FlexNet Publisher

FLEXlm is a license management software according to the concurrent user licensing model. It is mainly used in corporate networks to provide licenses for a large number of users requiring licensing software ( floating or network licenses).

Computer software can be licensed in a number of ways and this licensing are monitored with a license manager software. A license to operate a Software on a specified computer is referred to in the FLEXlm software as a node-locked, it allows the use of the Software on a single computer, a node or node, a well-defined computer in a computer network. The use of such a license is tied to exactly this computer.

Alternatively, a company may also acquire a certain amount of floating licenses, which are dynamically assigned to the machine or the user of the software. In use, the license to the license manager software is marked as occupied, they will then be in status checked -out. If use of the Software is terminated, the license is marked as available for free and is therefore in the status checked - in. In this way a company can restrict the purchase of for example 50 licenses and put on a far larger number of computers occasional users, the software is available, although not more than 50 users can use the software simultaneously.

The FLEXlm software supports both licensing models, the floating licenses and the node-locked licenses. Prerequisite for this is that the computer on which the license is to be used on the computer network has a connection to the license server. The license server can also be represented by more than server -functioning computer, the quasi- represented in the absence on failure of one of the participating hosts.

The software is generally used for license management for electronic design automation software on computers running the Unix operating system.

The FLEXlm software was originally developed by the company Globetrotter and sometimes marketed through the company's Highland software. Later Globetrotter took over the marketing rights again until the company was acquired by Macrovision, which renamed the software in FLEXnet, and FLEXnet marketed under the name of publisher. 2008 in turn sold Macrovision business software division, which was first called Acresso Software. The sale included FLEXnet et al. In October 2009, Acresso Software renamed in Flexera Software.

Additional software

  • JTB Flexreport is an application software from JTB World, the reports created as graphics and HTML format as well as database reports on the license of the software products that use the FLEXnet or FLEXlm license mechanism.
  • X - Formation is the manufacturer of a license management software that extends the use of FLEXlm / FLEXnet, LM -X, IBM LUM and Sentinel LM. These software tools include a license statistics software through real-time generated graphics offers a cost-effective solution for analysis of the license, an operable by the user query software and the presentation in HTML format, which user is using which license and which license extension. With the license statistics software can also put together your own query options.
  • Opti License is a software that connects to the license server and records the license for any application software. The recorded data are placed in a database and can be output in a variety of graphical and text reports. Opti License is a simple, intuitive software that allows you to monitor license usage and less trained people and increases the productivity of CAE and EDA departments.
  • Open iT is a software solution for measuring and evaluating the license, which was designed to provide advanced users and in complex organizations most flexible and powerful reporting tools for FLEXlm, IBM LUM, Sentinel / Abaqus / Elan, RLM and other license manager. The benefits include a comprehensive, global reporting, cost allocation and billing according to usage and the ability to distinguish between active and non-active license to discriminate and, where appropriate automatically release unused licenses. Furthermore, additional modules allow a monitoring of stand-alone or web applications in order to obtain a comprehensive overview of the global use of the software licenses.
  • PhpLicenseWatcher is an open -source program for monitoring and evaluation of flexlm ( and LUM ) license server
  • Incharge is a professional application that enables one to all licenses of a company, which by FLEXnet, IBM LUM, or (eg Dassault Systèmes (CATIA, SolidWorks ), Siemens PLM Software (Siemens NX, Solid Edge ), Pro / Engineer, Adobe, Autodesk (AutoCAD, Inventor ) ) be managed centrally monitor. One can see from one workstation the information of all servers and statistical characteristics - such as license usage - monitor.
  • OpenLM makes it possible to use the software, centrally record licenses of a company by the license manager as FlexNet (formerly FLEXlm ), IBM LUM, Sentinel RMS, Sentinel HASP, RLM and others are managed; for example: ArcGIS (ESRI ), CATIA ( Dassault Systems ), NX, Teamcenter (Siemens PLM Software ( Unigraphics ) ), Creo Elements / Pro, Pro / Engineer ( PTC), AutoCAD ( AutoDesk ). This information can be used with OpenLM to use the Licensed Software with respect to the factors' productivity - Costs - Compliance " to optimize. OpenLM is represented in Germany and Austria by the SECOPTENA GmbH.
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