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The Usage Monitor runs an embedded http server, which handles requests for HTML pages that contain usage statistics tables and graphs, and makes them accessible from a web browser. Web pages are automatically generated, updated and refreshed, so no user interaction is required to generate and maintain the latest statistics. See section 6, Viewing and managing your usage statistics for details on using the web application.
In addition to usage statistics, the Usage Monitor gathers data for denied user requests, as described in section 3.3, Denied Requests Log.
The statistics are time-sensitive; that is, they are updated based on your system clock time. It is recommended that both the license server and the Usage Monitor server use NTP (Network Time Protocol), so the time is updated regularly and accurately across the machines. Otherwise, the time between the license server and the Usage Monitor server may be out of sync, which affects statistics.
Before using the Usage Monitor, you must configure it for your site, including specifying the http server port, as described in section 5, Running the License Statistics Usage Monitor. The Usage Monitor runs as a service on Windows or as a daemon on Unix. Because the Usage Monitor runs as a background process, it will run even when no user is logged into the Usage Monitor server machine.
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