Note that you can set this additional option only when adding a license server; you cannot edit this option after adding the server.

Realtime Denials

Enable monitoring denials data in real time. This option works only with the following license servers:

  • LM-X License Manager
  • Dassault
  • Altair License Manager (ALM)
Feature Versioning

Enable Feature Versioning for the supported license server types. Currently this option works with the following license servers:

  • LM-X License Manager
  • IBM LUM
  • FlexNet
  • Reprise License Manager (RLM)
  • Sentinel RMS
  • License4J
  • TLM

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