Macrovision Corporation SAMREPORT-LITE 2006, Manual

Page 1: ...SAMreport Lite USER S GUIDE P p p February 2005...

Page 2: ...erwise ALL COPIES OF THE INFORMATION IF ALLOWED BY MACROVISION CORPORATION MUST DISPLAY THIS NOTICE OF COPYRIGHT AND OWNERSHIP IN FULL TRADEMARKS Globetrotter Macrovision FLEXlm FLEXbill Flexible Lice...

Page 3: ...Report 11 Generate a Usage Summary Report 12 Chapter 4 Usage Summary Report 15 Output Arrangement and Detail 16 Chapter 5 Report Input and Output 17 Specifying Input Report Logs 18 Displaying Output...

Page 4: ...Finding the Version of the Vendor Daemon and lmswitchr 26 Rotating a Report Log with lmswitchr 27 Avoiding Corruption in Report Logs 27 Chapter 7 SAMreport Lite Error Messages 29 ii Contents...

Page 5: ...ve any questions that are not addressed in this Quick Start section consult the appropriate sections in this User s Guide 1 In this chapter How to Obtain a License File How to Install Java Runtime Env...

Page 6: ...exe 5 Next you need to request a license file from Macrovision Corporation On the Internet go to the following website http autodesk globes com 6 Follow the online instructions for requesting a licens...

Page 7: ...btain a License File to obtain one How to Create and Set Up an Options File To use SAMreport Lite you must configure your license server s to generate report logs In the Network License Manager you se...

Page 8: ...name extension If your report log file has a different extension such as log open the Files of Type list and select All Files to list all the files 4 In the SAMreport Lite window in the Output File bo...

Page 9: ...vides additional types of reports and options and includes additional features such as command line batch processing Upgrading to the full version of SAMreport does not require a new installation just...

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Page 11: ...s introductory information about license management a description of SAMreport Lite and explanatory information about this guide 2 In this chapter Intended Audience About This Manual What is License M...

Page 12: ...and describes output formats Enabling and Managing Report Logs on page 23 provides guidelines for enabling and managing report logs SAMreport Lite Error Messages on page 29 lists some errors that you...

Page 13: ...e activity of the vendor daemon Enabling and Managing Report Logs on page 23 describes how to start and manage report log files The SAMreport Lite report generator comes with a predefined report type...

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Page 15: ...s chapter shows you how to generate a Usage Summary report using the SAMreport Lite user interface You ll find a detailed explanation of the report in Usage Summary Report on page 15 3 In this chapter...

Page 16: ...ext box above the Remove button To remove a report log from the list click to highlight the report log then click the Remove button There is no fixed limit on the size of a report log that you run thr...

Page 17: ...tes for a Report on page 22 8 Select Report Generate or click the Generate Report button A SAMreport Lite Viewer window will appear and the report progress indicator moves from 0 100 as the report run...

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Page 19: ...mation about the report log and the parameters of the report FLEXIm License Usage Report date time Version Produced by SAMreport Lite List of input report log s Input Report Log Name of report output...

Page 20: ...ul groupings according to your particular reporting requirements You may use the Summary choice lists in the SAMreport Lite main window which provide easy access to the Feature User Name and User Host...

Page 21: ...vendor daemon running on a single host Each redundant vendor daemon must write to its own report log 5 In this chapter Specifying Input Report Logs Displaying Output to the Viewer Window Navigating th...

Page 22: ...lect more than one report log from the browser After you select a report log the report log file name appears in the text box above the Remove button To remove a report log from the list click to high...

Page 23: ...in one of two methods Type the path and file name base in the text field to the right of the Output File button If no path is specified the files are written to the current working directory Click th...

Page 24: ...they have the extension rif A Table of Contents RIF file is generated for each RIF report and is named output_filename_base _toc rif Format Specification BEGIN HEADER header lines END HEADER These li...

Page 25: ...a in a report log is insensitive to time zones and you can run a report using report logs that were written on machines in different time zones without compensating for time differences Reports on the...

Page 26: ...t is generated with data from the entire report log If no time is specified days begin at midnight 00 00 00 The following formats are accepted for 3 30 pm on January 31 2006 1 31 2006 15 30 00 MM dd y...

Page 27: ...ore than one server must each write to their own report logs SAMreport Lite cannot produce reports from debug log files lmgrd s standard output 6 In this chapter How to Turn on a Report Logreport log...

Page 28: ...f one doesn t already exist The options file is a plain text file with any name we recommend an opt extension For example for a vendor daemon called vend the options file could be C Program Files Auto...

Page 29: ...ense file with the FLEXlm utility lmreread You can issue an lmreread command by clicking the Reread License File button in the Stop Reread tab of lmtools Managing Report Logs Remember that you can pro...

Page 30: ...t on multiple report logs and that you can filter report data with designated start and end dates You may also want to rotate report logs when the license limit for a feature changes but alternatively...

Page 31: ...es down and comes back up the vendor daemon will read its options file and will continue to write to the new report log For redundant license servers update each of the three options files 3 Move the...

Page 32: ...preferably one which is local to the server machine Even if the report log is not corrupted SAMreport Lite will not run a report using a report log that has been written by a vendor daemon running on...

Page 33: ...d record lost Indicates an unexplained problem in SAMreport Lite This error should be reported to Autodesk Error Internal Error 7 file line no id 54 minor 0 feature key Report log contains a gap of si...

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Page 35: ...redundant servers 18 report logs 18 report log file 17 18 21 24 25 enable 24 from redundant servers 18 manage 25 size 25 time zones 21 using multiple 17 reports 13 17 22 combining report logs 17 date...

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