Software Metering Settings

Software Metering gathers and analyzes data on the software being used on Client PCs and the length of time for which each application is used. Use the Software Metering Settings dialog to enable or disable software metering on your network, to specify which schedulers are responsible for gathering and analyzing the metering data, and to specify how long you want to keep the metering data.

To enable software metering:

1    In the Software Metering folder, select Software Metering Settings.

2    Select Enable software metering.

3    In the Select a host to set its offline areas list, select the schedulers you want to use to collect and collate software metering data.

4    By default, all offline areas are assigned to the first entry in the Select a host to set its offline areas list. If you want to assign the selected Scheduler to collect metering data from specific offline areas, select the offline areas in the Select offline areas for the host list. If you want to assign all offline areas to the selected Scheduler, select Assign all offline areas to this host.

5    Select an entry in the Which host runs the summarizer list if you want to change the scheduler that is responsible for summarizing the software metering data.

6    If you want Vector AM to automatically delete software metering data after a specified interval:

a    Select Enable purging of software metering client data and database.

b    In the Purge client data after how many days field, enter the number of days for which you want to keep the raw metering data.

c    In the Purge collation database after how many days field, enter the number of days for which you want to keep the collated metering data.

7    If you also want to save the metering data to file, select Log errors to record all errors found by the Collator and Summarizer, or select Log errors and additional information to record errors and information on each Client processed, excluded data and so on. The data is recorded in COLLATOR.LOG and SUMMARIZER.LOG in Vector Asset Management Data\Logs.

8    Click OK to save your changes and close the dialog.

To disable software metering:

1    In the Software Metering folder, select Software Metering Settings.

2    Deselect Enable software metering.

3    Click OK to save your changes and close the dialog.

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Package Policy Manager

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