CLIMS

CLIMS stands for Centralized License Integration and Management System. It’s a plugin to LicenseAnalyzer and a tool for administering license servers, as well as managing license and option files more efficiently. Think of it as a central control panel for everything related to license files and license servers.

“Control your own destiny or someone else will.”
— Jack Welch, former CEO of General Electric

With CLIMS, we help organizations take control of their license infrastructure rather than leaving it to chance or fragmented processes.

Key Concepts

Here are the fundamental ideas behind CLIMS, explained simply:

• Centralization: All license and option files are stored in one secure location. No more hunting through folders or remote servers.
• Real-Time Monitoring: You can see what’s happening with your licenses in real time—who’s using what, which licenses are about to expire, and whether any servers are down.
• Remote Management: Start, stop, or reread license servers from anywhere. You don’t need to be physically present at the server to manage it.
• License Optimization (our specialty!): CLIMS helps free up licenses that are no longer in use (for example, when someone forgets to close a program), making them available to others.
• Audit Trail: Every change made in CLIMS is logged—who did what and when. This ensures accountability and compliance.

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Who Uses CLIMS?

CLIMS is designed to support a wide range of users across different industries and departments. Whether you are a customer managing your own license infrastructure or a partner supporting clients, CLIMS offers value through simplicity, visibility, and control.

IT & System Administrators Procurement & Admin Partners & Managed Service Providers

IT & System Administrators are the primary users of CLIMS. These professionals manage license servers and ensure software availability across the organization. With CLIMS, they can:

• Centrally manage license and option files.
• Monitor license server health and status in real time.
• Start, stop, or reread license services remotely.
• Minimize downtime and prevent license denials.

CLIMS streamlines their daily operations and reduces the risk of manual errors.

User interface

CLIMS includes an intuitive web interface designed to simplify license management. It provides both visual dashboards and detailed technical views, enabling users to monitor usage, manage license servers, and configure license files with confidence.

From real-time monitoring to accurate file comparisons, the interface empowers administrators to make informed decisions quickly and efficiently.

Real time monitoring

CLIMS provides real-time visibility into license usage across features and license managers. In this example, the feature ACS5II is using 7 of 15 available licenses. Graphical bars indicate both usage percentage and license expiration dates.

The table offers a detailed view of active users. This level of insight helps identify heavy users, long checkouts, or potential license misuse. It also enables administrators to proactively manage license availability and prevent denials by tracking who is using what, when, and for how long.

License managers

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These screenshots show two different views of the License Managers section in the CLIMS web interface.

This module provides an overview of all license managers connected to Open iT, including:

• Total number of license managers
• Split between Windows and Linux servers
• Number of active connections
• Number of vendor licenses

In the card view (first screenshot), each box represents a license manager with quick info like hostname, ports, and license vendor (FlexNet, RepriseLM, etc.).
Color coding helps to identify the status:

• Green: healthy
• Yellow: warning (e.g., delayed updates)
• Red: critical or unreachable

The list view (second screenshot) displays the same data in table format, with additional columns such as server type, operating system, and Last Seen time. This makes it easier to detect disconnected or outdated license servers.

Together, these views provide administrators with a centralized, real-time picture of license infrastructure health and connectivity

Edit configuration files

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CLIMS enables users to compare and configure license files through an intuitive interface.

In the first image, the “Changes” tab displays a detailed summary of modifications between the local license file and the working copy.

Each feature (e.g., ACS5II, PolySpace_Bug_Finder) is listed with color-coded tags (Added, Deleted, Modified), and the right panel provides a breakdown of the exact changes, such as:

• Number of licenses updated
• Expiration date extended
• Other metadata (e.g., version, components)

This view simplifies license validation before updates are applied.

The second image shows the “Text Diff” view, a more technical comparison. It highlights line-by-line changes between license files, similar to a Git diff.

This view is particularly useful for advanced users who need to track modifications in syntax, signatures, or license parameters.

Together, these tools empower administrators to safely manage license configurations by clearly showing what is changing and why—before any updates are committed.

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