# Bluebeam

# Introduction

Open iT supports Bluebeam usage reporting. The following sections will guide you on the required configuration for license manager utility polling and log file parsing.

# Requirements

# Configuring License Manager Utility Polling

Open iT polls the license servers at regular intervals to get the current status of its license use and availability. This will produce the following aggregated data types used for historical reporting:

The following sections will guide you in setting up the necessary configuration to collect and send the required data to the server.

# Initializing Poll-based Data Collection

Before configuring data collection, it is necessary to follow the steps below:

  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 following command to initialize data collection for real-time reporting:

    Command Syntax
    openit_bluebeampoll -c
  4. Enter the Bluebeam account credentials once prompted.

    Example
    openit_bluebeampoll -c
    Enter username to user: jsmith@email.com
    Enter password:

# Configuring Data Collection

These are the required steps to activate and configure collection of Bluebeam 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 Bluebeam data, run the command:

    Command Syntax
     openit_confinit -c "licpoll.license-types.bluebeam-sample.active=true"
  5. Update the configuration file, run the command:

    Command Syntax
     openit_confbuilder --client

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

Object Name Accepted Value Description
active Boolean (true or false) Setting this to true activates Bluebeam usage 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., server;daemon) This object is defined if a vendor license name other than the default GenericLicense=%hosttype% will be used.
status-command FileName (e.g., ${OpeniT.directories.bin}/openit_bluebeampoll.exe) The binary used to obtain status from the license manager.
status-command.arguments String (i.e., -e, f, u, d) The arguments used for the status command.
Bluebeam 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 Log File Parsing

Open iT collects log files and converts them to Open iT format. This will produce the following aggregated data types used for historical reporting:

# Initializing Historical Data Collection

Before configuring data collection, it is necessary to follow the steps below:

  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 following command to initialize data collection for historical reporting:

    Command Syntax
    openit_bluebeamhistory -c
  4. Enter the Bluebeam account credentials once prompted.

    Example
    openit_bluebeamhistory -c
    Enter username to user: jsmith@email.com
    Enter password:

# Activating Log Data Collection

These are the required steps to activate collection of Bluebeam license log data.

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

  2. Locate and set root.scheduler.jobs.collect_bluebeam_data.general.active.value to true to activate the collection of Bluebeam log data.

    collect_license_bluebeam-logs.oconf
    1| root
    2| {
    3|      scheduler
    4|      {
    5|          jobs
    6|          {
    7|              collect_bluebeam_data
    8|              {
    ...
    14|                 general
    15|                 {
    16|                     active
    17|                     {
    18|                         type=bool
    19|                         value=true
    ...
  3. Save the changes.

The collection runs hourly using a 5-minute sample interval 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_bluebeam_licenselogs, preprocess_bluebeam_licenselogs-events, or transfer_bluebeam_licenselogs in the same file and configure the attributes.

Refer to the Bluebeam Log Job Scheduler Instances Configuration table to learn the attributes used to configure Bluebeam 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.
Bluebeam Log Job Scheduler Instances Configuration

# Verifying Log 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_bluebeam-logs
  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.

# Next Steps?

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