Manually creating FLEXnet license usage reports

The usage utility allows you to generate CSV-formatted reports detailing the usage of Abaqus licenses. Two types of usage reports are generated: summary usage reports and daily usage reports. Summary usage reports provide usage information for each Abaqus license feature subtotaled by user location or individual user. Summary usage reports list the total number of licenses requested, number of licenses granted, number of licenses denied, and total hours of license usage within a specified period. Daily usage reports list the peak and average number of analysis and Abaqus/CAE license tokens checked out on each day within a specified period. Daily usage reports provide aggregate data for all users and locations.

The license usage reports calculate token usage to two significant figures. If the total hours of license usage (in a summary report) or the average number of tokens checked out (in a daily report) is less than 0.005, the usage report lists these values as zero.

If the FLEXnet debug log file (or log files) is located on a remote server, you must copy it to a directory that is accessible to the local computer before running the usage utility.

Syntax and Options

abaqus licensing usage {-summary report_file | -daily report_file} [-nouser] -log {debug_log_file | debug_log_directory} [-start start_date] [-end end_date]

-summary

Use this option to create a report summarizing usage of each license feature by user or location. The report is written to the path and file name specified by report_file.

-daily

Use this option to create a report providing peak and average daily usage of analysis and Abaqus/CAE license tokens. The report is written to the path and file name specified by report_file.

-nouser

This option suppresses usage data about individual users in a summary report. It reports aggregate data for the entire license server. If the computer_location environment file parameter is set, it also reports aggregate data for each location. This option has no effect when used in conjunction with the -daily option; daily reports do not include information about individual users or locations.

-log

Use this option to specify the path to the debug log file or to a directory that includes multiple debug log files; the utility reviews all log files located in the specified path for usage data within the specified reporting period.

-start

Use this option to specify the starting date and time for the reporting period. If the -start option is not specified, the reporting period begins with the oldest recorded item in the debug log files. The date and time must be entered in the following format:

dd-mmm-yyyy[_hh[:mm[:ss]]]

For example, -start 01-jan-2008_09:00:00 indicates a starting time of 9:00 AM on January 1, 2008. Specifying a time is optional; the default start time is 00:00:00. If the time is specified, the hour field (hh) must be entered in 24-hour format.

-end

Use this option to specify the ending date and time for the reporting period. If the -end option is not specified, the reporting period ends with the most recent recorded item in the debug log files. The date and time must be entered in the following format:

dd-mmm-yyyy[_hh[:mm[:ss]]]

For example, -end 31-mar-2008_18:00:00 indicates an ending time of 6:00 PM on March 31, 2008. Specifying a time is optional; the default end time is 23:59:59. If the time is specified, the hour field (hh) must be entered in 24-hour format.