Configuring and Managing Vendor Daemons

From the Configure and Manage Vendor Daemon page, you can specify settings (including vendor daemon group and report log rotation), add or edit an options file, and manage the vendor daemon (by starting or stopping it).

Required Permissions

Any FlexNet Manager for Engineering Applications user can view vendor daemon status and settings. To manage and configure a vendor daemon, however, a user must be assigned a role with the Manage Vendor Daemons permission.

To go to the Configure and Manage Vendor Daemon page:

1. From the Servers tab, under Vendor Daemons, click Vendor Daemon Summary.
2. Click the name of the vendor daemon you want to configure or manage. The Configure and Manage Vendor Daemon page is displayed.
3. The Vendor Daemon section contains the following information and settings.

Setting/Item

Description

Vendor Daemon Name

Name of the vendor daemon.

Vendor Daemon Group

Optional text field that can be used for sorting and searching on the Vendor Daemon Summary page.

License Server

Display name of the vendor daemon license server. (Click the license server display name to configure and manage the license server.)

Vendor Daemon Status

Shows whether the vendor daemon is up (running), down (not running), or whether the status is unknown.

Vendor Daemon Version

FlexNet Publisher version of the vendor daemon.

Edit Options File (button)

Click this button to edit the vendor daemon’s options file.
4. The Debug Log section shows the path to the vendor daemon’s debug log. Click the link to view the debug log content in the View Debug Log page. You can download the log file from the View Debug Log page.

Note:To change the debug log file location, specify it using the keyword DEBUGLOG in the options file. For more information on modifying the options file, see the FlexNet Publisher License Administration Guide (which is part of the FlexNet Publisher documentation set).

5. The Report Log section provides information about the report log file, which contains the usage information output for the vendor daemon.

Setting/Item

Description

Report Log Path

Shows the path to the report log file. If the “append to file” option is set in the options file, the notation “(Append to file)” is displayed.

Note:To change the report log file location, specify it using the keyword REPORTLOG in the options file. Precede the report log path with the + character to indicate that you want to append logging entries; otherwise, the report log file is overwritten each time the vendor daemon is started. For more information on modifying the options file, see the FlexNet Publisher License Administration Guide (which is part of the FlexNet Publisher documentation set).

Log Rotation Scheduling

Enable the rotation of the report log and specify the rotation schedule. The scheduling options are as follows:

• Not scheduled
• Every 30 seconds
• Every n minutes
• Hourly, at an offset that you specify, past every hour—for example, at 15 minutes past every hour
• Daily at a time that you specify, using the 24-hour clock
• On selected days of the week at a specified time, using the 24-hour clock
• Monthly on the first day of the month at a specified time, using the 24-hour clock
• Monthly on the 16th day of the month at a specified time, using the 24-hour clock
6. Click Save to save any configuration changes.

Managing Vendor Daemons

To manage the vendor daemon:

• Click the Start Daemon button to start this vendor daemon.
• Click the Stop Daemon button to shut down this vendor daemon.
• Click the Reread License Files button to have the vendor daemon reread all of its license files.
• Click the Rotate Report Log Now button to immediately rotate the vendor daemon’s report log.

See Also

FlexNetManaging License Servers, Vendor Daemons, and FlexNet Agents