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Application Note 2011: Quick Installation guide for the OpenLM license management system v1.8

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The OpenLM Floating license monitoring and Usage optimization tool interfaces an ever growing variety of license managers, such as Flexera FlexLM (Flexnet publisher), Beta LM, IBM LUM, DSLS, Sentinel HASP, Sentinel RMS, Reprise RLM, MathLM, LM-X and Easycopy.

Step 1: Installation

The OpenLM System components are available for download on the OpenLM site. After filling in your name and email, you would be directed to the download section. Select the OpenLM Version 1.8 section:


And start by downloading the server:

When downloading is complete, double click the downloaded *.msi file and follow the standard installation instructions.

Step 2: Configuring License Servers

When the installation is complete, click:

Windows’ Start → All Programs → OpenLM → Server → OpenLM Server Configuration

The OpenLM Server configuration window opens.

1. Add in your license servers:

  • Click the ‘Add’ button,

  • Type in the License server’s host name or IP (e.g. lm10) and Port number (e.g. 27000)

  • Select the new License server’s type (e.g. FlexLM)

  • Type in an informative name (e.g. “lm10 – ArcGis server”)

  • Select the license server’s time zone (e.g. UTC+1)

The image below demonstrates this configuration:

 

2. Select a license server and click the check button in order to ensure that OpenLM can retrieve information from that license server. This information is the input received from the License manager.

3. Repeat steps 1 & 2 for all license servers.

4. Click ‘Apply’, and “Restart now”.

Step 3: The OpenLM EasyAdmin Interface

The EasyAdmin web application is the main OpenLM Administrative and user interface.

You can find it on:

Windows’ Start → All Programs → OpenLM → OpenLM EasyAdmin2.

The OpenLM EasyAdmin opens. Click the EasyAdmin start button to explore this application’s features.

The image above is an example of an EasyAdmin workspace. It features Administrative tools, License data, License usage data, Graphic usage representation, Roles and permissions’ assignment, and Active Agent capabilities.

For more information on the OpenLM EasyAdmin web interface, please refer to this document.

Congratulations!

You now have an up and running OpenLM system.

For further information regarding the installation and preliminary configuration of the OpenLM system components, please refer to the “Application Note 2010: OpenLM license management system Complete Installation guide v1.8” document.

Revision table

Revision

Author

Date

Remarks

0.1

Orik

Apr 23,  2013

Preliminary

What is new in OpenLM version 1.8

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OpenLM 1.8 is out !

The release of this milestone version is a big deal for us here in OpenLM, and we are sure you will feel the same when you start working with it.

Note for OpenLM veterans:

At this stage we recommend not to upgrade OpenLM 1.7 production systems to 1.8, but rather to install it at a sandbox, side by side with the 1.7 production server. This is in order to ensure that full functionality has been maintained in your environment, and to familiarize yourself with the new version.

This document goes over the main features that have been added or enhanced in this version, and the list is quite long:

  • OpenLM Server engine
  • EasyAdmin: Personalization, New reports, Enhanced report windows,
    Moving configuration options to EasyAdmin
  • Support of License management tools
  • Active Directory
  • Named Users support
  • Packages
  • Projects
  • Permissions
  • License Usage
  • License Procurement table
  • License Usage Efficiency report window
  • Licenses not in use report window
  • Recent Feature Denials report window
  • License Servers
  • Session Idle time measurement
  • Database manipulation
  • ArcGIS Borrowed Licenses issue
  • OpenLM Broker
  • OpenLM Agent
  • ArcGIS Set Licensing level tool
  • Installation Process
  • Logs uploader

OpenLM Server engine

The OpenLM server integrates information from various sources in order to create accurate and coherent license usage information. All processing algorithms were reviewed and rewritten as needed in order to improve accuracy and processing speed.

EasyAdmin

The EasyAdmin web application has undergone facelift surgery, is more user friendly, and generally looks nicer. Some graphic presentation windows have been added, and others have been improved in both clarity and robustness.

Personalization:

EasyAdmin windows’ configuration and user settings are now maintained by the OpenLM database, not on the browser’s cache memory (as was in version 1.7). This provides the ability to personalize the EasyAdmin appearance, and get the same user’s view on different computers.

New reports

The new reports are hereby listed. Elaboration on each of these windows is provided below:

  • The License denial widget.
  • Procurement table: Shows licenses’ procurement path, providing detailed expiration information.
  • License usage efficiency report: Histogram per single feature, showing how much of the time have N licenses been used.

Enhanced report windows

Report windows have also been enhanced. It is now possible to:

  • Export chart images or PDF documents and
  • Set report window refresh period


Moving more configuration options to EasyAdmin

Several configuration options were moved from the OpenLM server configuration tool to the EasyAdmin web application, making them accessible from anywhere. One such option is the usage logging according to projects, as depicted below:

Support of License management tools

The addition of license management tools to the expanding portfolio of OpenLM’s supported license managers is an on-going task. Version 1.8 now supports the following concurrent license servers: FlexLM / Flexnet, Sentinel RMS (Aspentech SLM), DSLS, IBM LUM, Sentinel HASP, LM-X (Altair), Reprise RLM, Beta-LM, Mathematica LM (MathLM), and Easycopy. In addition to that, support of some license management tools was enhanced. Here are some of these enhancements:

  • FlexLM: Asset Info information, which is unique per license pool is now monitored. Hence, it is now possible to follow user and group license check out per license pool.
  • FlexLM: Software packages are automatically recognized, and populated by the respective software products. Single features can be associated with different software packages.
  • IBM_LUM license manager monitoring has been added expiration date.
  • IBM_LUM Offline Licenses indications.
  • IBM_LUM HAL (High Availability Licensing) configuration support.
  • DSLS has been fully integrated into the OpenLM 1.8 system.
  • DSLS License borrowing is reported.
  • BetaLM has been introduced in the 1.8 version.
  • BetaLM Cluster configuration is supported.
  • RMS: License versions’ reporting was added.
  • Easycopy LM has been fully integrated into the OpenLM 1.8 system.
  • Matematica (MathLM) has been fully integrated into the OpenLM 1.8 system.

Active Directory

The OpenLM Server is capable of synchronizing users and groups with an organization’s LDAP (Active Directory) to combine license management with other company information. LDAP synchronization provides automatic maintenance of Users’ and Groups’ data.

In version 1.8, Active Directory synchronization has been profoundly improved, to support versatile and complex Active Directory environments. As a bonus, a preview of the impending synchronization scheme is now available. For more information please refer to these documents:

Application Note 2029_a: LDAP (Active Directory) Synchronization. Basic guide v1.8

Application Note 2029_b: LDAP (Active Directory) Synchronization. Comprehensive guide v1.8

Version 1.8 now allows system managers to easily synchronize very complex structures of LDAP. In EasyAdmin the user can now control the execution of the synchronization, exclude groups and users from synchronizing and understand why each synchronized entity was generated.

EasyAdmin incorporates new administrative tools for LDAP synchronization. These provide a better view of the synchronization definitions and the relations between synchronized entities. Group and Users entities are interconnected by hyperlinks, to facilitate the browsing through LDAP synchronized data.

Named licenses support

FlexLM gets its licensing information from the license file, option file and other resources.

The License file contains the asset info information which is unique for every license pool.

The License file also contains asset info associated with groups. OpenLM Version 1.8 can be configured to read Flexnet publisher license files, and hence can report which user takes licenses from which pool.

License Suites and packages

OpenLM 1.8 is capable of integrating more information from FlexLM license files. One of the benefits of that is the capability of arranging licensed features within their respective license packages. The user does no longer need to configure packages’ members manually.

In addition to that, OpenLM 1.8 supports licensing schemes in which single features are associated with two different packages.

Projects

The Project license usage recording capability is available for OpenLM from version 1.6 onwards. In the 1.8 version, some major modifications have been made:

  • The configuration of Project monitoring was shifted from the OpenLM Server configuration tool to the EasyAdmin web application.
  • Administrative capabilities have been added, such as Enabling / Disabling a project, assigning it a priority and expected duration, and marking the project’s completeness percentage.
  • Projects can now be assigned to user groups (not just to individual users).
  • Projects can also be introduced by end-users via the OpenLM Agent module. Please see the ‘Agent’ section below for more information on that.

For more information on monitoring licenses according to projects in OpenLM 1.8 please refer to this document:

Application Note 2030: OpenLM license usage monitoring according to projects – v1.8.

Permissions

New users are automatically associated to the “Everyone” group. After being synchronized (or associated manually) to a different group – the new group becomes the default group.

License Usage

The central “License Usage” window’s graphic presentation was improved, and now employs a cleaner GUI, with a zoom-in option.

License Procurement table

Shows comprehensive license information, as appears in the license file: Licensed packages and their member features, issuing and expiration dates, Asset info etc.

License Efficiency report

A new window that provides a histogram of usage for a single feature, showing how much of the time have N licenses been used. The image below clearly demonstrates ineffective usage of the pool of licenses:

Licenses not in use report

Single out licenses that have not been used for a predefined period of time.

Recent Feature Denials report

A graphic presentation to show a comparative chart of the number of license denials over predefined periods of time: recent and long term.

License Servers

Reported license servers’ information has been enhanced to include:

  • License server timezone
  • Status of the OpenLM broker installed on the license server machine
  • Host availability indication


Session Idle time measurement

Graphical waveform presentation of the Active / Idle ratio for currently and historical sessions.

Database manipulation

Version 1.8 enhances the administrator’s capabilities to manipulate the OpenLM database. It is now possible to

  • Archive or delete old data.
  • Extract irrelevant users and
  • Delete unnecessary groups.

ArcGIS Borrowed Licenses issue

We previously reported an issue pertaining to the upgrade of ArcGIS to the newer FlexLM version. This issue manifested in erroneous reporting of license borrowing. OpenLM 1.8 bypasses this issue and shows the actual borrowing user.

OpenLM Broker

The OpenLM Broker has undergone important changes. These include:

  • Enhanced robustness
  • Enhanced compatibility with a wide array of license managers
  • Ability to read FlexLM license files and Audit logs, in addition to Option files.
  • Implementation of buffers for Broker messages, providing the ability to overcome limited network connectivity failure and continues usage reported even if the OpenLM Server machine crashes for long period of times.

OpenLM Agent

The OpenLM Agent has changed skin and looks much nicer now.

It also integrated the improvements for the following features:

  • Restoring of closed sessions
  • Searching and sorting of the license usage list
  • Selectively hiding or showing specific features
  • ArcGIS licensing level determination (see below).
  • As mentioned above, projects can be introduced by end-users via the OpenLM Agent. Just click the “Create New Project” menu item in the OpenLM Agent interface:

The “Create new Project” window opens. Users can then create new projects and associate their working hours to these projects.

For more information please refer to this document:

Application Note 2030: OpenLM license usage monitoring according to projects – v1.8.

ArcGIS Set Licensing level tool

ESRI implementation is unique in the sense that you can activate the ArcMap software in three different licensing levels:

  • Basic (Previously called viewer or ArcView)
  • Standard (Previously called ‘ArcEditor’)
  • Advanced (Previously called ‘ArcInfo’)

ArcGIS end users can set the licensing level before activating the software. If such a license is available, the software will start. OpenLM has provided this capability since version 1.6 of the software. In version 1.8 we have highly enhanced it:

  • It is now possible to set the licensing level according to available licenses, and
  • The user can choose whether to save the ArcGIS licensing level to the Registry, to do it on a user level, or on a system level (for all users – requires administrative permissions).

Installation Process

The OpenLM installation process has been standardized, and is more coherent on OpenLM version 1.8.

Logs uploader

The Logs uploader has been rewritten, and its robustness has been improved.

OpenLM beta version 1.8 is publicised

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General

In the past couple of years, OpenLM v1.7 has been the selected tool for application usage metering and license usage optimization for an expanding circle of customers. OpenLM has steadily widened the variety of supported network license managers, and enhanced its monitoring capabilities per each license management tool.

OpenLM beta Version 1.8 incorporates many bug fixes, performance improvements and new features that were required by our cooperative and trusted customers. These changes have increased OpenLM’s robustness and made it less prone to errors.

This version also integrates some fundamental architectural changes that have expanded OpenLM’s ability to further develop license usage control and monitoring. Here are some of the main highlights of this new version.

Important note:

As of today the released version is still a beta, and as such it is not yet error free.
DO NOT upgrade production installations of OpenLM 1.7 to 1.8 beta.
The use of version 1.8 beta is recommended for:

  • New evaluating customers, who wish to explore the 1.8 beta version functionality, or
  • Active OpenLM 1.7 users, installing version 1.8 beta separately and parallel to the 1.7 production installation.

Please read this document prior to installing OpenLM 1.8 beta parallel to production 1.7 installations.

Support of License management tools

The addition of license management tools to the expanding portfolio of OpenLM’s supported license managers is an on-going task. Version 1.8 now supports the following concurrent license servers: FlexLM / Flexnet, Sentinel RMS (Aspentech SLM), DSLS, IBM LUM, Sentinel HASP, LM-X (Altair), Reprise RLM, Beta LM, Mathematica LM (MathLM), and Easycopy. In addition to that, support of some license management tools was enhanced. Here are some of these enhancements:

  • FlexLM: Asset Info information, which is unique per license pool is now monitored. Hence, it is now possible to follow user and group license check out per license pool.
  • Also on FlexLM: Software packages are automatically recognized, and populated by the respective software products. Single features can be associated with different software packages.
  • IBM_LUM license manager monitoring has been added expiration date, Offline Licenses indications, and support for HAL (High Availability Licensing) configuration support.
  • DSLS has been fully integrated into the OpenLM 1.8 system. License borrowing is reported.
  • RMS: License versions’ reporting was added

EasyAdmin

The EasyAdmin web application has undergone facelift surgery and generally looks nicer. Some graphic presentation windows have been added, and others have been improved in both clarity and robustness.

Personalization:

License usage status windows’ configuration can now be saved between workstations and browsers.

New reports

Some of the new reports are:

  • The License denial widget.
  • Procurement table: Shows licenses’ procurement path, providing expiration information.
  • License usage efficiency report: Histogram per single feature, showing how much of the time have N licenses been used.
  • Max usage heat map report.

Enhanced report windows

Report windows have also been enhanced. It is now possible to:

  • Export chart images or PDF documents and
  • Set report window refresh period
  • The “License Usage” graphic presentation was improved.

Database manipulation

Version 1.8 enhances the administrator’s capabilities to manipulate the OpenLM database. It is now possible to

  • Archive or delete old data.
  • Extract irrelevant users and
  • Delete unnecessary groups.

License Servers

Reported license servers’ information has been enhanced to include:

  • License server timezone indication
  • Host availability indication
  • License not in use indication.

Active Directory

The OpenLM Server is capable of synchronizing users and groups with an organization’s LDAP (Active Directory) to combine license management with other company information. LDAP synchronization provides automatic maintenance of Users’ and Groups’ data.

In version 1.8, LDAP synchronization has been profoundly improved, to support versatile and complex Active Directory environments. As a bonus, a preview of the impending synchronization scheme is now available.

Projects

The Project license usage recording capability is available for OpenLM from version 1.6 onward.  In the 1.8 version, some major modifications have been made:

  • The configuration of Project monitoring was shifted from the OpenLM Server configuration tool to the EasyAdmin web application.

  • Administrative capabilities have been added, such as Enabling / Disabling a project, assigning it a priority and expected duration, and marking the project’s completeness percentage.

  • Projects can now be assigned to user groups (not just to individual users), and

  • Can be introduced by end-users via the OpenLM Agent module.

OpenLM Broker

The OpenLM Broker has overgone important changes, enhancing its robustness and compatibility with a wide array of license managers. One of these changes is the implementation of buffers for Broker messages, providing the ability to overcome network connectivity failure.

Finally

we would like to thank our loyal customers for collaborating as beta sites for this new version. Your ever welcomed feedback has enabled us to publicize this product, and is constantly driving us toward improving our releases.

Application Note 1035: Configuring OpenLM v1.7 to interface the EasyCopy License Manager

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OpenLM supports the monitoring of a wide variety of license managers such as Flexera FlexLM (Flexnet), Beta LM, IBM LUM, DSLS, Sentinel HASP, Sentinel RMS, Reprise RLM, and LM-X.

This application note elaborates the steps required to configure OpenLM to interface the EasyCopy License Manager, and obtain reliable license reports and usage statistics. This capability is available for Easycopy versions 8.7.12 onward.

OpenLM Server configuration

In order to configure OpenLM to monitor an EasyCopy License Manager, The OpenLM Server must be configured as follows:

  • Click the ‘Add’ button.
  • Set the LM Type to ‘Other’
  • Set the License server’s Time zone (e.g.: Central Time)
  • Type in the Hostname (e.g. easycopy_lm) or IP of the EasyCopy License server.
  • The port number is insignificant here. Type in any number (e.g.: 123). Note that the same number will need to be used in the OpenLM Broker configuration as well (see below).
  • Click the ‘Apply’ and “Restart now” buttons.

OpenLM Broker Configuration

After setting the OpenLM server, the Broker needs to be configured as follows:

  • Please refer to the Application Note 1004: OpenLM Broker quick start guide document for general Broker configuration. In the example below – the OpenLM server hostname was set as openlm_server, the OpenLM Broker port was maintained at its default 7016.
  • The license server characteristics are set exactly as they were on the OpenLM Server configuration tool: The type is set to ‘Other’, the name to easycopy_lm, and the port to 123.
  • Type in the EasyCopy command line in the Broker’s “data_inquiry” command text box. The command is “eclic openlm” and it needs to be run from the location of the eclic.exe path.
  • Click the ‘Apply’ and “Restart Broker” buttons.

Application Note 1001_b: Configuring OpenLM to interface the Sentinel RMS license manager

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Scope:

OpenLM supports the monitoring of a wide variety of license managers such as Flexera FlexLM ( Flexnet ), Beta LM, IBM LUM, DSLS, Sentinel HASP, Sentinel RMS, RLM, and LM-X. This application note elaborates the steps required to configure OpenLM to interface the Sentinel RMS License Manager, and obtain reliable license reports and usage statistics.

Enabling the OpenLM server to work with RMS

In order to configure OpenLM to work with  Sentinel RMS, please follow this procedure:
1. Download lsmon.exe and lsapiw32.dll . These files aren’t included in the OpenLM installation package. For information on how to obtain these files, please contact OpenLM on support@openlm.com.
2. Copy these files to “C:\Program Files\OpenLM\OpenLM Server\LM”
3. Enter the OpenLM Server Configuration Form. Select the LM Tools tab → RMS.
4. Type in the full path of the executable file, i.e.:  “C:\Program Files\OpenLM\OpenLM Server\LM\lsmon.exe” in the “RMS executable file” text box.

See the following image for further clarification:

Introducing a new Sentinel RMS server

After configuring the OpenLM configuration tool to work with Sentinel RMS as elaborated above, the user may introduce an new  Sentinel RMS server under the License Servers tab:
1. Select the “License Servers” tab.
2. Select the RMS type from the “Type” dropdown list.
3. Type in a meaningful description in the “Description” text box.
4. Type in the appropriate “Hostname” and “Port” numbers. The Sentinel RMS default port is 5093.
5. Check the “Enabled” check box.
6. Click the “Apply” button. The  Sentinel RMS server is now ready to interface the OpenLM.

OpenLM Broker configuration for RMS

The OpenLM Broker is an optional though highly recommended component, that should be installed and configured on the RMS license manager machine. It provides accurate license statistics, and facilitates communication between the OpenLM Server and the License manager.

First, download and install the latest OpenLM Broker version. Follow the installation and configuration instructions on the OpenLM Broker configuration Application Note.

In the License server port dialog, select the RMS license manager type from the ‘Type’ dropdown list.
In the port’s Commands list make sure the ‘status’ command is
lsmon <License Server Name>

Document Revision Table

Version Author Date Changes
0.1 Orik May1, 2012 Preliminary
1.0 Orik Jun3, 2012 Revised.
1.1 Orik Jun6, 2012 Added Broker

 

Application Note 1026: Basic OpenLM Server configuration for FlexLM

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General

OpenLM supports the monitoring of a wide, and ever growing variety of license servers. Among those are Flexera FlexLM (Flexnet) , Beta LM, IBM LUM, DSLS, Sentinel HASP, Sentinel RMS, RLM, and LM-X. This is an description of the basic procedure for configuring the Openlm server to interface a FlexLM license manager, to monitor Flexnet reporting.

Procedure

Please first refer to this Application Note. It gives a general description of the OpenLM system; what should be installed where, and who needs to communicate with whom.

Install the latest version of the OpenLM server. It is found on the OpenLM site.

  1. Configure the OpenLM server so that it would communicate with the License server:
  • Open the “OpenLM server configuration window, On the “License Servers” tab (see image below).

  • Click the ‘Add’ button, and type in the license server parameters (Type, Host name (or IP), port & time zone). In order to find the Server name and port, please refer to this post.
  • You can type in a descriptive name to make recognizing the sever easier
  • In the image above, these parameters are: FLEXlm, olm-lm-arcgis10, 27000, UTC+08, “ArcGIS 10 Head Office”.
  • Click the ‘Apply’ button. Select ‘Restart now’. That’s it: the OpenLM server is
  1. Check the connection of the OpenLM server to the license server; click the ‘Check’ button. A text would follow. This text is a query of the License server. It indicates whether a connection to that server is established.
  1. Now open the EasyAdmin web application. Click start -> Management -> License servers. The “License servers” window appears. Verify that the configured license managers appear on the list. Circle nodes indicate a connection to a license server. Square nodes indicate a connection to a Broker which is installed on the License server machine.


OpenLM Version 1.8 Preview

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The upcoming OpenLM release version 1.8 is a major milestone in the development process of the OpenLM license management system. This version has been in preparation since October 2011, when version 1.7 was released, and is expected to be officially released by the end of 2012.

Version 1.8 incorporates many bug fixes, performance improvements and new features that were required by our expanding circle of trusted customers. These changes have increased OpenLM’s robustness and made it less prone to errors.

Version 1.8 also integrates some architectural changes that have expanded OpenLM’s ability to further develop license usage control and monitoring. Here are some of the main highlights of this new version.

Database manipulation

Version 1.8 enhances the administrator’s capabilities to manipulate the OpenLM database:

  • Archive or delete old data,

  • Extract irrelevant users, delete unnecessary groups, or even

  • Use multiple OpenLM servers on a single Database. This is a prerequisite for providing support for cloud – computing license management environments.

EasyAdmin

Many changes have been made to the EasyAdmin administrative interface, making the presentation of usage reports more efficient, robust and better designed. Here are some of these enhancements:

  • Support of the Apple Safari Browser
  • License Expiration date filtering
  • License Manager Up-time logging
  • Improvements in License usage reporting (e.g: Flexnet / FlexLM reporting).
  • Improvements Feature usage reporting: accessible from every workstation.

Packages

Software packages are automatically recognized, and populated by the software product  which are members  of these packages.

User Group monitoring

The group monitoring tool would be integrated into OpenLM v1.8, and enhance OpenLM’s ability to provide clear group-related license statistics.

Support of new License management tools

The addition of license management tools to the expanding portfolio of OpenLM’s supported license managers is an on-going task. Version 1.8 already incorporates the support of FlexLM / Flexnet, Sentinel RMS (Aspentech SLM), DSLS, IBM LUM, Sentinel HASP, LM-X (Altair), Reprise RLM, Beta LM, Mathematica LM (MathLM), and Easycopy, and the list is constantly expanding.

Version 1.8 has seen the addition of Beta-LM, Mathematica LM (MathLM), and DSLS. In addition to that, support of some license management tools was enhanced, for example – the IBM_LUM license manager has been added expiration date and license denial indications.

Application Note 1001: Configuring OpenLM to interface the Reprise RLM license manager

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Scope:

OpenLM supports the monitoring of a wide variety of license managers such as Flexera FlexLM ( Flexnet ), Beta LM, IBM LUM, DSLS, Sentinel HASP, Sentinel RMS, RLM, and LM-X. This application note elaborates the steps required to configure OpenLM to interface the Reprise License Manager (RLM), to monitor license usage and obtain license statistics.

Enabling the OpenLM server to work with RLM

In order to configure OpenLM to work with RLM, please follow this procedure:

  1. Download rlmutil.exe. This file isn’t included in the OpenLM installation package. It can be download from the Reprise Software website: http://www.reprisesoftware.com/enduser_kits/end-user-download.php.
  1. Copy the file to “C:\Program Files\OpenLM\OpenLM Server\LM”
  1. Enter the OpenLM Server Configuration Form. Select the LM Tools tab → RLM tab.
  1. Type in the full path of the executable file, should be:“C:\Program Files\OpenLM\OpenLM Server\LM\rlmutil.exe” in the “RLM executable file” text box.

See the following image for further clarification:

Introducing a new RLM server

After configuring the OpenLM configuration tool to work with RLM as elaborated above, the user may introduce an new RLM server under the License Servers tab:

  1. Select the “License Servers” tab.
  2. Select the RLM type from the “Type” dropdown list.
  3. Type in a meaningful description in the “Description” text box.
  4. Type in the appropriate “Hostname” and “Port” numbers. The RLM default port is 5054 (It was 9000 prior to RLM version 6).
  5. check the “Enabled” check box.
  6. Click the “Apply” button. The RLM server is now ready to interface the OpenLM.

OpenLM Broker configuration for Reprise RLM

The OpenLM Broker is an optional though highly recommended component, that should be installed and configured on the Reprise RLM license manager machine. It provides accurate license statistics, and facilitates communication between the OpenLM Server and the License manager.

First, download and install the latest OpenLM Broker version. Follow the installation and configuration instructions on the OpenLM Broker configuration Application Note.

In the License server port dialog, select the RLM license manager type from the ‘Type’ dropdown list.
In the port’s Commands list, make sure the ‘status’ command is either

rlmstat.exe -c <port>@<server> -a for older RLM versions or 

rlmutil.exe rlmstat -c <port>@<server> -a for newer versions.

Document Revision Table

Version Author Date Changes
0.1 – Preliminary
1.1 Mira; Orik Jun 3, 2012 Revised
1.2 Orik Jun6, 2012 Added Broker