The information on this page refers to License Statistics v6.11 and newer, which redesigned license server management (resulting in removing merge functionality and the importlog directory, and support for using multiple data sources for license servers rather than separate "realtime" and "import" servers). If you are using a version previous to v6.11, see documentation for previous versions. |
How can I produce a FlexNet report log for importing usage data into License Statistics?Anchor flexnet report log def flexnet report log def
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Create an option file. For example:
Panel C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware License Server\Licenses\vmwarelm.opt
Specify the location of the option file in your license file. For example:
Panel SERVER this_host ANY 27000
VENDOR VMWARELM port=27010 "C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware License Server\Licenses\vmwarelm.optIn the option file, enable report logs. This will produce the log. For example:
Panel REPORTLOG +"C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware License Server\Licenses\vmwarelm.log
Import the log into License Statistics by placing it in the importlog directory. An example header of a report log is shown below:Enable importing for the license server.
Panel # FLEXnet Licensing Report Log, 23 September, 2010 (10:01), "VMWARELM" on "virtualcenter" FLEXnet Licensing v10.8.6.0 build 54892 i86_n3
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If you're working with a FlexNet license server and want to obtain information about users currently unable to check out a license due to too many checkout requests, as a workaround you can import debug logs in order to extract denials data from an imported license server and merge this data with a realtime license server. This way, you will get information about realtime denials in "near real time". (See Merging them. See Importing license server data for more details about how to merge already imported denials into a realtime license server.)information. For a full list of license servers from which License Statistics can gather usage statistics, see Supported license servers.It is important to note that entire process of importing denials can be automated by writing debug logs of a particular vendor, which needs to be done on the customer's side, to License Statistics/importlog directory and creating an alias for the realtime license server before importing denials. (See Combining realtime and denials data under a single server for more specifics.) This will allow you to monitor actual realtime denials for your FlexNet license server.
After a user stopped using an application, FLEXlm still kept that user's license checked out. How can you reset the license?Anchor license still checked out license still checked out
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