# AVEVA Cloud

# Introduction

Open iT supports AVEVA Cloud usage reporting. The following sections will guide you on the required configuration for license manager utility polling and poll parsing.

# Requirements

# Setting up AVEVA Cloud Data Collection

These are the required steps to set up data collection from CONNECT.

  1. Open a command prompt with Administrator level privileges.

  2. Go to the bin directory, which is by default in C:\Program Files\OpeniT\Core\bin, run the command:

    Command Syntax
     cd $BIN_DIR
    Example
     cd C:\Program Files\OpeniT\Core\bin
  3. Run the command:

    Command Syntax
    openit_avevastat --init --username <aveva_username> --password <aveva_password>

    where:

    Parameter Description
    --init Use this to set up CONNECT configuration.
    --username <aveva_username> Use this to specify the username for accessing CONNECT.
    --password <aveva_password> Use this to specify the password for accessing CONNECT.
    Parameters for Setting Up AVEVA Cloud Data Collection

    Example
    openit_avevastat --init --username jsmith@email.com --password avevaAdm!n123

    This example shows how to specify the necessary authentication credentials for accessing the AVEVA cloud using the administrator account jsmith@email.com and the password avevaAdm!n123.

    Parameter Description
    --from <YYYY-MM-DDTHH:MM:SS> Use this to specify the date for which to start collection.
    --to <YYYY-MM-DDTHH:MM:SS> Use this to specify the date for which to end collection.
    --force By default, data recollection from the same day is not allowed. However, you can use this parameter to force data collection within your desired --from and --to dates.
    Note that we do not recommend using this due to the significant risk of data duplication.
    --interval <interval> Use this to specify the interval of collection in minutes.
    --tz-offset <tz_offset> Use this to specify the timezone offset.
    --usages Use this to output usage data.
    --use-package Use this to use package in generic output.
    --home-page-url <home_page_url> Use this to specify the CONNECT web address.
    --credits-transactions-url <credits_transactions_url> Use this to specify the web address for retrieving credit transaction data.
    --contracts-url <contracts_url> Use this to specify the web address for retrieving contract data.
    --contract-products-url <contract_products_url> Use this to specify the web address for retrieving contract product data.
    --page-with-token-url <page_with_token_url> Use this to specify the web address for retrieving token data.
    --products-url <products_url> Use this to specify the web address for retrieving product data.
    --login-url <login_url> Use this to specify the web address of the CONNECT log in page.
    --runtime-timeout <runtime_timeout> Use this to specify the duration for which the binary will run in seconds.
    Specify a value lower than 300 seconds to avoid conflict with other jobs.
    --requests-timeout <requests_timeout> Use this to specify the API request timeout in seconds.
    --debug Use this to turn on debug logging.
    -h, --help Use this to display help text.

# Configuring License Manager Utility Polling

Open iT supports AVEVA Cloud usage reporting through the generic license type format. This will produce the following aggregated data types used for historical and real-time reporting:

# Activating Data Collection

These are the required steps to activate collection of usage data.

  1. Go to the Components directory, which is by default in C:\Program Files\OpeniT\Core\Configuration\Components, and back up the licpoll.xml configuration file.

  2. Open a command prompt with Administrator level privileges.

  3. Go to the bin directory, which is by default in C:\Program Files\OpeniT\Core\bin, run the command:

    Command Syntax
     cd $BIN_DIR
    Example
     cd C:\Program Files\OpeniT\Core\bin
  4. Once in the directory, activate the collection of AVEVA Cloud data, run the command:

    Command Syntax
     openit_confinit -c "licpoll.license-types.genericlicense-aveva-sample.active=true"
  5. Run the following command to update the configuration files:

    Command Syntax
    openit_confbuilder --client

Refer to the AVEVA Cloud Data Collection Configuration table to learn more about AVEVA configuration in licpoll.xml.

Object Name Accepted Value Description
active Boolean (true or false) Setting this to true activates AVEVA Cloud data collection.
type String (i.e., GenericLicense) The license manager type.
interval Timespan (e.g., P30S, P5M, P1H) The span of time between each polling round (it is recommended to set a value no less than P1M).
offset Timespan (e.g., P30S, P5M, P1H) The span of time the aligned poll time decided by interval is shifted.
product-name String (e.g., cloud;avevacloud) This object is defined if a vendor license name other than the default %host%;avevacloud will be used.
license-server String (e.g., hou105lin) The AVEVA License Server name.
status-command FileName (i.e., ${OpeniT.directories.bin}/openit_avevastat.exe) The binary used to obtain status from the license manager.
status-command.arguments String (i.e., --usages) The arguments used for the status command.
AVEVA Cloud Data Collection Configuration

# Verifying Data Collection

After configuration, you can verify that the data is collected by following these steps:

  1. Open a command prompt with Administrator level privileges.

  2. Go to the bin directory, which is by default in C:\Program Files\OpeniT\Core\bin, run the command:

    Command Syntax
     cd $BIN_DIR
    Example
     cd C:\Program Files\OpeniT\Core\bin
  3. Run the command:

    Command Syntax
     openit_licpoll -# 1
  4. Verify that the temp directory, which is by default in C:ProgramData\OpeniT\Data\temp, contains a LicPoll directory containing .data and status-*.log files.

# Configuring Poll Parsing

Open iT supports AVEVA Cloud usage reporting by collecting license usage data by polling through another utility from the license server. This will produce the following aggregated data types used for historical and real-time reporting:

# Activating Data Collection

These are the required steps to activate the collection of usage data.

  1. Go to the scheduler directory, which is by default in C:\Program Files\OpeniT\Core\Configuration\scheduler, and open collect_license_aveva-cloud.oconf.

  2. Locate and set root.scheduler.jobs.collect_aveva_cloud.general.active to true to activate the collection of AVEVA Cloud data.

    collect_license_aveva-cloud.oconf
     13|	    }
     14|		general
     15|		{
     16|			active
     17|			{
     18|				type=bool
     19|				value=true
  3. Save the changes.

The collection runs daily by default. The primary data is then transferred to the server every night according to the client timezone for processing. To configure the intervals, locate the instances attribute under collect_aveva_cloud, transfer_aveva_cloud_raw, or transfer_aveva_cloud_parsed in the same file and configure the attributes.

Refer to the AVEVA Cloud Job Scheduler Instances Configuration table to learn the attributes used to configure AVEVA Cloud usage data collection and transfer.

Attribute Name Accepted Value Description
max-instances Uint (e.g., 5, 8, 9) The number of instances allowed to run at the same time.
max-handling String (end-oldest, end-all-old, or end-new) The action done upon reaching the maximum number of instances. Specify end-oldest to stop/kill the oldest instance and then start the new, specify end-all-old to stop/kill all running instances and then start the new, or specify end-new to not start the new instance.
end-timeout Timespan (e.g., P30S, P5M, P1H) The maximum waiting time before terminating a running instance.
quarantine Timespan (e.g., P30S, P5M, P1H) The waiting time before starting a new instance after a previous one.
AVEVA Cloud Job Scheduler Instances Configuration

# Verifying Data Collection

After configuration, you can verify that the data is collected and sent to the server by following these steps:

  1. Open a command prompt with Administrator level privileges.

  2. Go to the bin directory, which is by default in C:\Program Files\OpeniT\Core\bin, run the command:

    Command Syntax
     cd $BIN_DIR
    Example
     cd C:\Program Files\OpeniT\Core\bin
  3. Run the command:

    Command Syntax
     openit_executor -r collect_license_aveva-cloud
  4. Verify that there are archiver*.in files created in the server in the archiver directory, which is by default in C:\ProgramData\OpeniT\Data\incoming\archiver.

# Sample Reports

# Historical Reports

Max Available vs Max in Use Licenses per Feature

Max Available vs Max in Use Licenses per Feature

Feature Elapsed Time per User

Feature Elapsed Time per User

# Real-time Report

Drilled Down Feature View

Drilled Down Feature View

# Next Steps?

   Renaming Vendor License    Renaming Features    Create and Add Report    License Monitor

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