Terminal commands questions

Yes, for starting and stopping the service.

No, if you systemctl with command status or help.

sudo systemctl \[command\] advantest-fne-proxy 
with command:

This is the service for the FNX server (proxy). The proxy needs a running FNE license server. In order to access the FNE license server the proxy reads the file

/etc/fne/client.conf

and connects to the FNE license server in order to checkout there the customer licenses (if enough licenses are available).

Yes, for starting and stopping the service.

No, if you systemctl with command status or help.

sudo systemctl \[ command \] advantest-fne-server 
with command:

This is the service for the FNE server, providing the licenses to the SmarTest clients either

Yes, for starting and stopping the service.

No, if you systemctl with command status or help.

sudo systemctl \[ command \] advantest-fne-server-viewer
with command:

This is the service for the FNE server viewer.

This service is optional. It is a viewer to check what is available on the FNE license server and allows the synchronization with the Advantest back-office manually (via online connection or with uploading bin files). For check in and out of licenses this service is not needed. 

Only for a failover setup.

Execution on the primary license server! Executed on the primary license server to pair the primary license server with the failover license server (both needs to be get acquainted).

The user which executes this command on the primary license server, needs to have access to the failover server: you need to enter the password of this user several times for the failover and primary license server.

Needs to be executed before the registration!

Only for a failover setup.

Output is reasonable after registration of the FNE server: Before registering the FNE server you will see the error message "ERROR: Role of <failover-server> is not BACKUP".

Example for a good status:

Example for a bad status:

There are other possibilities for a bad status.

fne-get-config \[option\] <key>

with option:

--i[nstance]: Read value from instance level

--p[arent]: Read parent(/original) value

--s[howconfig]: Show complete configuration

--h[ostid]: Show hostid of server

--t[rusted-storage]: Show the status of the trusted storage the FNE server is using

--d[etails]: Show company details (i.e. company name)

--m[achine]=host: Direct requests to this machine

--1: Show information for instance 1

--b[uild]: Show detailed information om server build versions

--help: Show this text

--v[ersion]: Print tool version

with key:

Examples:

/opt/flexnetls/socbu/fne-get-config --h 

Outputs the host ID of the license server.

/opt/flexnetls/socbu/fne-get-config --t

Output is true, if the trusted storage is okay.

/opt/flexnetls/socbu/fne-get-config --d

Output is the company name the serve is registered to (also visible via the FNE server viewer: the Company name in the Vendor String of the Company_Details license)

/opt/flexnetls/socbu/fne-get-config --1

Example for an output (explanation is provided in green color and does not belong to the output):

id 219
serverInstanceId R1MNQVVF8UEN
requestId 1
enterpriseId 15209089
pendingDeletion false
maintenanceEndTime 1970-01-01T00:00:00.000Z
suspended false
ready true
hostUUID c2ea23f8-d367-43b5-8034-8a1a35425a27 => This is a unique identifier which is also held in the Advantest back-office for identification
publisherName socbu
lastUpdateTime 2023-04-18T20:27:47.000Z
failOverRole MAIN => The failover shows here the value "BACKUP"
lastClientDropTime 1970-01-01T00:00:00.000Z
lastSyncTime 1970-01-01T00:00:00.000Z
lastServerToServerSyncTime 1970-01-01T00:00:00.000Z
identityName socbu

/opt/flexnetls/socbu/fne-get-config --b

Example for output:

2023.03.0.0 build/fne 266719/54

/opt/flexnetls/socbu/fne-get-config --b

Provides the version of the tool fne-get-config. Example for such an output:

fne-get-config version 2022.09.0.0.23067

--upload: Upload response file to local FNE license server

--show: Show content of response file

--notitle: Omit title line in listing (for scripting)

--help: Show the options

--version: Print tool version

Load the bin file to the FNE server (instead of using FNE server viewer):

fne-handle-response --upload xyz.bin

Show the content of the bin file

fne-handle-response --show xyz.bin

no option: shows licenses borrowed by the local machine

--a[ll]: show licenses borrowed from all clients

--feature=<xyz>: shows usage of a specific feature

--v[ersion]: prints the version of the tool fne-show-license-usage

(and more: usage -help on the command to get all options)

Example for triad FNX server:

There is an area for

Environment:
provides some information about the server like operating system installed, RAM size...

Installed components:
shows the rpm installed for the FNE / FNX setup

Service status:
shows the status of the FNE/FNX and FNE server viewer services.

FNE server status:
shows some useful information like the number of features installed on the FNE license server, the load on the FNE license server (max requests/s (peak per hour) and the status of the FNE server / failover server.

Backoffice:
shows here if a connection to the Advantest licensing back-office (FNO) is established. 
Even if here "NO connection to license.advantest.com:443" is listed, the connection to the Advantest licensing back-office could be available.

FNP server status:
if an FNX server is installed you can view here, if the processes are up.

Configured server:
provides the information from /etc/fne/client.conf file, which server is configured (if it is a failover the primary license server is listed)

Registers the FNE server in the Advantest Licensing Back-Office (FNO). 

Needed after installation.

with path:

/opt/flexnetls/socbu/

with path:

/opt/flexnetls/socbu/

Helper script to add complete timestamps and merge FNP logfiles
# This tool merges multiple logfiles by time and date
# Please take care with huge logs

with path:

/opt/flexlm/bin/

This tool checks for features available with FNE, but not supported by the advantest-fne-proxy

with path:

/opt/flexlm/bin/