# RISA

# Introduction

Open iT supports RISA usage reporting through the generic license type format. This will produce the following aggregated data types used for historical and real-time reporting:

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

# Requirements

# Setting up RISA Data Collection

These are the required steps to set up data collection from the RISA portal.

  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_risastat --init --username <username> --password <password> 

    where:

    Parameter Description
    --init Use this to set up the RISA portal configuration.
    --username <risa_username> Use this to specify the username for accessing the RISA portal.
    --password <risa_password> Use this to specify the password for accessing the RISA portal.
    Parameters for Setting Up RISA Data Collection

    Example
    openit_risastat --init --username jsmith@email.com --password risaAdm!n123

    This example shows how to specify the necessary authentication credentials for accessing the RISA portal using the administrator account jsmith@email.com and the password risaAdm!n123.

Parameter Description
--login-url <login_url> Use this to specify RISA's login URL.
--licenses-url <licenses_url> Use this to specify the web address for retrieving licenses data.
--usage-url <usage_url> Use this to specify the web address for retrieving usages data.
--requests-timeout <request_timeout> Use this to specify request timeout in seconds.
--debug Use this to turn on debug logging.
-h, --help Use this to display help text.

# Activating Data Collection

These are the required steps to activate collection of 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, rename the genericlicense-sample block in licpoll.xml for RISA data collection, run the command:

    Command Syntax
     openit_confinit -c "licpoll.license-types.genericlicense-sample=>licpoll.license-types.genericlicense-risa"
  5. Activate the collection of RISA data, run the command:

    Command Syntax
     openit_confinit -c "licpoll.license-types.risa.active=true"
  6. Set the path to the binary used by the RISA License Server, run the command:

    Command Syntax
     openit_confinit -c "licpoll.license-types.risa.status-command=${OpeniT.directories.bin}/openit_risastat.exe"
  7. Run the following command to update the configuration files:

    Command Syntax
    openit_confbuilder --client

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

Object Name Accepted Value Description
active Boolean (true or false) Setting this to true activates RISA 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., %host%;risaonline) This object is defined if a product name other than the default %host%;risaonline will be used.
status-command FileName (e.g., ${OpeniT.directories.bin}/openit_risastat.exe) The binary used to obtain status from the license manager.
status-command.arguments String (e.g., --debug) The arguments used for the status command.
Leave this blank.
RISA 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.

# Sample Reports

# Historical Reports

Max Available vs Max in Use Licenses per Feature

Max Available vs Max in Use Licenses per Feature

Feature Elapsed Time per User

Feature Elapsed Time per User

# Real-time Report

Drilled Down Feature View

Drilled Down Feature View

# Next Steps?

   Renaming Vendor License    Renaming Features    Create and Add Report    License Monitor

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