Compress (application usage component)

IT Asset Management (Cloud)

Command line | Registry

Compress specifies whether or not application usage data files are compressed before being uploaded through your inventory beacon(s) to the administration server for inclusion, initially, in the inventory database:

• When set to True, the usage component uses gzip to compress the application usage data file for upload, and the file name format is deviceName at timestamp.mmi.gz
• When set to False, the file is left uncompressed, and the file name format is deviceName at timestamp.mmi.

In the file names:

• deviceName is the computer name of the inventory device
• timestamp is the date and time when the .mmi file was saved.

The files are saved:

• On Windows devices, in C:\ProgramData\ManageSoft Corp\ManageSoft\Common\Uploads\UsageData
• On UNIX-like devices, in /var/opt/managesoft/uploads/UsageData.

The files are removed after a successful upload.

Values

Values / range

Boolean (true or false)

Default value

True

Example values

False

Command line

Tool

Application usage agent (mgsusageag)

Example

-o Compress=False

Registry

Installed by	Installation of FlexNet Inventory Agent, or manual configuration
Computer preference	[Registry]\ManageSoft\Usage Agent\CurrentVersion