Find the version of the vendor daemon. To find the version of a vendor
daemon, start lmtools, the FLEXlm utility. Select the Utilities tab where you
can find the version of FLEXlm that is built into a file. Enter or browse to the
vendor daemon and click the Find Version button. The FLEXlm version will
be displayed at the bottom of the lmtools window.
lmswitchr is found in the lmtools interface. Check the version of lmtools (and
therefore lmswitchr ) by selecting Help
➤
About.
Rotating a Report Log with lmswitchr
This method of rotating a report log is recommended if you are not using
SAMsuite.
1
Start lmtools. In the Service/License File tab, select the license server
whose report log you want to rotate. Click the Switch Report Log tab.
Type the Vendor Name and the New Report Location. Be sure to specify
a new file name (do not reuse the old file name) for the new report log.
Click the Switch Report Log button.
2
Edit the options file with the new report log path and file name. If the
license server goes down and comes back up, the vendor daemon will
read its options file and will continue to write to the new report log. For
redundant license servers, update each of the three options files.
3
Move the closed report log to where it can be accessed for reporting and
storage. You will move one report log for a single license server and up
to three report logs for a redundant license server.
4
Eventually you will not need to run reports on some of your old report
logs. Those report logs can be compressed and archived to a location
that does not necessarily need to be accessed by SAMreport-Lite.
Avoiding Corruption in Report Logs
Flexlm has been improved from version to version to make report logging
more robust. Nevertheless, particularly in older versions of the vendor daemon,
corruption can occur in the report log.
Follow these guidelines to avoid corrupt report log files:
■
Run your license servers with the latest available versions of lmgrd and
your vendor daemons. Newer versions provide bug fixes and enhanced
behavior. Regularly visit GLOBEtrotter’s website to check for the latest
versions of lmgrd and lmutil : http://www.Macrovision.com/lmgrd.htm. Check
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