Summary for Patch 1641 (Verified)

Summary Fix for LicenseStatusConverter slow data processing and misconfiguration
Platform Windows
Category bugfix
Valid for 6.4.x, 6.5.0.x, 6.5.1.14
Requires 1557, 6.4.0.9: 1443
Client Required Patch/es
Supersedes 1608, 1447, 1405, 1596, 1515, 1444, 1425, 1413, 1329, 1314, 1203
Superseded by
Affects Server: Core
Last Updated July 22, 2019

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Description

This patch updates LicenseStatusConverter to fix the problem where LicenseStatusConverter is slow to
process license status data.

This patch also fix the misconfiguration on LicenseStatusConverter causing license monitor software
id to feature name mapping, available license mapping and execution to fail.

NOTE: Required RAM for the patch to work as intended is 16 GB (in line with the minimum server
specification requirements).

Supersedes Patch Description

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Patch 1608 — Fix for LicenseStatusConverter crashing due to MSVCR80.dll
This patch updates openit_licensestatusconverter.exe to fix the problem where LicenseStatusConverter
crashes because of MSVCR80.dll, which is usually present in Windows Server operating systems.
Patch 1447 — Fix for license status data not getting loaded into AS
This patch updates LicenseStatusConverter to fix the issue where the license status data could not
get loaded into the Analysis Server due to features without entry data.

NOTE: This patch is only valid for AS versions 6.4.x.169 and 6.5.x.40 and later.
Patch 1405 — Fix for License Monitor's inconsistent product mapping values.
General Description:

Fix for License Monitor's inconsistent product mapping values.  

Detailed Description:

This patch contains the fix for License Monitor's inconsistent available license and license usage
when product mapping is used.  The root of the issue is in the License Status Converter application,
it doesn't include some features when using product mapping causing the inconsistency of the data in
License Monitor. This patch fixes this issue in License Status Converter application.
Patch 1596 — Fix for crashing LicenseStatusConverter when mapping features to products
This patch updates openit_licensestatusconverter to fix the issue where LicenseStatusConverter hangs
when mapping features to products after installing patch 1572.
Patch 1515 — Fix for handling multiple Product Daemons in LicenseStatusConverter
This patch updates openit_licensestatusconverter.exe to properly handle multiple product daemons in
the license status file, this allows all product daemons to have their corresponding features
correctly.
Patch 1444 — LicenseStatusConverter Support for Offline and Activated Licenses
General Description:
Added support for offline licenses in LicenseStatusConverter. The offline licenses can be viewed in
the License Monitor.

Detailed Description:
This patch updates openit_licensestatusconverter binary to support offline licenses in the License
Monitor.

NOTE: PATCH 1454 FOR WINDOWS OR PATCH 2080 FOR UNIX IS REQUIRED TO BE INSTALLED ON CLIENT MACHINES
Patch 1425 — LicenseStatusConverter support for null Handle column value
General Description:
This patch fixes the issue in the Analysis Server wherein no data is displayed for the LM servers
whose license status files have null values for the Handle column in a FEATURE entry.

Detailed Description:
Upon parsing the raw license status files, if LicenseStatusConverter encounters an entry which has
null value for the Handle column (6th column in an entry line under a FEATURE block), the Handle
value is written as a '0' in the license status file in the database directory.
Patch 1413 — LicenseStatusConverter patch to handle server/daemon status in license status file
General Description:
This patch updates the LicenseStatusConverter to properly handle server/daemon status in license
status file, particularly FlexLM (lmgrd).

Detailed Description:
LicenseStatusConverter currently doesn't handle server/daemon status. This patch updates
openit_licensestatusconverter.exe binary to enable this functionality.
Patch 1329 — LicenseStatusConverter patch to handle server/daemon status in license status file
General Description:
This patch will update LicenseStatusConverter to properly handle server/daemon status in license
status file particularly FlexLM (lmgrd).

Detailed Description:
LicenseStatusConverter currently doesn't handle server/daemon status. This patch updates
openit_licensestatusconverter.exe binary to enable this functionality.

NOTE: patch 1321 or 989 is required to be installed in client machines for this functionality to
work.
Patch 1314 — Fix for LicenseStatusConverter product mapping
General Description:
This patch fixes the problem on combining features of LicenseStatusConverter when product mapping.

Detailed Description:
LicenseStatusConverter combines features that have the same name regardless of feature version and
expiry. The installation of this patch fixes the problem by updating
openit_licensestatusconverter.exe. Licensestatus converter should now separate features that has the
same name but different feature version and expiry, but still adds all license count and usage
across the same feature names.
Patch 1203 — Fix for License Status Converter
This patch includes fix to update license_status.xml even when there is no input from license_status
directory.

Installation

Unpack the zip file anywhere on the machine to patch.
Run install.exe to start the installation.
Once the patch has been installed, you may delete the unpacked directory.

NOTE: The patch must be installed by a user with administrator rights.

Corresponding Unix Patches

No corresponding Patches available.



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