The Premier Software Usage Analysis
and Reporting Toolset
LT-Live Community :
A New Software-Publisher / Customer Relationship Paradigm
LT-Live : Product Overview
web based tool to monitor active license usage
works with Flex and Reprise license servers
– built on top of lmstat and rlmstat
single web interface to all license servers:
– server and daemon status for administrators
– license availability and current user sessions
– shares user model and feature model with
LT-Analyzer
• facilitates specific and powerful queries
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LT-Live : Product Benefits
improved license server performance
– controlled lmstats by an LT-LiveAgent vs.
uncontrolled user lmstats by 100s or 1000s of users
enhanced comprehension of current license usage
– web GUI vs text console simplifies data
consumption
powerful query capabilities
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single feature or daemon across multiple servers
business unit activity
single user on all servers
all daemons on a single server
similar features from different vendors
etc., etc., etc.
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How does LT-Live Work?
1.
2.
System Configuration
A system administrator uses the LT-Live Config
tool to initialize the agents and collector(s).
Config
Files
Collect Server Status
LT-Live Agents interact with one or more license
servers gathering usage data locally for optimal
performance.
The LT-Live Web server interacts with multiple
LT-Live Agents collecting their data into a webserver based repository.
An enterprise may have multiple globally
dispersed LT-Live Web servers to improve query
performance.
3.
LT-Live
Config
End-user and Administrator Queries
The license availability, current sessions and
server status information is then available through
a web browser.
LT-Live
Agent
License
Daemon
LT-Live
Web
Web Browsers
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LT-Live Community : The Concept
LTI will provide a quality software product to the end user
community at a fraction of its value
in return for shared development and support moving forward
annual membership in the LT-Live Community will cost $500
all members will have access to:
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the LT-Live binaries, and
the LT-Live areas on the LT-PremiumAssist technical support website
(discussion forums and webinars)
future development will be dependent on sufficient member willingness to
participate in development, testing and support activities
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these members will be provided with access to source code
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LT-Live Community : Composition
License Tracker Inc.
LT-PremiumAssist website, Chairing Committees
Binary Users
Participating Members
Active on Committees
• vast majority of members, 90% +
• downloading and running binaries only
• learning through LT-PremiumAssist User Forum and Webinars
• contributing back by sharing experience and knowledge in User Forum
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LT-Live Community : Committee Structure
Steering Committee
• defining community structure & operations
• active member assignment & coordination
Support & Training
• release planning & coordination
2
Bug Fixing
Test Co-ordination
Development
• forum moderation
• capability research
• webinar
development
• feature development
• technology tracking
• webinar leading
6+
2
1
Testers
6+
7+
Numbers indicate estimate of required participating members to work with LTI.
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LT-Live Community : Membership Goals
August - October 2013; preparation and evaluations
– license refinement and shared code packaging
– 20 - 30 people in evaluations
ultimately, grow community to 500 - 1,000 members
– 5 - 10% willing to be participating members
– 20 - 30 active at a time
Year
New Members
Participating Members
2013
10 - 20
90 - 100%
2014
50
20%
2015 +
100
5 - 10%
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“You can only optimize what you understand…
Rick Ingram
[email protected]
…and you can only understand what you track!”
www.licensetracker.ca