How to View Who Checked out a License from Predator FLM

How to View Who Checked out a License from Predator FLM

Overview

Predator FLM allows floating of licenses to be shared amongst users. If the need arises to find out who has checked out a license, this can be done from the Windows Event Viewer. This article will explain how to create a saved Custom View filter to quickly determine who has checked out a license from Predator FLM. 

Requirements

  1. Access to Predator FLM Server
  2. Access to Windows Event Viewer
  3. Basic Understanding of Windows Event Viewer

Create a Custom View for Predator FLM

  1. Open Event Viewer
  2. Go to Action > Create Custom View...
  3. Select By source
  4. For the Event sources, select "Predator FLM Service"

  5. Click OK when done
  6. In the Save Filter to Custom View, give it a name such as "Predator FLM"

  7. Click OK when done
  8. Now from the Event Viewer under Custom Views, you will find the saved Predator FLM filter, click it to see the filtered results

Understanding Predator FLM Events

  1. License is granted to a user; product checked out, user's hostname, and user's IP address are shown

  2. Quantity of licenses checked out; License 10 of 10 granted means there's 9 more licenses left to check out

  3. License is released by a user; product checked in, user's hostname, and user's IP address are shown

  4. Quantity of licenses available; License 9 of 10 released means there's 9 licenses left to check out




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