September 24, 2025
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LicenseAnalyzer Plug-in
CLIMS
Manage license servers and license expiration status in real-time
Centralized License Integration and Management System (CLIMS) is an advanced system that provides administrators a centralized portal for the administration and management of license files, options files and license servers.
CLIMS allows administrators to manage and control all license servers across the enterprise with just a single interface and can be used alongside LicenseAnalyzer to effectively manage and optimize the use of expensive engineering applications.
Benefits
Manage licenses, option files and daemons from a central location
Maximize license availability through real-time administration
Minimize downtime through efficient administration and monitoring
Reports
Auto-discovery of available license daemons
Visualize all the features and packages associated with each license file, including feature version, number of available licenses, and license expiration information.
Remote commands to license servers
Through the CLIMS portal, administrators can issue remote orders, such as Start, Stop, and Restart, to the license servers with ease and in a single view.
Detailed version tracking and rollback
Help administrators record the changes to the files and recall specific versions later.
What's new in
CLIMS?
- In addition to FlexNet and Reprise License Manager (RLM), Dassault Systèmes License Server (DSLS) and LM-X license managers are now supported in CLIMS.
- Remote upload of license files.
Solutions using CLIMS
Enterprise-wide Monitoring
Obtain an accurate overview
of IT assets
of IT assets
View the usage of all applications in real time using a single portal. Generate accurate historical usage of applications associated with a license manager. Import these data to your preferred BI tool for more convenience.
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ROI Analysis
Build a strong justification for license investment
A focused investigation of the usage-based cost driving software for an organization is needed in order to demonstrate that software resources are deployed in a way which maximize both effectiveness and efficiency.
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Optimize License Usage
Track and recover unused
software licenses
software licenses
Discover opportunities for optimization by identifying the true active usage of your software applications and automatically harvesting idle licenses.
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Customer Stories
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