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title: How to configure Parasoft License Manager log file collection for usage reporting (Windows)
description: "## **Parasoft License Manager** ## **Introduction** Open iT supports **Parasoft**usage reporting by collecting log files and converting them to Open iT format. An **Open iT client** is installed on your **license server** for this collection. The **data collector** monitors and gathers the…"
url: "https://openit.com/knowledge-base/configuration/how-to-configure-parasoft-license-manager-log-file-collection-for-usage-reporting-windows/"
updated: "2026-07-17"
category: Configuration
---

# How to configure Parasoft License Manager log file collection for usage reporting (Windows)

## **Parasoft License Manager**

## **Introduction**

Open iT supports **Parasoft**usage reporting by collecting log files and converting them to Open iT format.

An **Open iT client** is installed on your **license server** for this collection. The **data collector** monitors and gathers the license usage history logs from the license manager **every 5 minutes**. Once the logs are collected, the data collection process triggers and the logs are passed to the **data preprocessor**. After the data is preprocessed, it is transferred to the **Core Server** for further storage, completing the history logs collection and processing.

[![](https://openit.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/logfile_parsing_workflow.webp)](https://openit.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/logfile_parsing_workflow.webp)

This will produce the following aggregated data types used for **historical** reporting:

- (89) Total License Use Licenseevents
- (90) Individual License Use Licenseevents
- (91) Usergroup License Use Licenseevents
- (108) Host License Use Licenseevents
- (109) Hostgroup License Use Licenseevents

The following sections will guide you in setting up the necessary configuration to collect and send the required data to the server.

## **Requirements**

- An Open iT Client connected to an Open iT Server
- License server administrative rights
- Full path to the debug log

## **Configuring Log File Collection**

These are the **required** steps to configure collection of Parasoft log files.

1. Go to the **Components** directory, which is by default in C:\Program Files\OpeniT\Core\Configuration\Components, and back up the logfilecollector-parasoft.xml file.
2. Open a command prompt with Administrator level privileges.
3. Go to the **bin** directory, which is by default in C:\Program Files\OpeniT\Core\bin, run the command:
   - cd C:\Program Files\OpeniT\Core\bin
4. Once in the directory, set the location of the Parasoft log files, run the command:
   - openit_confinit -c "logfilecollector-parasoft.logfilecollector.source.dir=<parasoft_log_dir>"
   - where <parasoft_log_dir> is the location of the Parasoft log files.
     - Example:
       - openit_confinit -c "logfilecollector-parasoft.logfilecollector.source.dir=C:\ProgramData\Parasoft”
5. Update the configuration file, run the command:
   - openit_confbuilder –client

## **Activating Log Data Collection**

These are the **required** steps to activate collection of Parasoft log data.

1. Go to the **Components** directory, which is by default in C:\Program Files\OpeniT\Core\Configuration\Components, and back up the logfilecollector-parasoft.xml file.
2. Open a command prompt with Administrator level privileges.
3. Go to the **bin** directory, which is by default in C:\Program Files\OpeniT\Core\bin, run the command:
   - openit_oconfinit -u "collect_license_parasoft-logs.root.scheduler.jobs.collect_parasoft_licenselogs.general.active=true"

For assistance or further configuration support, please contact your [Open iT support team](mailto: support@openit.com).

For additional references, you may visit our [Documentation page](https://docs.openit.com/).