This manual describes the web user interface and provides instructions on common uses and best practices for users.
It also provides the basic setup, installation and management practices for administrators. For both administrators
and users, it functions as a getting started guide.
This manual describes the web user interface and provides instructions on common uses and best practices for users.
It also provides the basic setup, installation and management practices for administrators. For both administrators
and users, it functions as a getting started guide.
Monitor monitors tools with licenses using live sampling and debug logs for denials, and it monitors tools with no licenses
using wrapper scrips and a monitoring agent.
This section explains how to use Monitor to answer common questions. In most cases, there isn’t one answer to a question. Some investigation is required.
Monitor has many views and reports, and this section details all of them. It is designed as a reference, so when you generate
a report, you will understand all its parameters.
Altair Monitor is a software license tracking tool that reports current and historical license utilization. The license managers
that Monitor supports includes FlexNet Publisher, Reprise, LUM, and many others. The primary user interface for accessing Monitor is a web interface.
This manual describes the web user interface and provides instructions on common uses and best practices for users.
It also provides the basic setup, installation and management practices for administrators. For both administrators
and users, it functions as a getting started guide.
If no historical data is being displayed, check the following items and take the
recommended steps.
If the installation is new, it will take at least one hour for the database to
be loaded with data by default. Wait the appropriate amount of time.
If viewing either the Daily Statistics or Daily Plots page under the
History tab, the summarized data in these reports is
built overnight, so you will not see data for the current day.
Otherise, perform the following checks:
Verify that the license is visible and valid. Go to the
Admin tab, and select the
Licensing option.
If your license is valid, it should display. Figure 1. Licensing Page
Verify that the vovdbd daemon is running. Go to the
Admin tab, and select
Daemons.
If the page shows that vovbd is not running because
it is down, then click the refresh button.
Figure 2. Daemons
Verify that the database is running. To do so, go to the
Admin tab, and select the System > Database Information option.
If it’s not running, then verify that the
live_load_checkouts task script exists in the
licmon.swd/tasks directory.