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title: Reprise RLM
description: This guide explains how to configure OpenLM to interface with the Reprise License Manager (RLM), monitor license usage, and obtain license statistics.
product: OpenLM Version 25 / v26 (legacy)
---

> **OpenLM Version 25 / v26 (legacy).** This page documents the legacy product, not OpenLM Platform.

This guide explains how to configure OpenLM to interface with the Reprise License Manager (RLM), monitor license usage, and obtain license statistics.

## Requirements

- **OpenLM Server** must be installed on a machine in your organization.  
- **OpenLM Broker** on the RLM license server is optional but recommended. The Broker adds advanced monitoring and control features.

## Monitoring capabilities

Capabilities depend on how you query the RLM license server:

- **Through OpenLM Server only**  
  - License totals  
  - License usage data  

- **Through OpenLM Broker**  
  - Everything above, plus:  
  - Buffered communication to handle network failures  
  - Remote start/stop of the license manager service  
  - License denial information  
  - 1-second resolution for usage reports  
  - Read RLM license and log files  
  - View RLM license file content in EasyAdmin  

## Interface RLM using OpenLM Server only

### OpenLM Server configuration

1. Open **EasyAdmin**:  
   - From Windows Start → OpenLM → EasyAdmin, or  
   - In a browser: `http(s)://<FullyQualifiedDomainName>:5015`.  
2. Go to **Start → Administration → License Manager Servers**.  

3. The License Manager Servers window opens.  

4. Click **Add LM**.  
5. In **Display name**, enter a descriptive name (for example, `RLM`). Make sure **Enabled** is on.  
6. From **Type**, select **RLM**.  
7. Configure **Use Broker**:  
   - **Off** (default): Server queries RLM directly.  
   - **On**: Server relies on Broker (covered in the next section).  
8. Leave **Triad Configuration** off.  
9. Optionally activate *Allow server fallback to denied license*.  
10. Enter the **Hostname** and **Port**. Default port is **5054** (before version 6: **9000**).  
11. Select the correct **Time Zone**.  
12. Click **Save**.  

## Interface RLM using OpenLM Broker

Install OpenLM Broker on the RLM license server machine. Broker reads RLM logs and license files locally, then sends the data to OpenLM Server.

### Activate RLM report log functionality

By default, RLM does not record report log files. These must be activated for full monitoring.

- See [how to activate report logs](https://www.reprisesoftware.com/blog/2011/03/how-to-produce-rlm-report-logs/) or refer to the [RLM manual](https://www.reprisesoftware.com/RLM_License_Administration.pdf), under **The ISV Options File → REPORTLOG**.  
- Include the **std** argument.  
- Once activated, locate the log file (usually `.txt`). The first lines should read:  

  ```
  RLM Report Log Format 0, version 11.0, authenticated
  ISV: ssi, RLM version 11.1 BL2
  ```

:::note
Report log location is defined in the ISV options file. Without it, denial and detailed usage data will not be available.
:::

### OpenLM Broker configuration

### Automatic detection

1. Open **Broker** on the RLM license server.  
2. Go to the **License Managers** tab.  
3. Click **Detect**.  

If the RLM service is running, Broker configures itself automatically.  

### Manual configuration

If detection fails:

1. Go to **License Managers → Add License Manager**.  
2. Select **RLM**, enter the port (for example, 5054), and click **Add**.  
3. Open the **Settings** tab.  
4. Activate **Set Path Manually** → **Add License File Manually**. Enter the license file path.  
5. Toggle **Watch license file** on.  
6. In **Commands**, set the path to `rlmutil.exe` (typically `C:\RLMServer`). Click **Execute** to test.  
   :::tip  
   If RLM uses a password, add the `-z <password>` parameter to **status** and **data inquiry** commands.  
   :::  

7. (Optional) If RLM runs as a service, activate **Use operating system start/stop commands** and enter the **Service Name**.  
8. In **Vendors**, click **Add Vendor** and enter the RLM vendor name.  
9. In **Log Files**, click **Add Log File**, enter the path, and link it to the vendor.  

10. Click **Save**.

### OpenLM Server configuration

1. Open **EasyAdmin**.  
2. In the License Servers window, approve the pending RLM license manager.  

## RLM failover configuration

Prerequisites: RLM must already be configured with failover support.  

1. Add the **RLM primary port** in Broker.  
2. Add the **primary license file**.  
3. Add the **failover port**.  
4. Open EasyAdmin and view the candidate servers.  
5. Approve the **primary host**.  
6. Activate **Failover Configuration**.  
7. Add the **hostname** and **port** of the failover RLM.  
8. Mark the primary RLM server.  
9. Click **Apply**.

## Verify your RLM configuration

1. Open **EasyAdmin**.  
2. Go to **Start → Widgets → License Servers**.  
3. Verify that RLM appears in the list. A **green circle** means an active connection.  

:::note
Status may take up to 3 minutes to update when a new connection is added.
:::