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Tip of the Week: Reporting license version with lmstat

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The lmstat command will report the quantity of a particular feature with the -f option. However, if you have multiple versions of a license feature, they're rolled up into a single count by default. For example:

 

Z:\>lmutil lmstat -c 1717@lic_server -f qhsimvl

lmutil - Copyright (c) 1989-2011 Flexera Software, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

Flexible License Manager status on Fri 10/31/2014 14:09

 

[Detecting lmgrd processes...]

License server status: 1717@lic_server

    License file(s) on lic_server: C:\MentorGraphics\License_Files\lmstat_test.txt:

 

lic_server: license server UP (MASTER) v11.11

 

Vendor daemon status (on lic_server):

 

     mgcld: UP v11.11

Feature usage info:

 

Users of qhsimvl:  (Total of 10 licenses issued;  Total of 0 licenses in use)

 

 

This might leave you with the impression that you have more features available for the version of the application you're running than you really do.

 

Note:Every Mentor Graphics application requires a minimum version of a license feature, usually tied to the build or release date of the application.

 

Fortunately, adding the -i option to your lmstat command will break down the overall count of a feature into separate counts for each version of that feature. For example:

 

Z:\>lmutil lmstat -c 1717@lic_server -f qhsimvl -i

lmutil - Copyright (c) 1989-2011 Flexera Software, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

Flexible License Manager status on Fri 10/31/2014 14:09

 

[Detecting lmgrd processes...]

License server status: 1717@lic_server

    License file(s) on lic_server: C:\MentorGraphics\License_Files\lmstat_test.txt:

 

lic_server: license server UP (MASTER) v11.11

 

Vendor daemon status (on lic_server):

 

     mgcld: UP v11.11

Feature usage info:

 

Users of qhsimvl:  (Total of 10 licenses issued;  Total of 0 licenses in use)

 

 

NOTE: lmstat -i does not give information from the server,

      but only reads the license file.  For this reason,

      lmstat -a is recommended instead.

 

Feature                 Version   # licenses    Expires         Vendor

_______                 _______   __________    _______         ______

qhsimvl                 2014.030              5         10-nov-2014     mgcld

qhsimvl                 2015.100              5         10-nov-2014     mgcld

 

 

In this example, I could run up to 10 simultaneous Verilog simulations using a version of Modelsim that requires a qhsimvl with a minimum version of 2014.030 or older (2013.110 for example). However, I could only run 5 simultaneous simulations using a version of Modelsim that requires 2014.040 or newer.

 

Keep the -i option in mind if you ever suspect you're not able to use the full count of a particular feature.


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