System Center 2012 Configuration Manager includes
a number of maintenance tasks to help you manage the usage data
collected by software metering:
Use the following sections to learn more about these maintenance
tasks. By default, all four tasks are enabled in Configuration
Manager. Use the following procedure to configure these maintenance
tasks.
To configure maintenance
tasks
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In the Configuration Manager console, click
Administration.
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In the Administration workspace, expand Site
Configuration, and then click Sites.
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In the Sites list, select the site that you want
to configure maintenance tasks for and then, in the Home
tab, in the Settings group, click Site
Maintenance.
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In the Site Maintenance dialog box, configure
the site maintenance tasks you require and then click
OK.
Tasks that Delete Software Metering
Data
The following maintenance tasks remove old software
metering data and summarized data from the site database:
Delete Aged Software Metering
Data
Use the Delete Aged Software Metering Data task
to delete all software metering data that is older than the number
of days specified.
By default, the task is scheduled to run every day and
to delete software metering data that is older than five days. You
can configure the number of days to be any number from 2 through
255.
Delete Aged Software Metering
Summary Data
Use the Delete Aged Software Metering Summary
Data task to delete summarized software metering summary data
that is older than the number of days specified.
By default, the task is scheduled to run every Sunday
and to delete software metering summary data that is older than 270
days.
Tasks that Summarize Software Metering
Data
The summarize software metering tasks perform the data
summarization to compress the amount of data in the site
database.
Summarize Software Metering File
Usage Data
The Summarize Software Metering File Usage Data
task condenses software metering file usage data from multiple
records into one general record. This record provides information
about the program name, version, language, and number of distinct
users over intervals of 15 minutes and one hour. This process
compresses and optimizes the amount of data stored in the site
database.
By default, the Summarize Software Metering File
Usage Data task runs daily. For every hour and every 15-minute
interval within the hour, the task calculates the total number of
distinct user/computer combinations that are running the matching
program. Within the 15-minute intervals, this approximates the
number of concurrent users. For example:
- If the same user is using a software program
and is logged on to three different computers simultaneously, this
counts as three usages.
- If three users are logged on to a computer
running Terminal Services and all three are running the software
program, this counts as three usages.
- If the same user starts and stops the
software program on the same computer three separate times during
the hour, this counts as one usage for that user.
When replicated up hierarchy, the software metering
summary data from each site remains separated from data from the
other sites. When the data reaches a parent site, each record is
marked with the site code of the site where the usage data was
generated. These records can be added together to estimate
concurrent program usage in the network.
Summarize Software Metering Monthly
Usage Data
The Summarize Software Metering Monthly Usage
Data task condenses detailed software metering usage data from
multiple records into one general record. This record provides
information about the program name, program version and language,
program running times, number of usages, last usage, user name, and
computer name. Data summarization helps compress the amount of data
in the site database. Monthly software usage data is sent to the
central administration site.
The summarization information includes the number of
times each matching software program ran on a particular computer
and by a particular user during the month. By default, the task is
scheduled to run daily and the summarization period is one month.
Software monthly usage data is replicated to the parent site.
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