Single-Master-Feature Product Mapping
To improve aggregation performance, you can define single-master-feature products, in cases where the product and feature meet specific criteria. You define the product-to-feature mapping—identifying the product’s single master feature—using the functionality available beneath the Planner tab.
Single-Master-Feature Product Criteria
In order to define single-master-feature products, the product and master feature must meet the following criteria:
| • | Only one feature (which serves as the “master” feature) can be assigned (mapped) to the product. |
| • | The single, master feature cannot be assigned to more than one product. The product to which it is mapped is the only product to which it can be mapped. (The feature cannot be shared among multiple products.) |
| • | The number of features (parallel running instances) per product license is 1: |
1 product license = 1 running feature instance
As a result of defining single-master-feature products, you can significantly improve the aggregation performance of FlexNet Manager for Engineering Applications. The performance gain is dependent upon the number of single-master-feature products in your environment, but can be up to 50–70 percent for environments with a high percentage of single-master-feature products.
Important:This functionality does not apply to any features served by the vendor daemon ibmratl.
Defining a Single-Master-Feature Product
To define a single-master-feature product, map the master feature to the product.
To define a single-master-feature product:
| 1. | Create a product (if it does not already exist in FlexNet Manager for Engineering Applications). See Adding Products for information. |
| 2. | Add the master feature to the product. See Adding Features to Products for information. |
Important:As noted in the Single-Master-Feature Product Criteria, this product cannot have any other assigned features, and the master feature cannot be assigned to any other products. In addition, one product license = one running feature instance.
See Also