Intended Audience
SAMreport-Lite
™
and this manual are intended for use by system
administrators, system analysts, and managers who use FLEXlm
®
license
management to produce usage reports for your software.
About This Manual
This manual is divided into five chapters and two appendixes:
■
“
Quick Start to SAMreport-Lite
” on page 1 provides quick instructions for
installing and using SAMreport-Lite. This chapter defines license
management and introduces SAMreport-Lite.
■
“
Basics of Generating a Report
” on page 11 contains instructions for
generating a Usage Summary report from the SAMreport-Lite interface.
■
“
Usage Summary Report
” on page 15 describes the Usage Summary report,
and describes how to arrange report output.
■
“
Report Input and Output
” on page 17 shows how to specify input files
and describes output formats.
■
“
Enabling and Managing Report Logs
” on page 23 provides guidelines for
enabling and managing report logs.
■
“
SAMreport-Lite Error Messages
” on page 29 lists some errors that you might
get while running SAMreport-Lite.
What is License Management?
License management is a set of technologies that monitors the use of software.
In some cases, it may also limit use of a product or record usage of a product.
Most software companies have legal agreements that detail the obligations of
the manufacturer and user to each other. These agreements are often referred
to as “licenses.” Some companies also include license management technology
to simplify the legal use of their products. Throughout this documentation,
the term “license” refers to a “token” obtained through some electronic
technology, not the legal agreement between a customer and a software vendor.
License management is embedded into a software product by the software
vendor.
8 | Chapter 2 Introduction
