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The information on this page refers to License Statistics v6.11, which redesigned license server administration and resulted in removing functionality related to "realtime" license servers and "gathering type." If you are running an older version of License Statistics, see documentation for versions prior to v6.11.

This glossary lists terms that are specific to License Statistics and license feature usage monitoring.

Actions

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License request

A request made by a user to obtain a particular software license.

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Usage

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
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A type of license usage that allows a user to use a floating license without being connected to the license server.
Denial
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The denial of a request for a license.
License Reservation
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License is assigned to a specific user and cannot be utilized by another user without an administrator reassigning the license to another user. 

For reservations, a "user" is defined by a set of rules with various parameters, which may include the following, depending on the license server:

  • Dynamic
  • User
  • User Group
  • Host
  • Host Group
  • IP
  • Project
  • Display

Realtime Denial

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The denial of a license request.
Denied Requests Log
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One or more log files that contain data about denials.
Feature Versioning
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When Feature Versioning is set, features shown in lists include a separate entry for each version of that feature, and are named feature_version throughout License Statistics.

Monitoring
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Gathering information from a particular license server about feature usage details.
Importing
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Gathering information from a license server log file about feature usage details.
Last Update Time
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The last time at which License Statistics received an update from a license server.

Entities

Software
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An application.
Log file
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One or more ASCII text files written by a license server. 
License
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License for particular software.
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Feature

The definition of a license.

The parts of a feature are:

  1. Name (for example, Windows).
  2. Version (one feature can have multiple versions, such as Windows XP, Vista, 7, 8 and so on).
  3. Type, which can be:
    1. Floating
    2. Node-locked
    3. 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

A solution that provides the ability to manage licenses.
User
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An application or person that requests a license.

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Technically unique User in all contexts is a unique username.


Host
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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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Technically uniqueness of the Host depends on the context:

  • for reporting purposes, tracking licenses usage and denials: unique pair of hostname and ip address 
  • for administration and licensing purposes: unique hostname


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License server

Software hosting licenses for a single software vendor. A license server can be an individual license server or a license server group (two or more license servers that are treated as one). 

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The manufacturer of a software application using a particular license manager.

Data source 

The source of data being used for statistics gathering (Remote, Imported, or End User).
Linux systemRefers to Linux x64 platform.
Windows systemRefers to Win64 platform
Client applicationAn application program requesting or receiving a license.lmx-servA process that serves licenses for clients over a network. Sometimes referred to as a license server.Log fileOne or more ASCII text files written by a license server. For LM-X, a log file contains status information useful for debugging the license server. For License Statistics, log files contain information that can be imported into License Statistics and used to track license usage.Feature

Any functionality that needs to be licensed. The definition of feature is developer-dependent, according to the application and to the developer’s requirements, but might include (for example):

  • A single program (irrespective of program version)
  • A specific version of a program
  • An application system consisting of multiple programs
  • A module of a program
Floating license

A license that can authorize usage of an application for users on a network. A license server is required to manage a floating license. With this type of license, the number of concurrent users is counted, with the licensed application usable by only a specified number of users at any time.

A variation of this scheme is a license that can be locked to work both with specific client computers and with a specified server computer.

 Also referred to as network license or shared license.

Imported license serverIn License Statistics, a license server that is being monitored using existing data in one or more license server logs.Realtime license serverIn License Statistics, a license server that is being monitored at specified intervals to gather data about usage as it occurs.Node-locked license

A license that can authorize use of an application running on a single specific machine, as opposed to being on a network. Node-locked licenses do not require a license server because they are uncounted.

Also referred to as local license.

Vendor nameName of the vendor used in license files.License fileA text file shipped to an end user, which provides one or more features.License server

A license server is defined as a software application hosting licenses for a single software vendor (e.g. vendor daemon), and not a physical machine.

A license server is required to manage a floating license.

Heartbeat A message sent from the client application and acknowledged by the license server to ensure that the license server is still up and running. This action is triggered periodically.lcodedata objectA file, used for linking with the protected application, which is generated by the supplied makefile(s) and holds various security-related parameters.Configuration file

LM-X security configuration file. A file, specific to the vendor, which holds cryptographic keys and is used for generating licenses and for generating specific files required for compiling the client application.

Created by the developer tool lmxdev.

Windows systemRefers to Win32 or Win64 platform.Unix systemRefers to Linux, Solaris, HP-UX, AIX, Mac OS X and FreeBSD platforms
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