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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.
Installation
There are four different types of installations available for Monitor.
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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.
- Document Organization
  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.
- Theory of Operation
  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.
- Components
  All Altair Accelerator software products are based on a client/server architecture and have three main components: a server, daemons and taskers.
- Installation
  There are four different types of installations available for Monitor.
- First Steps
  We suggest as first steps that you check Monitor to be sure it’s running properly and then perform a few basic tasks to get a feel for the system.
- Common Questions and Basic Uses
  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.
- Using the Graphical User Interface
  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.
- Basic Operations and Setup (Admin Only)
  This section is organized into a series of instructions designed to guide you through the beginning steps of setting up your Monitor system.
- Troubleshooting
  Answers to common questions when using Monitor.
Altair Monitor User Guide
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.
Altair Monitor Administrator Guide

Register and Log In

If you are a new user, you must register and login to begin the installation.

Note: To download the product and proceed, you must have a customer account. Altair will need to approve your account to allow you to download any software.

To begin the installation process, register and login on the Altair web site.
Fill out the form and submit it.
You will receive a confirmation email.
Click on the link in the email and verify your address.
Log in to the website.