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
In this example, you might click on Scouting. This will take
you to 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 ybourvon is
using most of scouting’s licenses. You might email that user to begin a discussion.
You can do so, by clicking on the email symbol. Figure 2. Current Checkouts
Check the History Page and View a Checkout Statistics Report
To look more closely at a user, go the History tab and view a
Checkout Statistics Report. That report shows who has historically used a license.
You can sort the report by a user by clicking on the User
column. Or you can generate a new report by selecting a user or license feature and
clicking Apply. Figure 3. Current Checkout Statistics Report