Install and Configure – Applications Manager – HT830

Install and Configure – Applications Manager

1. Install OpenLM Applications Manager

• Make sure you have a single OpenLM Server installation on a central network server.
• Download the latest version of “OpenLM Applications Manager”.
• Place the installation file on a central network server.
• Double click the downloaded installation file.
• Click “Next-Next” and approve the terms and conditions.
• Input your OpenLM Server hostname and port when promped.
• Select path and JRE when promped.
• Finish when finished installing.
• Install OpenLM Agent on the end-user workstations –> Input OpenLM Server hostname under the tab General –> Input the OpenLM Applications Manager’s hostname under the tab OpenLM Applications Manager.
• Click Apply and close the Agent configuration interface.
• install OpenLM Broker on the same server as the Applications Manager.
• Open up the OpenLM Broker Configuration tool –> Click Detect
• Under OpenLM Servers tab –> Click Add OpenLM Server –> Input the OpenLM Server’s hostname.
• Click Apply –> Click Restart Broker.
• Go to the server holding OpenLM Server –> search for the OpenLM Server tool –>Click Add.
  • Type –> Select OpenLM Applications Manager from the drop-down.
  • Description –> Input a descriptive name.
  • Time Zone –> Select the time zone on the license server.
  • Hostname –> Hostname of the server holding Application Manager.
  • Port –> 27080 by default.
• Click Apply –> Close the tool.

2. Configure OpenLM Applications Manager

• Go to the server holding OpenLM Server –> OpenLM User Interface –> Click Start –> Select Administration–> Click on OpenLM Applicaitons Manager.
• Under Applications –> click Add –> Select Tracking Type (Process/File/Folder depending on the method you want to monitor the application by.)
  • Applications Name – Descriptive name for the monitored application.
  • Process Name – Input the process name of the application(Like “acad”, “java” etc.)
  • File Path – Input the path to the executible file of the application(Like “C:\Program Files (x86)\Notepad++\notepad++.exe”)
  • Folder Path – Input the path to the folder containing the application (Like “C:\Program Files (x86)\Notepad++\”)
  • Description – Full description of the application.
  • Vendor – Input the name of vendor who published the application (Like adskflex, MLM, ESRI etc.)
  • Version – Input the application’s version if required to differentiate between several versions.
  • Parameters -Input application parameters in order to differentiate between several similar applications.
  • Enabled – Enable monitoring of this application.
  • Limit – Input the amount of application licenses you have for this (Optional).
  • License Return Policy – Define which return policy you’d prefer to use for this application.
  • License Consumption Policy – Define which consumption policy you’d prefer to use for this application.
  • Click Save.
• Click Filter Vendors.
• Select a vendor in order to hide its floating license usage from the applications manager (only show named / node-locked / standalone licenses if required).
• Click Save.
• Click License consumption Rules –> click New Rule –>name the new rule.
• Click New Condition –> Input Argument –> Input Operation.
• Click the checkbox of the condition to select it.
• Change the Actions to allow or deny license checkouts according to that rule.
• (Optional) Double click on Allow or Deny –> fill in your custom script under Script –> Select Service under Run At.
• Click Save.
• Continue with configuring other OpenLM Extensions.
• See the Reports of OpenLM.
• Also see full documentation.