Monitoring Eclipse License Usage

Use the Eclipse License Maintenance screen to monitor the number of Eterm and Solar Eclipse licenses currently being used. You can see who is using the licenses and how many connections each user has.

The Licensing Usage Detail Maintenance screen shows detail information about a user's license connections. You can see the accounts to which the user is connected and how long the user has been connected to each account. This allows you to review detailed information about each user's connections and then send messages asking users to log off any inactive connections. When necessary, you can also kill users' connections.

Important: You can only view license information for Solar licenses in the Eclipse License Maintenance screen. If you attempt to view licence detail for a Solar license, you are prompted to go to the Session Manager:

Make sure your employees are logged into only one work station at a time in order to use only one licensed seat. If an employee is logged into two work stations, that will take up two license seats. Here are some additional hints and tips for regulating your license usage:

1. - If you are a Solar site, always log into Eterm through Solar so it counts as only one licensed seat.
  - Review the following control records:

Minutes of Inactivity before Disconnecting User

Seconds of Inactivity before Requiring Re log

Use the following procedures to:

View a summary of Eclipse and Solar license usage.
View a user's license usage information.

To view a summary of license usage:

From the System > System Programming > System Maintenance menu, select License Maintenance to display the Eclipse License Maintenance screen.

Note: If prompted, log on to the character-based system.

The system displays the following information:

Field	Description
Eclipse Licenses	x of xxx - Number of Eterm Eclipse licenses in use, followed by the total number of Eterm licenses your company has.
Solar Licenses	x of xxx - Number of Solar Eclipse licenses in use, followed by the total number of Eterm licenses your company has.
User	Each user connected to Solar Eclipse or Eterm.
Solar	The number of Solar Eclipse licenses being used by the designated user.
Eterm	The number of Eterm Eclipse licenses being used by the designated user.
Connections	The number of connections in use. Note: There are generally two connections per Solar license.

Use the following hot keys, as needed:

Hot Key

Function

Select

Displays the License Selection screen, where you can enter the following selection criteria:

Eclipse User - Enter a user ID to locate and display the license usage information for that user.
Solar Licenses - Enter a number to select and display all users with more than that number of Solar licenses in use.
Eterm Licenses - Enter a number to select and display all users with more than that number of Eterm licenses in use.
Connections - Enter a number to select and display all users with more than that number of connections in use.

When you need to have some users log off the system, use this feature to determine who is using multiple licenses.

Detail

Displays the Licensing Usage Detail Information screen, where you can see the licenses in use and how long the user has been connected (for Eterm only). Use the Session Manager for Solar sessions.

To view user license detail:

With the Eclipse License Maintenance screen displayed, select a user and then use the Detail hot key to display the Licensing Usage Detail Information screen.

The system displays the following information:

Field	Description
User	User whose license usage information is displayed on the screen.
Solar Licenses	Number of Solar Eclipse licenses being used by this user.
Eterm Licenses	Number of Eterm licenses being used by this user.
Connections	Number of connections being used by this user.
PID	Process ID.
Account	Eclipse account accessed using the designated license.
OS User	User's ID used to access the operating system.
Login Time	Time when user logged in.
Login Date	Date when user logged in.
T	License type: S - Solar E - Eterm
IP	IP address of connection, if applicable.
Port	Port where connection is made, if applicable.

Use the following hot keys, as needed.

Hot Key	Function
Kill	Disconnects the user from the selected license (for Eterm only). To disconnect a user from a Solar session, use the Session Manager accessible from the File menu.
Send Message	Displays the Message System screen, where you can send a message to the user, requesting that they disconnect and release some of the licenses they have in use (for both Eterm and Solar).

Press Esc to exit the screen.