Question

How do you setup a FlexNet Publisher license server to output a report log for FlexNet Manager for Engineering Applications?

Answer

Step 1: If you're already using an Options file, skip to Step 2. If you aren't already using an Options file, you'll need to modify the license file to include an Options file.

Locate the options file anywhere; however, it is recommended that the options file be placed in the same directory as the license file. Add the path to the options file in the license file as the fourth field on the VENDOR line for the application's vendor daemon.

For example, this enables the sampled vendor daemon to look at the specified options file.

VENDOR sampled /etc/sampled \
[options=]/sample_app/sampled/licenses/sampled.opt

If the path is omitted, the vendor daemon automatically looks for a file according to the following criteria:

• The name of the file is vendor.opt, where vendor is the vendor daemon name.
• The directory that contains the license file used by the license server manager.
  

Step 2: Modify the Options file to include a report log by adding the following:

REPORTLOG [+]report_log_path

REPORTLOG specifies the report log file for this vendor daemon. It is recommended preceding the report_log_path with a + character to append logging entries; otherwise, the file is overwritten each time the daemon is started.

On Windows, path names that include spaces have to be enclosed in double quotes. If lmgrd is started as a service, the default location for the report log file is the c:\winnt\System32 folder unless a fully qualified path is specified.

Either restart or reread the license server for the changes to take effect. (A reread is also automatically done every night at midnight.)