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The following steps are designed to get X-Formation's License Statistics up and running on Linux with a FLEXlm/ FlexNet server (given as an example of the license server) in 10 minutes or less.
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To configure License Statistics, follow the instructions listed in Configuring License Statisticsin Adding and editing license servers.
Important: When upgrading If License Statistics to the latest versionuses an embedded database, you must replace xflicstat.cfg with the old configuration file and restore the old database before running License Statistics the application for the first time.
This will enable automatic import of your old server settings that will not be possible later.
To see whether License Statistics is running normally:
- Change Change the setting for the query interval time from 10 to 1 minute, to generate statistics every minute while adding your FlexNet server. This setting will let you quickly confirm that License Statistics is running normally, which you'll do in Step 6. (After you verify that License Statistics is running normally, you should change this setting to a larger value.)
- When When needed, specify the path to your lmutil utility.
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- A couple of minutes after starting the service, review the log file (<License Statistics directory>/log/xflicstat.log) and ensure it contains no FAIL ERROR or WARNING lines that indicate problems with monitored servers, parsing or Adding and editing license servers. Output similar to the following indicates the service is running normally:
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