Conversion to 710G2 on OVMS 6.2 from 620E

[Chris Sharman]

>This week-end I plan to put a system online that I have converted to 710G2.
> We're currently on OVMS 6.2 on an Alpha. All our current Powerhouse
>applications are still in 620E, therefore we have never used the Flexlm
>license yet.  Any tips, hints???  

>I plan to monitor the license daemon Monday, using lmstat, to see the
>number and type of licenses used.  If all of the licenses run out, what
>happens?  We're trying to get the correct mix of licenses.  How have you
>guys analyzed your systems/users to get the correct number and type of
>licenses?  

If you run out, further attempts to connect fail.
There's also a known problem with over 50 users: sometimes the daemon hangs up,
and the only recovery method I know of is to kill the daemon (thereby killing
all existing PH users) and restart it. I personally have only seen it once, but
others have claimed more frequent problems. The workarounds:
1. Shut down & restart the daemon regularly - thought to alleviate the problem.
2. Get a temporary evaluation licence (unlimited - doesn't use flexlm).

Tracking usage: you can do with lmstat, as you plan.
I've a com procedure (below) which I use to churn through the flexlm log to
find peak usage: this obviously only works when you're using flexlm.

Types of licences: we've got RT_reporting (65) & development (5).
RT_reporting covers all compiled code (quick, quiz, qtp), and a very trivial
subset of interpreted code (exec, and not much more - see the manual). If
your code base isn't compiled, you may need to do that.

I'd suggest you see about an evaluation licence, to cover yourself temporarily
in case you either find you haven't enough licences & need to buy more, or run
into the bug I mentioned above.

Chris
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Chris.Sharman@CCAgroup.co.uk		http://www.ccastat.demon.co.uk/
CCA Stationery Ltd, Eastway, Fulwood, Preston, Lancashire, PR2 9WS.
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