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Icarus License Manager
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Introduction
Open iT supports Icarus usage reporting by collecting log files and converting them to Open iT format. This will produce the following aggregated data types used for historical reporting:
- (89) Total License Use Licenseevents
- (90) Individual License Use Licenseevents
- (91) Usergroup License Use Licenseevents
- (108) Host License Use Licenseevents
- (109) Hostgroup License Use Licenseevents
The following sections will guide you in setting up the necessary configuration to collect and send the required data to the server.
Apply the configurations shown in the Open iT client.
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Requirements
- An Open iT Client connected to an Open iT Server or a coexistent Open iT setup
- License server administrative rights
- Full path to the Icarus license and usage file
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Configuring Log File Collection
These are the required steps to configure collection of Icarus log files if your Icarus license server is not installed in the default location.
You can safely skip this step if Icarus license server is installed in the default location.
Go to the Components directory, which is by default in
C:\Program Files\OpeniT\Core\Configuration\Components
, and openicaruspoll.xml
.Locate object node
license-file
and set its value to the location of the Icarus license file.Example: icaruspoll.xml26| <Object> 27| <Name>license-file</Name> 28| <Description>The license file that tracks all licenses currently being served by Icarus. Has a default in-code value.</Description> 29| <Value type="FileName">C:\Windows\System32\config\systemprofile\AppData\Roaming\SciTools\Icarus\icarus.dat</Value> 30| </Object>
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- Locate object node
usage-file
and set its value to the location of the Icarus usage file.
Example: icaruspoll.xml32| <Object> 33| <Name>usage-file</Name> 34| <Description>This file tracks the individual usage of Understand for each user by day. Has a default in-code value.</Description> 35| <Value type="FileName">C:\Windows\System32\config\systemprofile\AppData\Roaming\SciTools\Icarus\usagebyuser.ic</Value> 36| </Object>
- Locate object node
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 Icarus Log File Collection Configuration table to learn more about Icarus configuration in icaruspoll.xml
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Go to the Components directory, which is by default in
/var/opt/openit/etc/Components
, and openicaruspoll.xml
.Locate object node
license-file
and set its value to the location of the Icarus license file.Example: icaruspoll.xml26| <Object> 27| <Name>license-file</Name> 28| <Description>The license file that tracks all licenses currently being served by Icarus. Has a default in-code value.</Description> 29| <Value type="FileName">/root/.config/SciTools/Icarus/icarus.dat</Value> 30| </Object>
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- Locate object node
usage-file
and set its value to the location of the Icarus usage file.
Example: icaruspoll.xml32| <Object> 33| <Name>usage-file</Name> 34| <Description>This file tracks the individual usage of Understand for each user by day. Has a default in-code value.</Description> 35| <Value type="FileName">/root/.config/SciTools/Icarus/usagebyuser.ic</Value> 36| </Object>
- Locate object node
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 Icarus Log File Collection Configuration table to learn more about Icarus configuration in icaruspoll.xml
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Go to the Components directory, which is by default in
/usr/local/openit/etc/Components
, and openicaruspoll.xml
.Locate object node
license-file
and set its value to the location of the Icarus license file.Example: icaruspoll.xml26| <Object> 27| <Name>license-file</Name> 28| <Description>The license file that tracks all licenses currently being served by Icarus. Has a default in-code value.</Description> 29| <Value type="FileName">/Library/Application Support/SciTools/Icarus/icarus.dat</Value> 30| </Object>
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- Locate object node
usage-file
and set its value to the location of the Icarus usage file.
Example: icaruspoll.xml32| <Object> 33| <Name>usage-file</Name> 34| <Description>This file tracks the individual usage of Understand for each user by day. Has a default in-code value.</Description> 35| <Value type="FileName">/Library/Application Support/SciTools/Icarus/usagebyuser.ic</Value> 36| </Object>
- Locate object node
Save the changes.
Open a command prompt with Administrator level privileges.
Go to the bin directory, which is by default in
/usr/local/openit/bin
, run the command:Command Syntaxcd $BIN_DIR
Examplecd /usr/local/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 Icarus Log File Collection Configuration table to learn more about Icarus configuration in icaruspoll.xml
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Activating Log Data Collection
These are the required steps to activate collection of Icarus log data.
Go to the scheduler directory, which is by default in
C:\Program Files\OpeniT\Core\Configuration\scheduler
, and opencollect_license_icarus-logs.oconf
.Locate and set
root.scheduler.jobs.collect_icarus_data.general.active
to true to activate the collection of Icarus log data.collect_license_icarus-logs.oconf13| } 14| general 15| { 16| active 17| { 18| type=bool 19| 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_icarus_data
, collect_icarus_licenselogs
, parse_icarus_data
, send_icarus_raw_data
, or send_icarus_parsed_data
in the same file and configure the attributes.
Refer to the Icarus Log Job Scheduler Instances Configuration table to learn the attributes used to configure Icarus data collection and transfer.
Go to the scheduler directory, which is by default in
/var/opt/openit/etc/scheduler
, and opencollect_license_icarus-logs.oconf
.Locate and set
root.scheduler.jobs.collect_icarus_data.general.active
to true to activate the collection of Icarus log data.collect_license_icarus-logs.oconf13| } 14| general 15| { 16| active 17| { 18| type=bool 19| 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_icarus_data
, collect_icarus_licenselogs
, parse_icarus_data
, send_icarus_raw_data
, or send_icarus_parsed_data
in the same file and configure the attributes.
Refer to the Icarus Log Job Scheduler Instances Configuration table to learn the attributes used to configure Icarus data collection and transfer.
Go to the scheduler directory, which is by default in
/usr/local/openit/etc/scheduler
, and opencollect_license_icarus-logs.oconf
.Locate and set
root.scheduler.jobs.collect_icarus_data.general.active
to true to activate the collection of Icarus log data.collect_license_icarus-logs.oconf13| } 14| general 15| { 16| active 17| { 18| type=bool 19| 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_icarus_data
, collect_icarus_licenselogs
, parse_icarus_data
, send_icarus_raw_data
, or send_icarus_parsed_data
in the same file and configure the attributes.
Refer to the Icarus Log Job Scheduler Instances Configuration table to learn the attributes used to configure Icarus data collection and transfer.
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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_icarus-logs
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
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Go to the bin directory, which is by default in
/opt/openit/bin
, run the command:Command Syntaxcd $BIN_DIR
Examplecd /opt/openit/bin
Run the command:
Command Syntax./openit_executor -r collect_license_icarus-logs
Verify that there are
archiver*.in
files created in the incoming directory in your defined data_dir($ROOT_DATA_DIR)
upon Open iT server installation.
Go to the bin directory, which is by default in
/usr/local/openit/bin
, run the command:Command Syntaxcd $BIN_DIR
Examplecd /usr/local/openit/bin
Run the command:
Command Syntax./openit_executor -r collect_license_icarus-logs
Verify that there are
archiver*.in
files created in the incoming directory in your defined data_dir($ROOT_DATA_DIR)
upon Open iT server installation.
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