Using FLEXadmin for Software Usage Monitoring

John R. Dozsa
SyCom Services Inc.
john_r_dozsa@mail.northgrum.com
410-765-1875

This paper describes using Globetrotter Software's FLEXadmin 2.0 and public domain conversion utilities for monitoring a large number of FLEXlm licensed software engineering applications. End user viewing is via a Web browser accessible Intranet and Adobe Acrobat. The following topics are described: Mentor Graphics FLEXlm license brokering overview Configuring FLEXlm for license reporting Special considerations for redundant license servers Running FLEXadmin from a command line script Using Ghostscript for Postscript to Acrobat conversions License usage pattern observations and implications

Bio:
John R. Dozsa is an Engineer at SyCom Services Inc., Elkridge, MD. SyCom Services is under contract to Northrop Grumman, Electronic Systems & Sensors Division, Linthicum, MD. John has a B.S.E.E. from Lafayette College. His responsibilities include license administration and integration of Mentor software with other engineering applications.