License Statistics - Frequently Asked Questions

License Statistics is our license management product for end users. Some frequently asked questions about License Statistics are listed below.

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Can I monitor standalone licenses with License Statistics?

Yes, X-Formation's License Statistics Usage Client allows you to monitor standalone licenses with License Statistics. The License Statistics Usage Client is for Windows only. The Usage Client work ...

How does License Statistics interact with Excel? Can it produce CSV files?

License Statistics data can be used with Microsoft Excel as follows: You can make a query in the Analyzer, and then copy and paste the results into Excel. Using custom reporting, you can run ...

How can I get License Statistics to work with multiple FLEXlm vendor daemons?

To support multiple FLEXlm vendor daemons on the same port number, you can specify an explicit vendor name and port in the License Statistics configuration file, under the "FLEXNet/FLEXlm servers" ...

Can License Statistics create one report for multiple license servers or multiple versions of one application?

You can use License Statistic's custom reporting feature in conjunction with merged databases to easily accomplish such tasks as tracking usage for multiple versions of an application or tracking ...

Can the Analyzer produce a report on hourly license usage?

Not at this time. However, the database format is described in License Statistics documentation, so you can access the database directly to do specialized reports.(Note that the Analyzer is not ...

How does License Statistics work?

X-Formation's License Statistics is a set of tools that lets you gather, monitor, and analyze license usage information in diverse ways. License Statistics gathers usage statistics from LM-X Licen ...

Can I run the License Statistics Monitor from a Unix machine and run the Analyzer from a Windows machine?

Yes. Simply ensure that the Windows machine has access to the License Statistics databases that exist on the Unix server machine.Note that the Analyzer is not available in the evaluation version o ...

How do I set up multiple versions of an application with License Statistics?

If you have multiple versions of a FLEXlm/FLEXnet application running, License Statistics can easily monitor all versions.First, ensure that each license is working appropriately. One way to accom ...

Can License Statistics gather data for applications that run for a very brief time?

License Statistics cannot reliably gather data for applications that run for seconds up to a few minutes (such as compilers), because License Statistics takes snapshots of license usage at regular ...

IBM LUM i4blt utility is extremely slow and causes License Statistics to fail. What can I do?

On some Windows systems running i4blt, the utility can take anywhere from 2 to 20 minutes to complete. Furthermore, the reports may be incomplete, which can cause License Statistics to fail. Thi ...

Does LM-X License Manager support IPv6?

LM-X supports IPv6 with no need to configure anything.

Why is License Statistics unable to get statistics from IBM LUM?

If License Statistics cannot gather statistics for IBM LUM, the License Statistics log may say "ADM-10103: Server 10.0.0.2 not found." The cause of this problem is a misconfigured IBM LUM insta ...

What kind of license server does License Statistics work with?

License Statistics works with the most popular license managers. License Statistics can gather usage statistics from: LM-X License Manager FLEXlm / FLEXnet Sentinel LM/Sentinel RMS IBM LUM ...

Does License Statistics work with IBM LUM?

License Statistics works with the most popular license managers. License Statistics can gather usage statistics from: LM-X License Manager FLEXlm / FLEXnet Sentinel LM/Sentinel RMS IBM LUM ...

Which license managers does License Statistics support?

License Statistics supports the following license managers: LM-X License Manager FLEXlm / FLEXnet Sentinel LM/Sentinel RMS IBM LUM Additionally, License Statistics supports a custom inte ...

Why do I see "unable to write database" in the License Statistics log?

When running License Statistics, you may see something similar to the following in the License Statistics log:[2007-08-20 15:47:09] Ready for querying... [2007-08-20 15:47:09] Starting monitor of ...

Can I specify which vendor features to include and exclude?

You can specify a list of features to exclude from a report, using IGNORE_FEATURE in the License Statistics configuration file. There is no configuration setting for specifying which features to i ...

Why do I see "checkin failed" in the FLEXlm debug log when running License Statistics?

When running License Statistics, you may see something similar to the following in your FLEXlm debug log:19:43:34 (MSC) OUT: "PATRAN" user1@address119:43:43 (MSC) IN: "PATRAN" user2@address2 (INA ...

Does License Statistics handle FLEXlm reservations?

Yes, License Statistics does handle reservations, and they aren't included in license usage statistics until they're actively used. When querying a FLEXlm license server, output that includes rese ...

Does License Statistics run on Unix?

License Statistics supports Windows and Unix. For more detailed information, see the list of supported platforms.

Does License Statistics decrypt FLEXlm report log files to get statistics?

No, License Statistics does not decrypt FLEXlm log files. License Statistics captures real-time statistics and outputs them to a database, which it queries to produce HTML files that are viewable ...

Does License Statistics support Aladdin NetHASP dongles?

Unfortunately, License Statistics does not currently support Aladdin NetHASP dongles.There is no apparent way to capture usage information from these dongles, and although some graphical monitorin ...

Can you change colors in the License Statistics HTML graphs?

Unfortunately, it's not currently possible to make customizations to License Statistics HTML pages, such as changing colors, replacing graphics, etc.

Is License Statistics for Windows only, or can I also run it on Unix?

You can run License Statistics on either a Unix or Windows platform. The versions are essentially identical, with the following considerations: The distribution files differ slightly and the pr ...

What operating systems does License Statistics run on?

License Statistics supports Windows and Unix. For more detailed information, see the list of supported platforms.

How does License Statistics run? Does it need to be started manually?

License Statistics is installed as a service under Windows or run as a daemon under Unix. Because License Statistics runs as a background process, it will run even when no user is logged into the ...

What kind of set up is required before running License Statistics?

Before running License Statistics, you simply edit a configuration file to specify site-specific information, such as the host server information of the applications for which License Statistics w ...

How can I get License Statistics running as quickly as possible to see how it works?

Do you have a few minutes? Check out the License Statistics Quick Start Guide (attached) for instructions on how to get up and running with License Statistics in just about 10 minutes.

Is License Statistics extendable?

Yes, License Statistics is extremely flexible and can be customized to suit your needs. License Statistics generates XML files for each feature. You can use these XML files to create scripts that ...

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