# Materialise License Manager

# Introduction

Open iT supports Materialise License Manager usage reporting by polling the license servers at regular intervals to get the current status of its license use and availability.

For this collection, the data source is through an API. The data collector/preprocessor initiates the license status utility every hour using a 5-minute sample interval, triggering the data collection process. The license status utility requests the current license usage data from the license manager portal. After the license manager portal provides the requested data, the license status utility passes this information to the data collector/preprocessor. The data collector/preprocessor processes the data, preparing it for transmission. Finally, the preprocessed data is sent to the Core Server every night, according to the client's timezone, for further storage, completing the license usage data collection and processing.

License Manager Utility Polling Workflow through API

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.

Apply the configurations shown in the Open iT client.

# Requirements

An Open iT Client connected to an Open iT Server or a coexistent Open iT setup
Activated LicenseAnalyzer collection and license poller
Configured Materialise License Server
License server administrative rights

# Configuring Data Collection

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

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.
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 Syntax
```
 cd $BIN_DIR
```
Example
```
 cd C:\Program Files\OpeniT\Core\bin
```
Once in the directory, activate the collection of Materialise data, run the command:
Command Syntax
```
 openit_confinit -c "licpoll.license-types.genericlicense-materialise-sample.active=true"
```

Set the license server name and port used by the Materialise License Server, run the command:

Command Syntax
 openit_confinit -c "licpoll.license-types.genericlicense-materialise-sample.license-server=<hostname:portnumber>"

Example
 openit_confinit -c "licpoll.license-types.genericlicense-materialise-sample.license-server=osl120win:27000"

Update the configuration file, run the command:
Command Syntax
```
 openit_confbuilder --client
```
Make sure no errors are encountered.

These instructions assume your configuration directory is /var/opt/openit/etc.

Go to the Components directory, which is by default in /var/opt/openit/etc/Components, and back up the licpoll.xml configuration file.
Go to the bin directory, which is by default in /opt/openit/bin, run the command:
Command Syntax
```
 cd $BIN_DIR
```
Example
```
 cd /opt/openit/bin
```

Once in the directory, activate the collection of Materialise data, run the command:

Command Syntax
 ./openit_confinit -r /var/opt/openit/ -d /var/opt/openit/etc/ -c "licpoll.license-types.genericlicense-materialise-sample.active=true"

Set the license server name and port used by the Materialise License Server, run the command:

Command Syntax
 ./openit_confinit -r /var/opt/openit/ -d /var/opt/openit/etc/ -c "licpoll.license-types.genericlicense-materialise-sample.license-server=<hostname:portnumber>"

Example
 ./openit_confinit -r /var/opt/openit/ -d /var/opt/openit/etc/ -c "licpoll.license-types.genericlicense-materialise-sample.license-server=osl120win:27000"

Update the configuration file, run the command:
Command Syntax
```
 ./openit_confbuilder --client
```
Make sure no errors are encountered.

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

Object Name	Accepted Value	Description
active	Boolean (`true` or `false`)	Setting this to `true` activates Materialise usage data collection.
type	String (e.g., `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`)	The vendor license name format.
license-server	String (e.g., `hou105win`)	The License Server name.
status-command	FileName (i.e., `${OpeniT.directories.bin}/openit_mtlspoll`)	The binary used to obtain status from the license manager.
status-command.arguments	String (e.g., `-hostid`)	The arguments used for the status command.

Materialise Data Collection Configuration

# 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 Syntax
```
 cd $BIN_DIR
```
Example
```
 cd C:\Program Files\OpeniT\Core\bin
```
Run the command:
Command Syntax
```
 openit_licpoll -# 1
```
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.

Go to the bin directory, which is by default in /opt/openit/bin, run the command:
Command Syntax
```
 cd $BIN_DIR
```
Example
```
 cd /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 a LicPoll directory containing .data and status-*.log files.

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