#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.
This will produce the following aggregated data types used for historical 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.
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 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 SyntaxExampleOnce in the directory, activate the collection of Materialise data, run the command:
Command SyntaxSet the license server name and port used by the Materialise License Server, run the command:
Command SyntaxExampleUpdate the configuration file, run the command:
Command SyntaxMake sure no errors are encountered.
Refer to the Materialise Data Collection Configuration table to learn more about Materialise configuration in licpoll.xml
.
#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 SyntaxExampleRun the command:
Command SyntaxVerify that the temp directory, which is by default in
C:\ProgramData\OpeniT\Data\temp
, contains aLicPoll
directory containing.data
andstatus-*.log
files.
#Next Steps?
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