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When you are monitoring If you monitor a server for realtime usage and you also import denial logs for that server, you may see two servers the data may be shown in License Statistics under two separate servers. This occurs because because the denial log that is imported into License Statistics contains only the hostname of the machine, while but the realtime server is known under an IP address or different hostname. Therefore, the realtime data will be shown under the server's IP address, while the denials data will be shown under the hostname . In such cases, contained in the log file. 

To see the server's usage information reported under one server name, you can use an alias and/or merge the server data to see the server's usage information reported under one server name. (See also Merging databases with xfeditdb.). Assigning an alias essentially instructs License Statistics that the two hostnames refer to the same server instead of two different servers. 

• If you currently have only realtime data for the server in License Statistics and plan to also import denials data into License Statistics, you can create an alias for the server before importing the denials data. Thereafter, all denials data and realtime data will be shown under one server. 
• If you currently have both realtime data and denials data for one server that is being shown in License Statistics under two separate servers, you can merge the data under one server. If you are planning to import more data in the future, you should create an alias.
  

For example, say you have a FlexNet server for which you are tracking want to track both realtime usage and denials data. The realtime server uses the IP address 192.123.45.123, but the denial log for the same server uses a server the hostname, Server1. This results in two independent servers being shown in License Statistics.

To see realtime statistics and denials under a single server in License Statistics, you designate one server as an alias for the other. For the above example, the denials import server, identified by the hostname Server1, can be designated as an alias of the realtime monitoring server, identified by the IP address 192.123.45.123, since these are two ids for the same server.

After assigning one server as an alias for the other, statistics for the two server hostnames will be shown under a single server. However, note that statistics gathered prior to creating the alias will still be shown under separate servers. You must merge the existing data to resolve this. Assigning server aliases and merging data under one server are described in the following sections.

Note that you can use aliases and merging exclusively from one another. For example, if you don't have existing data to merge for a server that is used for both denials and realtime data, you would only need to assign a server alias to ensure that the data is shown under a single server.

Assigning and editing server aliases

To assign a server alias for a server that uses multiple hostnames (one for denials and another for realtime data), so that all future data in License Statistics will be shown under one server:

1. Select the server to which you want to assign an alias from the License Servers page, then click the Edit icon to open the Edit License Server dialog (see Editing license server information).
2. Under Aliases, click Add New, and enter the desired alias.
   
3. You can edit or delete the alias information at any time using the Edit and Delete icons under the Action column.
4. When you are done entering the alias, click Close to exit the dialog.

Merging server data

To merge existing data in License Statistics for a server that uses multiple hostnames (one for denials and another for realtime data), so that the data for that server will be shown under one server instead of multiple servers:

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"ServerHostname1." If you haven't yet imported the denials log, you can avoid having the data show up under two servers by editing the license server in License Statistics and assigning "ServerHostname1" as an alias for that License Server. Then, when you import the denials log that uses the hostname "ServerHostname1," the denials data will be shown under the same server as the realtime data.

However, if you already imported the denials log and have the realtime and denials data shown under separate servers, you must merge the existing data to resolve this. When you merge the data stored under "ServerHostname1" with the realtime server, "ServerHostname1" is removed from License Statistics.

For detailed instructions on assigning aliases, see Adding and editing license server aliases.

For detailed instructions on merging license servers, see Merging license server data

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