License Monitor

The License Monitor tool is accessed from the OpenSpirit Desktop by clicking the License Monitor tool bar icon LicenseMonitorIcon.gif in the Administrator tool bar, or by choosing the Tools > Administrator > License Monitor menu item. The License Monitor tool is used to view the features that are available in your OpenSpirit license and to monitor their usage. The License Monitor can also be used to force check in licenses when running the OpenSpirit Desktop in admin mode.

Tip: The license path shown at the top of the License Monitor tool is a configuration setting of your OpenSpirit master installation. The License Monitor tool displays the license path but cannot be used to modify the license path. The Install Config Manager tool is used to modify the OpenSpirit master installation's license path setting.

The License Monitor tool connects to the OpenSpirit Flexlm license daemon when it is first displayed to retrieve the current license information. This can take from a few seconds to a few minutes depending on how many license features there are in your OpenSpirit license file and depending on how many users have licenses checked out. A progress window appears while the loading is underway. Pressing the Run in Background button dismisses the progress dialog enabling you to view the license information in the License Monitor as it is read from the license daemon.

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You may begin interacting with the License Monitor tool once the license information has been obtained from the license daemon. Pressing the refresh icon RefreshIcon.gif causes the License Monitor to request the license information from the license daemon again resulting in the progress dialog to be redisplayed. Select the Always run in background option on the progress dialog to prevent it from popping up each time a refresh is performed.

The License Monitor tool provides a license feature-oriented view and a user-oriented view of your OpenSpirit license features. Both views provide the same information, it is just organized differently.

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