The information on this page refers to License Statistics v6.11 and newer, which redesigned license server administration, resulting in replacing gathering type with multiple data sources. If you are using a version previous to v6.11, see documentation for previous versions. |
License Statistics lets you track and report software license usage gathered from supported license servers and writes the usage statistics data to a MySQL database.
Ways of gathering data
License Statistics can gather both realtime and imported data as described in "Gathering realtime data" and "Gathering imported data" sections, below.data from multiple sources, including Remote, Import, and End User (Agents).
| Data Source | Description |
|---|---|
| Remote Monitoring |
| Data gathered from the license server at specified query intervals. | |
| Imported | Data gathered from license server log files. |
| End User | Data gathered from Agents installed on the End User hosts. |
Gathering
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remote data
License Statistics realtime remote monitoring lets you see usage information from the time the license server was added to License Statistics to be monitored.
Gathering imported data
Importing denied request logsDenied Requests Log lets you view the history for servers that were added to License Statistics.
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Note: In addition to gathering usage data, License Statistics lets you generate data for denied user requests (LM-X License Manager, FLEXlm/FlexNet, Reprise License Manager (RLM) or IBM LUM license servers only).
Gathering end user data
License Statistics end user monitoring lets you see usage information received directly from an Agent installed on end user hosts, which gathers data and sends it back to the License Statistics server for further processing.
Accessing License Statistics usage data
License Statistics runs an embedded HTTP server, which provides visually rich charts and graphs and makes the pages accessible to view and manage from a web browser using a web-enabled mobile device (tablet or phone) or a desktop or laptop computer.
Usage statistics are time-sensitive; that is, they are updated based on your system clock time. Because data usage is time-based, a License Statistics administrator should ensure that the machine hosting the monitored license server uses NTP (Network Time Protocol). Ideally, the time between the machine on which License Statistics is installed and the machine hosting the monitored license server should be in sync.
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