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.
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 unlicensed tools. The primary user interface for accessing Monitor is a web interface.
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.
How do I Know if a User is Hogging All the Licenses? (Admin)
Check the Home Page & Current Utilization
Go to the Current tab and review the utilization statistics.
This report shows features, which are being used and which may be saturated.
Saturated features are shown in red. Figure 1. Current Utilization Overview
Click on any of the features, which will open the Current
Checkouts page, which shows who is using that feature and for how
long.
Check the Current Checkouts Page
Check to see if a user is dominating the license feature. In this case integ is using
most of the licenses. You can email that user by clicking on the email icon. Figure 2. Current Checkouts
Check the History Page and View a Checkout Statistics Report
To look more closely at a user, go the History menu and view a
Checkout Statistics Report. That report shows who has
historically used a license. You can sort the report by a user by making a selection
in the User filter. Or you can generate a new report by
selecting a user or license feature and clicking Apply and then
clicking Submit. Figure 3. Current Checkout Statistics Report