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SAMreport-Lite

Overview

A version of SAMreport called SAMreport-Lite is available to help you track network license usage. SAMreport-Lite provides some of the features from SAMreport, the report-writing product made by Macrovision®. Using SAMreport-Lite, you can generate a network license-usage report, called "Usage Summary," for Autodesk software that uses FLEXlm licensing technology. SAMreport-Lite generates usage summary reports in a variety of output formats including HTML, text, and Report Interchange Format.

Set Up Your License File for SAMreport-Lite


1. Get Your License Server Host ID (Ethernet address)

To obtain the host ID of your license servers, you must run the lmtools.exe utility installed on your license server as part of the FLEXlm installation:

  • Locate and run lmtools.exe.
  • Choose the Systems Settings tab.
  • Locate the Ethernet Address field. Write down the Host ID.
    Note: If your server has more than one Ethernet adapter, select one that corresponds to a physical network adapter.
  • Exit lmtools.exe.

2. Get Your License File for SAMreport-Lite

In order to receive your license file for SAMreport-Lite from Globetrotter, click on the link below.

Note: You will need a license file for each license server used to manage your licenses.

http://autodesk.globes.com

3. Set Up Your License File

After going through the registration process with Globetrotter and entering your Host ID, you will receive your license file in an email. In order to set up that license file you need to:

  • Copy the contents of that license file from the email to a text editor.
  • Save the file to a local directory. You can name the license file anything you like, but the name must have a .lic or .dat extension.

Update Available

When running a report log file generated by FLEXlm 10.8 Network License Manager, versions of SAMreport-Lite older than 3.6 return an error: "Report log version is newer than report generator. Please upgrade report generator before reading this file." Downloading and installing SAMreport-Lite 3.6 will fix this problem.

This update applies to SAMreport-Lite 3.0-3.4 inlcuded in most AutoCAD-based products since release 2002.  Review the Readme for details.

SAMreport.exe (exe - 17189Kb)
Readme (htm - 7Kb)

Update released: 2006-05-02