| The information on this page refers to License Statistics v6.0, which no longer allows customizing the query interval (it is now set to 1 minute). If you are running an older version of License Statistics, see documentation for versions prior to v6.0. |
This glossary lists terms that are specific to License Statistics and feature usage monitoring.
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License request | A request made by a user to obtain a particular software license. |
Usage | Refers to the use of a license, which means that the license is taken from a pool of available licenses. A user can use two licenses of the same feature, as shown below. Users Using License
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Borrow | A type of license usage that allows a user to use a floating license without being connected to the license server. |
Denial | The denial of a request for a license. |
License Reservation | License is assigned to a specific user and cannot be utilized by another user without an administrator reassigning the license to another user. For reservations, a "user" is defined by a set of rules with various parameters, which may include the following, depending on the license server:
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Realtime Denial | The denial of a request for a license monitored in real time. |
Denied Requests Log | One or more log files that contain data about denials. |
Feature Versioning | When Feature Versioning is set, features shown in lists include a separate entry for each version of that feature, and are named feature_version throughout License Statistics. |
Monitoring | Gathering realtime information from a particular license server about feature usage details. |
Importing | Gathering information from a license server log file about feature usage details. |
Last Update Time | The last time at which License Statistics received an update from a license server. |
Entities | |
Software | An application. |
Log file | One or more ASCII text files written by a license server. |
License | License for particular software. |
Feature | The definition of a license. The parts of a feature are:
As shown in the diagram below, a feature is defined by its name, version and type. There can be multiple versions with the same name, but each version can have only three license types: nodelocked, floating, or token. Although the features may share the same name, each feature with a different version and/or type is an individual, unique feature. Feature |
License manager | A solution that provides the ability to manage licenses. |
User | An application or person that requests a license. Technically unique User in all contexts is a unique username. |
Host | The computer on which a user is accessing a license. A user can use a feature on more than one host, and a host can be used by more than one user, as shown below. User on Hosts
Technically uniqueness of the Host depends on the context:
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License server | Software hosting licenses for a single software vendor. A license server can be one of the following:
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Vendor | The manufacturer of a software application using a particular license manager. |
Gathering type | The license server type (Realtime or Imported). |
| Linux system | Refers to Linux x64 platform. |
| Windows system | Refers to Win64 platform. |
