Specifications

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how much each application is being used. If you don’t have much disk
space, you can restrict the size of the log.
You should enable logging and set the log file name and location. A typi-
cal log file name is lserv.log.
• It’s best to use the -z option to specify the maximum size limit for the log
file and to leave enabled automatic backup of the log file. You may want
to set the maximum size of your log file fairly high to minimize the num-
ber of backup files created.
For a site with a 2 megabyte log file limit and no other license server
options, LSERVOPTS would just be set to -z 2m.
Tip As part of your payment arrangement with your vendor, your vendor may
request that you do not use the -x option to stop log file backups.
Note If the SentinelLM log file contains characters that are not 7-bit ASCII (for
example, if a user name contains multi-byte characters such as Japanese
Kanji characters), those characters will not be viewable when looking
directly at the log file. However, if you use the lsusage -c option to create
CSV-format output from the log file, you will be able to view the multi-
byte characters if you view the CSV-format file with an appropriate text
editor on an operating system that displays the multi-byte language. You
can also create Microsoft Access reports from the CSV-format file that can
be viewed on a computer using the appropriate multi-byte operating sys-
tem. (For information on creating reports from log file CSV-format output,
see “Creating License Server Use Reports” on page 93 of “Chapter 5 -
Administrator Commands.”)
Encrypting License Server Log File Entries
For security reasons, the network administrator may wish to encrypt part or all of
a license transaction record in the license server log file. To set the encryption