Wednesday, March 19, 2008

The new 1.5.0 version of OpenLM offers many new features


New features for any FLEXlm managed software (Available in OpenLM Utilizer)

Ability to work with unlimited FLEXlm servers - including servers in different timezones.

Support for FLEXlm redundant server configuration (three or five FLEXlm that work together).

Significant performance improvements in OpenLM EasyAdmin.

Ability to connect OpenLM server to Active Directory, in order to display additional user's information.
Ability to hide the OpemLM Agent from the users by the systems administrator.
Actual product name in the "license usage information" and EasyAdmin, instead of the name that FLEXlm has given the software.
Ability to "Filter" licenses list in the EasyAdmin - very useful for large organizations with considerable amount of licenses.
Option to avoid license information refresh at each query - important for big organizations with numerous amount of licenses.
Option to limit user access, and deny the ability to query license status information for specific servers.
OpenLM Agent displays the software version of the Agent and OpenLM Server.
OpenLM Server version is displayed in the Configuration Form title bar.

New "user activity" report allow you to query activity for each user/feature combination.

If you bill projects for software usage you can now use EasyAdmin to get the billing report.



New features dedicated to OpenLM for ESRI ArcGIS


OpenLM Agent can now recognize network file system permissions, and can avoid from trying to save RO documents.
A new tool is prompting the user to release unused extensions.
Ability to exclude folders, so documents in excluded folders will not be saved by OpenLM.
Ability to control IO and CPU usage levels, which are used to determine if software is active or none active.

OpenLM 1.5.0 support FLEXnet redundant server configuration

What is a redundant server configuration with FLEXnet?

A redundant server is used in order to insure the availability of floating licenses, in the event of a system crash. Redundant server configuration is created with a minimum of three servers. For as long as at least two servers are working, licenses will remain available to users. If only one server functions, licenses will not be available since a "Quorum" of at least two is required.

How do I set a redundant server configuration?

You need to ask your software vendor to supply you three license files with the same features, one for each machine.

Is there an alternative configuration?

Yes, you can split up your licenses between multiple independent servers. In this case the software will use licenses from any available license server. The disadvantage of this configuration is that your efficiency will decrease. Also, if one server goes down, the total amount of licenses available will decrease according to the number of licenses on that server.

How can I configure OpenLM server to work with redundant server configuration?

Just add all the three redundant servers to OpenLM monitoring list, by using the OpenLM server configuration form. OpenLM will monitor all three servers and continue to work even if one of the servers will crash. OpenLM server will know to collect your license statistics as if you operated a single license server.