Summary for Patch 537 rev2 (Verified)

Version 5.2.2.1

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Summary New processing of flexlog2 by flab and filtrator
Platform Unix
Category bugfix
Requires
Client Required Patch/es
Supersedes 533, 528, 527, 518, 516, 513, 512, 506, 505, 503, 499
Superseded by 553 : Verified / Not hidden
Affects Server: License Analyzer
Last Updated October 12, 2016

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Description

flab and filtrator has been rewritten to share the processing of
FLEXlm debug log data (flexlog2) differently. This is done mainly for
simplifying maintenance.

After installation, the old FLAB files in the archive must be removed
and the flab must be run for the affected period. Please proceed as
follows (as openit user):

cd $ARCHIVE_DIR/license
find flexpoller -name "*FLAB*" | xargs rm
/opt/openit/bin/flab -c /var/opt/openit/etc/daft.conf <start> <end>

$ARCHIVE_DIR can be found in /etc/opt/openit/openit.cfg
<start> and <end> has format YYYY-MM-DD

Supersedes Patch Description

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Patch 533 — Fix forcelower options for FLEXlm debug log based data
Filtrator now correctly processes FLEXlm debug log data when the
case-sensitity options (username-forcelower and hostname-forcelower)
are set to "true".
Patch 528 — filtrator ingoring flexpoller conflicts
Filtrator can now ignore flexpoller events that might conflict with
usage events from the FLEXlm debug log.

When to ignore, is set with:

ignore-flexpoller-usage(String)="<value>"{}

The <value> can be:

   <value>  = Never ignore
   period = Ignore when debug events occur within the poll period
   always = Always ignore
Patch 527 — flab fix on server shutdown detection
FLAB: A bug resulted in false detection of license server shutdown,
causing some license usage to be dropped.
Patch 518 — filtrator and flab update
flab now accepts the option "-d <prod-list>", where
<prod-list> is a comma separated list (without space) with names
of products. Old flab data for these products will be deleted.

filtrator will now reset all licenses in use to zero when a "SHUTDOWN
request" is read from the flexlog file.
Patch 516 — filtrator fix
Fixed bug causing events at 0:00:00 to be counted twice.
License clients, flexlogcollector.
Patch 513 — filtrator fix
Sometimes when filtrator processed OUT + IN usage across GMT midnight,
data could be missing. This has now been fixed for these platforms:

NOTE: The AIX4.2 binary will not be included.
Patch 512 — filtrator fix
When processing FLEXlm debug data, a weakness in the sorting algorithm
caused certain events to occur out of order, resulting in incorrect
usage reported. This has now been fixed.

NOTE: The AIX4.2 binary does not support FLEXnet debug log data.
Patch 506 — filtrator fix for flexpoller/flab data
Will now include debug events occurring after license server startup
but prior to first flexpoller/flab event. (These debug events would
previously be ignored.)
Patch 505 — filtrator mapping fix
Corrected mapping to local time in stead of GMT.
Patch 503 — flab fix
Fixed bug in FlexLog Archive Builder which sometimes caused usage to
be lost when license daemon was shut down.
Patch 499 — Fixes bugs in filtrator: prime time
Fixes bug in prime time correction of licpoll data in filtrator.

Installation

Unpack tar file in e.g /tmp/patch on the Open iT server. Do the 
following as root:

  cd /tmp/patch
  ./patch.pl

Corresponding Windows Patches

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