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How can I produce a FlexNet report log for importing usage data into License Statistics?

You can use a report log to import usage information from a FlexNet license server into License Statistics. The steps for producing and importing a report log are described below and should be repeated for each vendor daemon instance you have.

  1. Create an option file. For example:

    C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware License Server\Licenses\vmwarelm.opt

  2. Specify the location of the option file in your license file. For example:
     

    SERVER this_host ANY 27000
    VENDOR VMWARELM port=27010 "C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware License Server\Licenses\vmwarelm.opt

  3. In the option file, enable report logs. This will produce the log. For example:

    REPORTLOG +"C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware License Server\Licenses\vmwarelm.log


  4.  Import the log into License Statistics by placing it in the importlog directory. An example header of a report log is shown below: 

    # FLEXnet Licensing Report Log, 23 September, 2010 (10:01), "VMWARELM" on "virtualcenter" FLEXnet Licensing v10.8.6.0 build 54892 i86_n3

After a user stopped using an application, FLEXlm still kept that user's license checked out. How can you reset the license?

You should add TIMEOUTALL to your options file. See your FLEXlm end-user documentation for further information.

This problem is very common and has been around for a long time. It occurs because FLEXlm implements a TCP/IP timeout by default, which is up to 2 hours on Windows. The problem only occurs when an application exits in a "unclean" way and doesn't terminate the TCP/IP session properly (for example, if the application crashes).

Looking for a better alternative to FLEXlm that doesn't have this problem? Learn more about X-Formation's LM-X License Manager, the simpler solution for your license management needs.


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