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FlexNet License Manager
Recommended reading: Flex vs SimpleFlex
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Introduction
Open iT supports FlexNet usage reporting through the autoconfigurator by detecting configurations used to automatically set the license manager data collection. On the other hand, if you need to configure its behavior manually, the following sections will guide you on the required configuration for
Apply the configurations shown in the Open iT client.
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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 and real-time reporting:
- (49) Host User License Use
- (93) OLAP Raw Hourly
- (94) OLAP User Concurrency
- (95) Usergroup License Use v3.0
- (102) OLAP Total Use
The following sections will guide you in setting up the necessary configuration to collect and send the required data to the server.
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Requirements
- An Open iT Client connected to an Open iT Server or a coexistent Open iT setup
- Activated LicenseAnalyzer collection and FlexNet poller
- License server administrative rights
- Running license manager utility binary and its
location
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Getting the License Status Utility Binary Location
This configuration requires the path to the license status utility binary, lmutil
, to obtain the license status information. Get this by following these steps:
Through the Interface
- Open the Task Manager.
- Go to the Details tab.
- Locate
lmutil
. - Right-click and choose Open file location.
The path of the binary will be displayed.
Through the Command Line
Open a command prompt with Administrator level privileges.
Run the following command to locate the binary:
Command Syntaxwhere /r <installation_drive> lmutil
where <installation_drive> is the drive where the license manager is installed.
Examplewhere /r C:\ lmutil
The path of the binary will be displayed.
After verifying the path of the polling program, make sure that it is running.
Open a command prompt in the directory of the license server executable or the polling program and run the following command:
lmutil lmstat
Make sure that there are no errors encountered.
Run the following command to locate the binary:
find . | grep lmutil
The path of the binary will be displayed.
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Configuring Data Collection
These are the required steps to activate and configure collection of FlexNet usage data.
Go to the Components directory, which is by default in
C:\Program Files\OpeniT\Core\Configuration\Components
, and back up thelicpoll.xml
configuration file.Open a command prompt with Administrator level privileges.
Go to the bin directory, which is by default in
C:\Program Files\OpeniT\Core\bin
, run the command:Command Syntaxcd $BIN_DIR
Examplecd C:\Program Files\OpeniT\Core\bin
Once in the directory, activate the collection of FlexNet data, run the command:
Command Syntaxopenit_confinit -c "licpoll.license-types.flex-sample.active=true"
Set the FlexNet license file location, run the command:
Command Syntaxopenit_confinit -c "licpoll.license-types.flex-sample.license-file=<flex-license-file>"
where
<flex-license-file>
is the filename, including the path, of the FlexNet license file.Exampleopenit_confinit -c "licpoll.license-types.flex-sample.license-file=<C:\Program Files\flex\license.dat>"
Or set the FlexNet license file directory, run the command:
Command Syntaxopenit_confinit -c "licpoll.license-types.flex-sample.license-dir=<flex-license-dir>"
where
<flex-license-dir>
is the directory containing the FlexNet license file.Exampleopenit_confinit -c "licpoll.license-types.flex-sample.license-file=<C:\Program Files\flex>"
Set the path to the binary used by the FlexNet License Server, run the command:
Command Syntaxopenit_confinit -c "licpoll.license-types.flex-sample.status-command=<binary_path>"
where
<binary_path>
is the obtained path inGetting the License Status Utility Binary Path .Exampleopenit_confinit -c "licpoll.license-types.flex-sample.status-command=C:\flexnet\bin\lmutil"
Update the configuration file, run the command:
Command Syntaxopenit_confbuilder --client
Make sure that there are no errors encountered.
Refer to the FlexNet Data Collection Configuration table to learn more about FlexNet configuration in licpoll.xml
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These instructions assume that your etc directory is in /var/opt/openit
.
Go to the Components directory, which is by default in
/var/opt/openit/etc/Components
, and back up thelicpoll.xml
configuration file.Go to the bin directory, which is by default in
/opt/openit/bin
, run the command:Command Syntaxcd $BIN_DIR
Examplecd /opt/openit/bin
Once in the directory, activate the collection of FlexNet data, run the command:
Command Syntax./openit_confinit -r /var/opt/openit/ -d /var/opt/openit/etc/ -c "licpoll.license-types.flex-sample.active=true"
Set the FlexNet license file location, run the command:
Command Syntax./openit_confinit -r /var/opt/openit/ -d /var/opt/openit/etc/ -c "licpoll.license-types.flex-sample.license-file=<flex-license-file>"
where
<flex-license-file>
is the filename, including the path, of the FlexNet license file.Example./openit_confinit -r /var/opt/openit/ -d /var/opt/openit/etc/ -c "licpoll.license-types.flex-sample.license-file=</var/flex/license.dat>"
Or set the FlexNet license file directory, run the command:
Command Syntax./openit_confinit -r /var/opt/openit/ -d /var/opt/openit/etc/ -c "licpoll.license-types.flex-sample.license-dir=<flex-license-dir>"
where
<flex-license-dir>
is the directory containing the FlexNet license file.Example./openit_confinit -r /var/opt/openit/ -d /var/opt/openit/etc/ -c "licpoll.license-types.flex-sample.license-file=</var/flex>"
Set the path to the binary used by the FlexNet License Server, run the command:
Command Syntax./openit_confinit -r /var/opt/openit/ -d /var/opt/openit/etc/ -c "licpoll.license-types.flex-sample.status-command=<binary_path>"
where
<binary_path>
is the obtained path inGetting the License Status Utility Binary Path .Example./openit_confinit -r /var/opt/openit/ -d /var/opt/openit/etc/ -c "licpoll.license-types.flex-sample.status-command=/var/flexnet/bin/lmutil"
Update the configuration file, run the command:
Command Syntax./openit_confbuilder --client
Make sure that there are no errors encountered.
Refer to the FlexNet Data Collection Configuration table to learn more about FlexNet configuration in licpoll.xml
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Verifying Data Collection
After configuration, you can verify that the data is collected by following these steps:
Open a command prompt with Administrator level privileges.
Go to the bin directory, which is by default in
C:\Program Files\OpeniT\Core\bin
, run the command:Command Syntaxcd $BIN_DIR
Examplecd C:\Program Files\OpeniT\Core\bin
Run the command:
Command Syntaxopenit_licpoll -# 1
Verify that the temp directory, which is by default in
C:\ProgramData\OpeniT\Data\temp
, contains aLicPoll
directory containing.data
andstatus-*.log
files.
Go to the bin directory, which is by default in
/opt/openit/bin
, run the command:Command Syntaxcd $BIN_DIR
Examplecd /opt/openit/bin
Run the command:
Command Syntax./openit_licpoll -# 1
Verify that the temp directory, which is by default in
/var/opt/openit/temp
, contains aLicPoll
directory containing.data
andstatus-*.log
files.
Continue reading if you need to configure log file parsing. If not, here are some
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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 and real-time reporting:
The logfile-based data collection for FlexNet data uses two binaries for data collection: flexlogcollector2 and flex-poller. The data collected by flexlogcollector2 is the primary data, and the flexpoller data assist in processing and fixing any issues/errors in the debug log. Without the flexpoller input, we can only start processing from the licenseserver startup/restarts, where we can start counting from 0 usages.
The following sections will guide you in setting up the necessary configuration to collect and send the required data to the server.
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Requirements
- An Open iT Client connected to an Open iT Server or a coexistent Open iT setup
- Activated LicenseAnalyzer collection and FlexNet log collection
- License server administrative rights
- Full path to the debug log file
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Activating Log Data Collection
These are the required steps to activate collection of FlexNet log data.
Go to the scheduler directory, which is by default in
C:\Program Files\OpeniT\Core\Configuration\scheduler
, and opencollect_license_flexnet.oconf
.Locate and set
root.scheduler.jobs.collect_flexlog.general.active
to true to activate the collection of FlexNet log data.collect_license_flexnet.oconf... 14| general 15| { 16| active 17| { 18| type=bool 19| value=true ...
Locate and set
root.scheduler.jobs.collect_flexpoller.general.active
to true to activate license poll data collection.collect_license_flexnet.oconf... 116| general 117| { 118| active 119| { 120| type=bool 121| value=true ...
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_flexlog
, collect_flexpoller
, transfer_flexlog
, or transfer_flexpoll
in the same file and configure the attributes.
Refer to the FlexNet Log Job Scheduler Instances Configuration table to learn the attributes used to configure FlexNet data collection and transfer.
Go to the scheduler directory, which is by default in
/var/opt/openit/etc/scheduler
, and opencollect_license_flexnet.oconf
.Locate and set
root.scheduler.jobs.collect_flexlog.general.active
to true to activate the collection of FlexNet log data.collect_license_flexnet.oconf... 14| general 15| { 16| active 17| { 18| type=bool 19| value=true ...
Locate and set
root.scheduler.jobs.collect_flexpoller.general.active
to true to activate license poll data collection.collect_license_flexnet.oconf... 116| general 117| { 118| active 119| { 120| type=bool 121| value=true ...
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_flexlog
, collect_flexpoller
, transfer_flexlog
, or transfer_flexpoll
in the same file and configure the attributes.
Refer to the FlexNet Log Job Scheduler Instances Configuration table to learn the attributes used to configure FlexNet data collection and transfer.
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Configuring Log File Collection
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Configuring FlexLogCollector2
These are the required steps to configure collection of FlexNet log files.
Go to the Components directory, which is by default in
C:\Program Files\OpeniT\Core\Configuration\Components
, and openflexlogcollector2.xml
.Locate and rename
flexlog-sample
. Make sure that the new name is unique to avoid errors.flexlogcollector2.xml... 61| <Object> 62| <Name>flexlog-sample</Name> 63| <Description>Name of this object is product name.</Description> 64| <SubObjects> ...
Example: flexlogcollector2.xml... 61| <Object> 62| <Name>flexlog-source</Name> 63| <Description>Name of this object is product name.</Description> 64| <SubObjects> ...
Locate object node
product-name
and set its value toserver;daemon
.flexlogcollector2.xml... 70| <Object> 71| <Name>product-name</Name> 72| <Description>Name of product to assign this FLEXlm debug file to</Description> 73| <Value type="String">Flexlog</Value 74| <Object>> ...
Example: flexlogcollector2.xml... 70| <Object> 71| <Name>product-name</Name> 72| <Description>Name of product to assign this FLEXlm debug file to</Description> 73| <Value type="String">server;daemon</Value 74| <Object>> ...
Locate object node
debug-file
and change its value to the full path, including the file name, of the FlexNet debug file.flexlogcollector2.xml... 80| <Object> 81| <Name>debug-file</Name> 82| <Description>Full path to the FLEXlm debug file. file to</Description> 83| <Value type="String">[debugfile]</Value 84| <Object>> ...
Example: flexlogcollector2.xml... 80| <Object> 81| <Name>debug-file</Name> 82| <Description>Full path to the FLEXlm debug file. file to</Description> 83| <Value type="String">C:ProgramData\flexlm\logs\license.log</Value 84| <Object>> ...
You can add more source blocks if you want to add more data sources.
Save the changes.
Open a command prompt with Administrator level privileges.
Go to the bin directory, which is by default in
C:\Program Files\OpeniT\Core\bin
, run the command:Command Syntaxcd $BIN_DIR
Examplecd C:\Program Files\OpeniT\Core\bin
Update the configuration file, run the command:
Command Syntaxopenit_confbuilder --client
Make sure that there are no errors encountered.
Refer to the Flexlogcollector2 Log File Collection Configuration table to learn more about Flexlogcollector2 configuration.
Go to the Components directory, which is by default in
/var/opt/openit/etc/Components
, and openflexlogcollector2.xml
.Locate and rename
flexlog-sample
. Make sure that the new name is unique to avoid errors.flexlogcollector2.xml... 61| <Object> 62| <Name>flexlog-sample</Name> 63| <Description>Name of this object is product name.</Description> 64| <SubObjects> ...
Example: flexlogcollector2.xml... 61| <Object> 62| <Name>flexlog-source</Name> 63| <Description>Name of this object is product name.</Description> 64| <SubObjects> ...
Locate object node
product-name
and set its value toserver;daemon
.flexlogcollector2.xml... 70| <Object> 71| <Name>product-name</Name> 72| <Description>Name of product to assign this FLEXlm debug file to</Description> 73| <Value type="String">Flexlog</Value 74| <Object>> ...
Example: flexlogcollector2.xml... 70| <Object> 71| <Name>product-name</Name> 72| <Description>Name of product to assign this FLEXlm debug file to</Description> 73| <Value type="String">server;daemon</Value 74| <Object>> ...
Locate object node
debug-file
and change its value to the full path, including the file name, of the FlexNet debug file.flexlogcollector2.xml... 80| <Object> 81| <Name>debug-file</Name> 82| <Description>Full path to the FLEXlm debug file. file to</Description> 83| <Value type="String">[debugfile]</Value 84| <Object>> ...
Example: flexlogcollector2.xml... 80| <Object> 81| <Name>debug-file</Name> 82| <Description>Full path to the FLEXlm debug file. file to</Description> 83| <Value type="String">/var/flexlm/logs/license.log</Value 84| <Object>> ...
You can add more source blocks if you want to add more data sources.
Save the changes.
Open a command prompt with Administrator level privileges.
Go to the bin directory, which is by default in
/opt/openit/bin
, run the command:Command Syntaxcd $BIN_DIR
Examplecd /opt/openit/bin
Update the configuration file, run the command:
Command Syntax./openit_confbuilder --client
Make sure that there are no errors encountered.
Refer to the Flexlogcollector2 Log File Collection Configuration table to learn more about Flexlogcollector2 configuration.
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Configuring FlexPoller
Flexpoller collects snapshot views of license use through lmstat, which is set to match the debug log data collected by the flexlogcollector2.
These are the required steps to add vendor daemon debug logs as data source.
Go to the Components directory, which is by default in
C:\Program Files\OpeniT\Core\Configuration\Components
, and openflexpoller.xml
.Locate and rename
flexpoller-sample
to the name of the source to poll. Make sure that the new name is unique to avoid errors.flexpoller.xml... 87| <Object> 88| <Name>flexpoller-sample</Name> 89| <Description>Source to poll.</Description> ...
Example:flexpoller.xml... 87| <Object> 88| <Name>flexpoller-source</Name> 89| <Description>Source to poll.</Description> ...
Locate object node
product-name
and set its value toserver;daemon
.flexpoller.xml... 96| <Object> 97| <Name>product-name</Name> 98| <Description>Name of product under which to group the data of this poll</Description> 99| <Value type="String">Flexlog</Value 100| <Object>> ...
Example: flexpoller.xml... 96| <Object> 97| <Name>product-name</Name> 98| <Description>Name of product under which to group the data of this poll</Description> 99| <Value type="String">server;daemon</Value 100| <Object>> ...
Locate object node
license-file
and change its value to the full path, including the file name, of the FlexNet license file.flexpoller.xml... 101| <Object> 102| <Name>license-file</Name> 103| <Description>Full path to a license file for features on the license server in question.</Description> 104| <Value type="String">[license-file]</Value 105| <Object>> ...
Example: flexpoller.xml... 101| <Object> 102| <Name>license-file</Name> 103| <Description>Full path to a license file for features on the license server in question.</Description> 104| <Value type="String">C:ProgramData\flexlm\license.dat</Value 105| <Object>> ...
You can add more source blocks if you want to add more data sources.
Save the changes.
Open a command prompt with Administrator level privileges.
Go to the bin directory, which is by default in
C:\Program Files\OpeniT\Core\bin
, run the command:Command Syntaxcd $BIN_DIR
Examplecd C:\Program Files\OpeniT\Core\bin
Update the configuration file, run the command:
Command Syntaxopenit_confbuilder --client
Make sure that there are no errors encountered.
Refer to the Flexpoller Data Collection Configuration table to learn more about Flexpoller configuration.
Go to the Components directory, which is by default in
/var/opt/openit/etc/Components
, and openflexpoller.xml
.Locate and rename
flexpoller-sample
to the name of the source to poll. Make sure that the new name is unique to avoid errors.flexpoller.xml... 87| <Object> 88| <Name>flexpoller-sample</Name> 89| <Description>Source to poll.</Description> ...
Example: flexpoller.xml... 87| <Object> 88| <Name>flexpoller-source</Name> 89| <Description>Source to poll.</Description> ...
Locate object node
product-name
and set its value toserver;daemon
.flexpoller.xml... 96| <Object> 97| <Name>product-name</Name> 98| <Description>Name of product under which to group the data of this poll</Description> 99| <Value type="String">Flexlog</Value 100| <Object>> ...
Example: flexpoller.xml... 96| <Object> 97| <Name>product-name</Name> 98| <Description>Name of product under which to group the data of this poll</Description> 99| <Value type="String">server;daemon</Value 100| <Object>> ...
Locate object node
license-file
and change its value to the full path, including the file name, of the FlexNet license file.flexpoller.xml... 101| <Object> 102| <Name>license-file</Name> 103| <Description>Full path to a license file for features on the license server in question.</Description> 104| <Value type="String">[license-file]</Value 105| <Object>> ...
Example: flexpoller.xml... 101| <Object> 102| <Name>license-file</Name> 103| <Description>Full path to a license file for features on the license server in question.</Description> 104| <Value type="String">/var/flexlm/license.dat</Value 105| <Object>> ...
You can add more source blocks if you want to add more data sources.
Save the changes.
Open a command prompt with Administrator level privileges.
Go to the bin directory, which is by default in
/opt/openit/bin
, run the command:Command Syntaxcd $BIN_DIR
Examplecd /opt/openit/bin
Update the configuration file, run the command:
Command Syntax./openit_confbuilder --client
Make sure that there are no errors encountered.
Refer to the Flexpoller Data Collection Configuration table to learn more about Flexpoller configuration.
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Verifying Log Data Collection
After configuration, you can verify that the data is collected and sent to the server by following these steps:
Open a command prompt with Administrator level privileges.
Go to the bin directory, which is by default in
C:\Program Files\OpeniT\Core\bin
, run the command:Command Syntaxcd $BIN_DIR
Examplecd C:\Program Files\OpeniT\Core\bin
Run the command:
Command Syntaxopenit_executor -r collect_license_flexnet
Verify that there are
archiver*.in
files created in the server in the archiver directory, which is by default inC:\ProgramData\OpeniT\Data\incoming\archiver
.
Go to the bin directory, which is by default in
/opt/openit/bin
, run the command:Command Syntaxcd $BIN_DIR
Examplecd /opt/openit/bin
Run the command:
Command Syntax./openit_executor -r collect_license_flexnet
Verify that there are
archiver*.in
files created in the incoming directory in your defined data_dir($ROOT_DATA_DIR)
upon Open iT server installation.
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