Monitoring License Consumption
OpenLink's License Manager technology provides a sophisticated and easy to use License statistics and monitoring facility. This page introduces you to that facility and provides alternative techniques for versions of the software that do not contain it.
Monitor OpenLink 6.x+ License Usage
Multi-Tier
The OpenLink HTTP based Admin Assistant ships with the Multi-Tier Request Broker. It provides a License statistics page that displays details of the licenses in use on a given machine.
Use the following instructions to access the Licensing section of the Admin Assistant:
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Open a Web browser.
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Open the Multi-Tier Admin Assistant.
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Expand the Server Components Administration menu.
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Expand the General Request Broker Information menu.
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Click *View Server's License Information*.
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Login using your Admin Assistant userid and password.
Both fields default to admin.
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Click on the details link to obtain additional information about a specific license:
Note: These pages display the number of processor cores that the License Manager detects on the host machine.
Single-Tier
The HTTP-based OpenLink ODBC Administrator ships with Unix Single-Tier drivers. It provides a License statistics page that displays details of the licenses in use on a given machine.
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Open a Web browser.
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Open the HTTP-based OpenLink ODBC Administrator.
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Expand the Client Components Administration menu.
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Click View OpenLink Client License Information.
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Login using your Administrator userid and password.
Both fields default to admin.
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Click on the details link to obtain additional information about a specific license:
Note: These pages display the number of processor cores the License Manager detects on the host machine.
Monitor OpenLink 1.x-5.x License Usage
Multi-Tier
OpenLink's Multi-Tier drivers can display basic information about database agent activity from which license usage can be inferred. The oplshut utility ships with all Request Broker binaries regardless of operating system. oplshut can be run with the -s or +show flags to display the number of active database agents. Each active agent is associated with one database session and one "concurrent connection." The following illustration shows two PostgreSQL agents (pgr7) connections.
License usage can be monitored through use of a database native session monitor or clientside ODBC tracing. OpenLink Product Support can provide additional information, as needed.
Single-Tier
OpenLink's early Single-Tier drivers do not provide a license monitoring utility. License usage can be monitored through use of a database native session monitor or clientside ODBC tracing. OpenLink Product Support can provide additional information, as needed.