Installation & Setup

• Windows or Linux (Server, VM or cloud)
• Easy to install (< 1 hour)
• On-site implementation services (2 or 3 days)
• Intuitive User interface
• Autostart all Services
• On-line HELP with linked TOC
• Linux CentOS image vdi/vmdk complete install
• Single Sign-on compatible
• Active Directory integration

Automatic Alerts

• License Available
• Renewal Expiration Alert to “Responsible Person Only” option
• Long check-out
• Long check-out with Warning Letter
• Near Capacity alert
• At Capacity alert
• Daemon-down alert
• Expiration alert
• User-definable alert frequency
• Duplicate License Checkout alert
• Denials threshold
• License Expiration Alerts with “expired Licenses” option
• Renewal Expiration

Usage Monitoring

• Variable CRON Interval
• CRON status lights
• Comprehensive User Activity
• All or only selected Features
• Realtime view of License file (features and expiration dates)
• History Graph by feature / tool / user
• Feature Name Aliasing (on-line or off-line)
• Combined-feature Table (shows usage by User across multiple license servers)
• Multiple-feature’ report (multiple features, same port@host)
• Variable CRON Interval
• CRON status lights
• Comprehensive Averages Overview, M-F only
• History by User

Current Checkouts

• Overview (color-coded)
• Queued Licenses in Current Overview
• Real-time “gas gauges”
• By User
• # times at “max. checkout”
• Restricted URL access to current license checkouts
• Detail by Tool/Feature
• Comprehensive Usage report (short checkouts)
• “Heatmap” (24×7 usage patterns)
• Dynamic “path” checking for Debug Logs
• LMREMOVE (Current Checkout Details)

Asset Management

• Centralize, protect, and share information
• Contract/Document Management
• Contact Management
• Inventory by:
  • Vendor
  • License Type
  • Restriction
  • Responsible Person
  • Discipline
  • Renewal date
• Current License Inventory report with total License count by Tool
• Track license by
  • port@host
  • License file
• “FlexParser” used to view License File
• Import Template for Licenses, Vendors, Servers
• Auto Renewal Expiration Alert

Concurrency Reports

• 24×7 (% at each level) M-F, 8-5
• Variable time period

Zero-Usage Reports

• By single Tag
• All Tags
• Gas gauge view with option to show Zero use

Batch Reports

• Weekly, monthly, quarterly and YTD time periods
• Custom time periods
• Folder or e-mail delivery (multiple e-mail address)
• Expanded Active Directory fields for Batch exports
• “Test” Batch Report button
• All feature Detail by Tag – Tables

On-Demand Reports

• URL created report
• Favorite (Browser and “Favorites” Tab)
• User Dashboard

Averages Report

• Total usage time
• Average checkout time
• Average number of users

Chargeback Report

• By User
• By Group
• Cost Field for allocation of cost in UM Charge back Reports

Denials By

• Heatmap
• Detail export to Excel
• Feature report
• Tag report
• User report
• DSLS denials report

Database Management

• Automatic database Backup
• Restore Backup
• Truncation and Archive
• DB reduction Procedure (remove 0’s)
• Auto DB reduction

Daemon Manager

• Capture and store daemon information
• Deploy, start, stop Flex daemons
• Read, edit, reread License files
• Read, edit, reread Option files with Syntax check

Interfaces

• Excel in / out
• Generic usage import
• JSON (Tableau)
• FNM data import

Licenses

• Borrowed
• Reserved

Custom Software

• Ability to customize (NRE)*
• Custom node-locked monitoring agent*

Tables

• Export to Excel
• Can be sorted (by column heading)
• Can be “filtered”
• Batch: All feature Detail by Tag – Tables
• Combined-feature’ Table (shows usage by User across mulitple license servers)

Others

• Heatmap (24×7 usage patterns)
• Dynamic “path” checking for Debug Logs
• MSC CAMPUS sub-feature reporting
• Token Sum reporting for sub-features
• Comprehensive Usage (short checkouts)
• CRON status lights
• Methodology “best practices” training
• “Change IP” script